Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane

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Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane
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Born (1948-06-30) 30 June 1948 (age 76)
Gokarna, India
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Professor
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry and Biochemistry

Narayan S. Hosmane is an Indian-born cancer research scientist who made the featured article in NRI Achievers magazine [1] and is currently distinguished research professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He received the Humboldt Research Award for senior scientists twice. This award is presented annually to scientists worldwide as a tribute to their lifelong accomplishments by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. [2]

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He was the founder of "Boron in the Americas" (formerly known as BUSA) and hosted the organization's first meeting in Dallas in April 1988. [3] He has published over 300 papers in leading scientific journals and was ranked by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in the top 50% of the most cited chemists in the world from 1981–1997. [3]

In September 2007, the NRI Institute presented him with its Pride of India Gold Award, recognizing his outstanding accomplishments, at the launch of the NRI Institute’s Washington D.C. chapter, and again in January, he was honored by the same NRI Institute with its Lifetime Achievement Pravasi Award and Bharath Samman Medal during the Annual Conference held in New Delhi. [3] A fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Institute of Chemists, he has also been a foreign member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS) [4] and listed in Who's Who in the World. [3]

Early life

Hosmane was born in Gokarna(1948), [3] Uttar Kannada district, Karnataka state, India, to a Havyaka Brahmin family. Hosmane earned his high school diploma (SSLC) from Bhadrakali High School, Gokarna (1964) and soon after, went to Dr. A. V. Baliga college, Kumta for his college studies, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with Botany as minor.

He is married to Sumathy Rao, who came from a Konkani-speaking family. He has one daughter and one son.

Academic career

Hosmane earned Master of Science degree from Karnataka University, Karnataka, India. [1] He then obtained a Ph.D. degree in Organometallic/Inorganic Chemistry on 'Some reactions of stannic chloride with silicon hydrides and some novel group IV derivatives of mercury' [5] in 1974 from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

After his postdoctoral research training in Queen's University of Belfast, he joined the Lambeg Industrial Research Institute in Northern Ireland, and then moved to the United States to study carboranes and metallacarboranes. [3] After postdoctoral work with Russell Grimes at the University of Virginia, in 1979 he joined the faculty at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
In 1982 he joined the faculty at the Southern Methodist University, where he became Professor of Chemistry in 1989. In 1998, he moved to Northern Illinois University and is currently a Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Inaugural Board of Trustees Professor. [1]

In 2011, while attempting to produce single-walled carbon nanotubes, Hosmane discovered that a known technique for carbon production (burning magnesium with dry ice) produced layers of graphene. [6]

Professional career

YearProfessional Career
1974–1975Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Queen's University Belfast w/ Frank Glockling. [7]
1975–1976Research Scientist, Catalysis Section, Lambeg Industrial Research Institute, N. Ireland
1976–1977Research Associate, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama w/ W. E. Hill and F. A. Johnson.
1977–1979Research Associate, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia w/ Russell N. Grimes.
1979–1982Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
1982–1986Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University.
1986–1989Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University.
1989 – 7/1998Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University.
8/1998 – 7/2001Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
7/2001 – 6/2005Presidential Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
7/2005–presentDistinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
7/2008–presentBoard of Trustees Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

Professional affiliations

Boards and editorships

Prof. Dr. Narayan S. Hosmane receiving "Lifetime Achievement Pravasi Award" Hosmane pravasi2-1-.jpg
Prof. Dr. Narayan S. Hosmane receiving "Lifetime Achievement Pravasi Award"

Honors and awards

YearAward
20132013 Foreign Member to the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS) [4]
20132013-Elected Member of Zeta Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Delta – Honor Society for International Scholars. [7]
20112011 Visiting Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for International Senior Scientists in China [8]
20102010 Inaugural Recipient of NIU Faculty Mentor Award from Northern Illinois University, USA [9]
20082008 Inaugural Board of Trustees Professorship Award from Northern Illinois University, USA [9]
20082007 Lifetime Achievement Pravasi Award from NRI Institute, New Delhi, India [9]
2007Re-Invitation of Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists from Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
2007 Pride of India Gold Award from NRI Institute, Washington, D.C. Chapter, USA [10]
2005 Gauss Professor, Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Germany [11]
2003Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Distinguished Chair of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India [12]
2001 Humboldt Research Award for US Senior Scientists from Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany [13]
2001Outstanding Grant Acquisition Award from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
2001 Presidential Research Professorship Award, for significant and sustained scholarly or creative work, including the achievement of national and international reputation in the chosen field of research, from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois [14]
1996 BUSA Award for Distinguished Achievements in Boron Science from the Awards Committee of Boron in the USA (BUSA) Workshop held in Guanajuato, Mexico [15]
1994India International Gold Award, India International Gold Medal & Mother India International Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Education (Chemistry) for the year 1994 from NRI Institute, New Delhi, India
1994 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Scholar / Fellow Award for the year 1994 from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., New York
1987 Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award for the year 1987 from the Society of Sigma Xi, Southern Methodist University Chapter
1981Co-recipient of the Sigma Xi President's and Visitors' Research Prize, University of Virginia Chapter, Sigma Xi

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  2. ↑ "NIU news release – NIU's Narayan Hosmane". Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Prof. Narayan S. Hosmane Background Information" (PDF).[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 "Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences".
  5. ↑ S., Hosmane, Narayan (1974). "Some reactions of stannic chloride with silicon hydrides and some novel group IV derivatives of mercury". hdl:1842/14102.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Coxworth, Ben (21 June 2011). "'Simple, green, and cost-effective' method of graphene production announced". Gizmag. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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  8. ↑ "Current Visiting Professors at NIMTE".
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