Michael R Hoffmann
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science
California Institute of Technology
1200 East California Blvd.
Pasadena, California 91125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The basic chemistry and applications of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis involving metal-phthalocyanine complexes,Chemistry and application of hydrogen peroxide for the oxidative elimination of hydrogen sulfide and other reduced sulfur compounds in water and wastewater, Chemistry and application of quantum-sized semiconductor colloids for the oxidative and reductive elimination of chlorinated hydrocarbons, in the examination of the underlying chemistry and physics of the application of ultrasonic irradiation in water for the destruction of chemical contaminants, for the development and advancement of the pulsed-power plasma process for water treatment, for the development and advancement of metal-doped semiconductor electrodes for the electrochemical production of hydroxyl radical from water, for the development and characterization of semiconductor-coated fiber optic cable reactors for the heterogeneous photochemical destruction of chemical contaminants in water, and for the application of photochemically-activated periodate solutions for chemical compound oxidation. |
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Mehmet A. Oturan
Universite Paris-Est,
Laboratoire Geomateriaux et Environnement, 5 bd Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallee cedex 2, France RESEARCH INTERESTS Water and soil pollution and treatment technologies, (Bio)alteration of complex materials of geological, environmental, and cultural heritage interests, Evolution of Earth-like materials under extreme condition, Interaction materials-pollutants-environment, Waste storage matrices L. Gomathi Devi Department of Chemistry,
Bangalore University, Bangalore-560001, Karnataka, India. RESEARCH INTERESTS Photocatlysis, Photoelectrocatalysis, Homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis, Metal and non-metal doping, Deposition of noble metals on semiconductor particles, Fenton, Photo-Fenton , advanced photo-Fenton and modified photo-Fenton process, Design and development of photoreactor. The driving force for the separation of the charge carrier and also physics behind the synergism is been a current topic in her laboratory. Her research interest spans a broad spectrum of energy, environment and material chemistry problems. |
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Miguel A. Valenzuela Instituto Politécnico Nacional-ESIQIE. Laboratorio de Catálisis y Materiales, Edificio 8, tercer piso, Zacatenco, 07738 México City, México. |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Heterogeneous catalysis, in particular the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of supported metal catalysts used in hydrogen production from natural gas. Semiconductor photochemistry, in particular, the use of photocatalysts in water and air purification, selective organic photosynthesis and hydrogen photogeneration. Other research interests include fundamental studies of: (i) in situ catalysts and inorganic materials characterization by FTIR, Raman, TPD/TPR/TPO, (ii) Synthesis of inorganic materials, hydrotalcites, pillared clays and hybrid inorganic-organic materials using microwave irradiation or ultrasound, (iii) Synthesis of organic compounds using the concept of green chemistry, (iv) Capture and photocatalytic conversion of CO2, (v) catalytic ozonation. Urška Lavrenčič Štangar Dean, School of Environmental Sciences Laboratory for Environmental Research University of Nova Gorica Vipavska 13, Rožna Dolina 5000 Nova Gorica Slovenia RESEARCH INTERESTS Prof. Urška Lavrenčič Štangar got PhD in Chemistry from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1996. The PhD research on sol-gel materials was performed at National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, where she continued the research on inorganic thin films and hybrid organic-inorganic gels for their application in devices using sustainable energy. In the years 2001-2003 she was working at Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Materials Chemistry, on mesostructured silica films (Lise Meitner and Marie Curie fellowships). She joined the University of Nova Gorica in 2005 and now she acts as a dean of its School of Environmental Sciences. In 2006, she received a national Zois award for important achievements in science and research. She is currently involved in research projects on photocatalysis and is an academic committee member of the European Photocatalysis Federation. Her work includes the preparation and characterization of materials in thin-film and powder form and their role in environmental cleaning. She has published more than 70 scientific articles, 5 patents and holds over 1100 citations. |
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D. Fatta-Kassinos
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering, University of Cyprus 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental pollution monitoring techniques (e.g water quality, xenobiotics in wastewater), wastewater treatment (advanced technologies for the removal of emerging contaminants), environmental hazard analysis and risk assessment, implementation of the integrated pollution prevention and control principles in the industrial sector, life cycle analysis of products and processes.
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Dr. Satyajit Shukla
Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD)
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Pappanamcode Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dye-Removal Technology (Adsorption, Photocatalysis), 1-Dimensional Nanostructures (Processing, Characterization, Applications), Process Development (Hydrothermal, Sol-Gel) |
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Christophe Colbeau-Justin
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique CNRS - Universite Paris-SudOrsay - France REASERCH INTERESTS
The elaboration of photocatalytical nanomaterials (surface treatment by metal nanoparticles), The study of photocatalytical mechanisms (Time Resolved Microwave Conductivity), The setup of wastewater treatment reactors (batch and annular reactors). |
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Halan Prakash
BITS Pilani, K.K Birla Campus Department of chemistry Goa, India RESEARCH INTERESTS
Synthesis of macrocyclic ligands and metal complex: Activators in advanced oxidation process and antimicrobial agents, Synthesis of photo-active molecules, nanoparticles and Bio-conjugation |
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Minjoong Yoon
Molecular/Nano Photochemistry & Photonics Lab Department of Chemistry Chungnam National University Daejeon 305-764, Korea RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development and photophysical studies of semiconductor nanomaterials for photocatalysis, solar cell and solar fuels; Photocatalytic decomposition of pollutants in water and air; Development of integrated functional opto-electronic nano-bio composites useful for both fluorescence imaging and phototherapy; New nanoscopic bioanalysis technique by single molecule/nano space-time resolved spectroscopy; Development of highly efficient opto-electronic nano-bio sensor model. |
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Marc Constapel
Analytical Chemistry University of Wuppertal D-42389 Germany RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development of various analytical methods (e.g. LC-Q-Tof, GC-MS and ICP-OES) and projects in the field of environmental chemistry. treatment of industrial waste water, e.g. from textile industry, employing oxidative, reductive and adsorptive techniques as well as the characterisation of degradation products. |
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Stephan Brosillon
Professeur des Universités Institut Européen des Membranes CC47; Université Montpellier 2 2; place Eugéne bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France RESEARCH INTERESTS
Advanced oxidation process (ozonation-photocatalysis) coupled with membrane operations for the treatment of hard COD present in water. At the University of Montpellier he is one of the responsible of the engineering formation (POLYTECH’Montpellier) in water science and engineering. In addition he is the coordinator of the water transversal axis in the European Membrane Institute of Montpellier. |
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Vincent Goetz
CNRS Research Director Processes, Materials and Solar Energy Laboratory - UPR CNRS 8521 Rambla de la Thermodynamique, Tecnosud, 66 100 Perpignan, France. RESEARCH INTERESTS
Solar advanced oxydation processes for depollution and desinfection / Solar chemical engineering, design and the dimensionnig of photocatalytic reactors and processes / Coupling phenomena between mass transfer, radiation and kinetics / Hybridation between sorption and photocatalysis. |
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Anurag Garg
Assistant Professor Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai Mumbai, INDIA, 400 076 Tel.: (91) 22 - 2576 7861 (Office) RESEARCH INTERESTS
Advanced oxidation processes (catalytic wet oxidation and Fenton) for the removal of persistent organic and inorganic compounds from industrial wastewaters
Nutrients removal from wastewater using a combination of physico-chemical and biological processes
Treatment of leachate (generated from Municipal solid waste landfill) using physico-chemical processes
Mechanical biological treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW)
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Isabel Oller Alberola
Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT Carretera Senes Km 4. Tabernas (Almería) P.O. Box: 22, Code: 04200 Spain RESEARCH INTERESTS
Industrial and urban wastewater treatment and reuse by using advanced oxidation processes (with and without solar energy) and their combination with physic-chemical pre-treatment systems and advanced biological treatments. |
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K. Indira Priyadarsini
Radiation & Photochemistry Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr K. Indira Priyadarsini is working in the multidisciplinary research areas of chemistry and biology on development of antioxidants and radioprotectors. Her research interests are on free radical reaction dynamics, radiation chemistry, enzyme kinetics, and development of antioxidants and radioprotectors from natural products and organoselenium compounds. Recently, she made a special issue on Selenium antioxidants for the journal, Current Chemical biology, 2013. |
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Conchi ANIA
Tenured Scientist Dpt. Chemical Processes for Energy and Environment Instituto Nacional del Carbón (INCAR, CSIC), Oviedo, Spain RESEARCH INTERESTS
Advanced oxidation processes based on photo- and electro-assisted techniques and carbon materials (nanoporous carbons and carbon/inorganic hybrid composites) as catalysts and electrodes for the removal of persistent organic pollutants for wastewater purification. Synthesis, characterization and surface modification of nanoporous adsorbents for energy and environmental applications. |
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Renato Falcao Dantas
Faculty of Technology University of Campinas - UNICAMP Paschoal Marmo, 1888. 13484-332 Limeira SP, Brazil RESEARCH INTERESTS
Water treatment by means of advanced oxidation processes and ozonation applied for water decontamination and reuse. |
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Prof. Anju Chadha
Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras India, RESEARCH INTERESTS
Anju Chadha is a Professor in the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras. She did her MSc [Organic Chemistry] from the University of Pune in 1977 and PhD from the Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1984. She was a Fogarty Fellow and then a Visiting Associate (1985–1989) at NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, USA and a Humboldt Fellow (1992–1993) in the University of Wuppertal, Germany. She was awarded the International Women’s Day Award [March 8, 2011] for outstanding contributions in Science by the University of Madras and is featured as one of the 100 women scientists of India in the book, Lilavati’s daughters. She worked for six years in a Pharma industry [R & D] before joining IITM as faculty in the Department of Chemistry. The running theme of her research is Biocatalysis which includes the use of Enzymes in Organic Synthesis; Enzyme Mechanisms; Green Chemistry; Biodiesel; Chirotechnology and Biosensors. She has mentored over a dozen PhD students so far and has a lab full of as many more presently. She has >76 published research papers and some of her work on biocatalysed chiral synthesis appears in text books of Stereochemistry. She is also the member-secretary of the Institutional Ethics Committee at IITM.
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D.B. Naik Head, Applied Radiation Chemistry Section Radiation & Photochemistry Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Trombay, Mumbai 400 085 email: dbnaik@barc.gov.in RESEARCH INTERESTS Dr.D.B Naik’s field of research is radiation and photochemical studies in homogeneous as well as micro-heterogeneous media. He has carried out studies concerning solar energy utilization, radiolysis of decontamination formulations, photodegradation/mineralization of organic compounds . Using pulse radiolysis technique, he has also studied triplet states of organic compounds. He has published ~105 research papers in peer reviewed journals. He is member of a number of professional scientific societies. Recently he is interested in developing/propagating methodologies for treatment of solid wastes generated in cities.
Randolph P. Thummel John & Rebecca Moores Professor of Chemistry 5020 SERC Building University of Houston RESEARCH INTERESTS Randolph Thummel is the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Chemistry in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Houston. The main focus of his work centers on the design and synthesis of novel ligand systems and their corresponding metal complexes, concentrating primarily on ligands involving azaaromatic nuclei such as 2,2'-bipyridine, terpyridine, and 1,10-phenanthroline. These ligands are synthesized using a wide variety of
techniques ranging from the Friedländer condensation to Stille and Suzuki couplings. We use steric, conformational, and electronic effects to modify the properties of these ligands and in this manner tune the properties of their corresponding metal complexes.
Most of our work is aimed at the development of new photosensitizers for solar energy utilization or biomedical applications. In particular we are involved in the development of Ru(II) complexes for light-driven water oxidation. The excited state of a photosensitizer such as [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 can donate an electron to a sacrificial acceptor (Na2S2O8) and the resulting Ru(III) species then oxidizes a catalyst that in turn can oxidize water to produce O2. The chromophore and catalyst have been incorporated into the same molecule to provide a more efficient dyad assembly. Steric as well as electronic effects have been shown to play an important role. Similar systems are currently being developed for photocatalytic water reduction with the hope of ultimately creating an integrated system for artificial photosynthesis.
Rakshit Ameta Department of Chemistry Pacific College of Basic & Applied Sciences PAHER University Udaipur - 313024 (Raj.) Dr. Rakshit Ameta has around 60 research publications and one patent. He published 5 degree level books, and contributed chapters (i) Green Chemistry : A Need of the Day & (ii) Photocatalysis : An Emerging Technology by Nova Publishers, USA (iii) Advanced Oxidation Processes : Basics and Applications by Taylor & Francis, UK (iv) Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (v) Preparation and applications of non-metal doped semiconductors as photocatalysts & (vi) Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants : A review by Trans-Tech Publications, Switzerland. RESEARCH INTERESTS Photochemistry, Green Chemistry, Microwave Assisted reactions, Environmental Chemistry, Waste Water Treatment, Nanochemistry, Solar Cells
S. VASUDEVAN Principal Scientist Electro Inorganic Chemicals Division CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi - 630 006, Tamilnadu, India Phone : (00 91 4565) 241278 Fax : (00 91 4565) 227779 RESEARCH INTERESTS Dr. S.Vasudevan has been working in diverse areas of electrochemistry for the past 20 years. His research primarily focussed on the areas of electrochemical water treatment, hydrogen generation by water electrolysis, synthesis of electro-inorganic chemicals, electrochemical waste management, electro-catalysis, magnesium batteries. He has published more than 85 research papers in reputed peer reviewed journals and written six book chapters. He has presented more than 70 research papers in national & international symposia and delivered invited lectures, keynote address in many occasions both in India & abroad. He is serving as associate editor and editorial board member for different international journals. As an outcome of his innovative research, he has been granted with eight Indian patents and one international patent. He has transferred five technologies to different industries that had great societal values. He was an Invited Professor at University of Paris (East), France in 2012. He is among the first Indian authors who contributed to the WILEY’s prestigious ULLMANN’S Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (7th edition) - the world's largest benchmark reference in the fields of applied chemistry, industrial chemistry, and chemical engineering. He is the recipient of the best paper award, best import substitution award, best technology award, and per capita ECF award from different organizations. He has been conferred the "International Best Researcher" award by the International Science Congress Association in 2012 and “Eminent Scientist Award” by Indian Society for ElectroAnalytical Chemistry in 2013.
Collin G. Joseph Senior Lecturer Industrial Chemistry Programme, School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Locked Bag No.2073, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA RESEARCH INTERESTS Sonophotochemistry & Adsorption Technology
Sushil Kumar Kansal Associate Professor Dr S S Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engg. & Technology RESEARCH INTERESTS Environmental Science and Engineering, Naontechnology
N. R. Shiju Assistant Professor Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam The Netherlands RESEARCH INTERESTS Materials science and chemical engineering
Synthesis and application of new Fischer-Tropsch catalysts
Amrit Pal Toor Professor University Institute of Chemical Engg. & Tech. Panjab University, Chandigarh RESEARCH INTERESTS Energy and Environment, Reaction Engineering |
