Ajayan Vinu Explained

Ajayan Vinu
Birth Date:1976 5, df=yes
Fields:Materials science and Nanotechnology
Work Institution:The University of Newcastle
Alma Mater:Anna University
Kaiserslautern University of Technology
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Known For:Mesoporous carbon nitride
Spouse:Siji Dhasan (married in 2005)
Children:Two sons - Stevin Vinu and Nivets Vinu

Ajayan Vinu is a material scientist. He is currently the Global Innovation Chair Professor for Advanced Nanomaterials and the director of Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN), The University of Newcastle since October 2017 which houses more than 60 researchers including PhD students and staff.[1] Before moving to the University of Newcastle, he was a professor of Nanomaterials at the University of South Australia from 2015-2017.[2] and also worked at the University of Queensland as a Professor and ARC Future Fellow from 2011-2015.[3] He is well known in the field of mesoporous carbon nitride and was the first one to introduce porosity in carbon nitride materials which find applications in different areas of research including catalysis, energy storage and conversion and carbon dioxide capture, and photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen generation.[4]

Early life and education

Ajayan Vinu was born in a small village located at the extreme South of India called Arumanai in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) in Tirunelveli district, India (1993-1998). He received his PhD degree in 2003 from Anna University, India, however, he carried out most of his PhD thesis work at Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Germany.

Research career

In 2004 he moved to the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),[5] Japan as an International Young Scientist fellow. He has published more than 500 papers in journals with ca. 35,300 citations and an H-index of 97 (google scholar).[6] He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2018, he was elected as a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and an academician of the World Academy of Ceramics. In 2019, he was elected as an academician of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials.

During his tenure at NIMS, he was appointed as the NIMS Ambassador to India, and was instrumental in setting up the NIMS-India research centre at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology and appointed to serve as a Research Director for this Center.[7]

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajayan Vinu Profile Page, The University of Newcastle . newcastle.edu.au/profile . 2015-01-16. 2017-10-23.
  2. Web site: Ajayan Vinu Home Page, University of South Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20160912131829/http://people.unisa.edu.au/Ajayan.Vinu#About-me . dead . 12 September 2016 . People.unisa.edu.au . 2016-09-10 .
  3. Web site: ARC Funded Fellow . arc.gov.au . 2017-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160921180547/http://www.arc.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/arc-funded-researchers-scoop-scopus-awards . 21 September 2016 . dead .
  4. 10.1002/adma.200401643 . 17 . 13 . Preparation and Characterization of Well-Ordered Hexagonal Mesoporous Carbon Nitride . Advanced Materials . 1648–1652 . Vinu . A.. 2005 .
  5. Web site: Ajayan VINU. Nims.go.jp. 2016-09-10.
  6. Web site: Professor Ajayan Vinu - Google Scholar Citations. Google.com.au. 2016-09-10.
  7. Web site: Awards and Honors. Nims.go.jp. 2016-09-10.
  8. Web site: Asia Pacific Academy of Materials. www.apam-mat.net. 2019-08-15.
  9. Web site: Chemical Research Society of India. Crsi. en. 2019-08-15.
  10. Web site: Nanotechnologist honoured with CRSI Medal. 2018-08-15. The University of Newcastle, Australia. en. 2019-08-15.
  11. Web site: July 2018, World Academy of Arts & Science; . 2018-09-30.
  12. Web site: ORCID. Ajayan Vinu (0000-0002-7508-251X). 2021-08-01. orcid.org. en.
  13. Web site: World Academy of Ceramics; . 2018-09-30.
  14. Web site: New Fellow | . 2017-10-25.
  15. Web site: Maharashtra Academy of Sciences Fellows; . 2017-10-26.
  16. Web site: ARC-funded researchers scoop the Scopus awards | Australian Research Council . Arc.gov.au . 2014-09-18 . 2016-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160921180547/http://www.arc.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/arc-funded-researchers-scoop-scopus-awards . 21 September 2016 . dead .
  17. Web site: ARC-funded researchers scoop the Scopus awards | Australian Research Council . Arc.gov.au . 2014-09-18 . 2017-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160921180547/http://www.arc.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/arc-funded-researchers-scoop-scopus-awards . 21 September 2016 . dead .
  18. Boudart Award: J. A. Dumesic / Hector Research Award: A. S. K. Hashmi / Bessel Research Award: A. Vinu / Appointed President: C.-L. Bai . 2011-05-09 . 10.1002/anie.201101728 . 50 . 22. 5015 . Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
  19. Web site: "Dr. Vinu was awarded "the CSJ Award for Young Chemists".| MANA . Nims.go.jp . 2009-03-28 . 2016-09-10.
  20. Web site: "Dr. Vinu was awarded "Award of Excellence from ISCB".| MANA . Nims.go.jp . 2009-03-28 . 2017-10-26.
  21. Web site: Khwarizmi International Award 21st Session -2008 - Khwarizmi International Award (KIA). 123.54. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913141230/http://213.176.123.54/kia/content/khwarizmi-international-award-21st-session-2008. 2017-10-26. 13 September 2016.

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