Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni Explained

Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni
Nationality:	Indian
Alma Mater:	Institute of Chemical Technology
Awards:	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2020)
Fields:	Chemical Engineering
Workplaces:	National Chemical Laboratory

Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni (born 1976)^[1] is an Indian research scientist at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.^[2] He earned his PhD from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in chemical engineering.^[3] His research expertise includes design and development of microreactors.^[2]

He helped in establishment the first of its kind microreactor laboratory in India. He has also successfully developed the first-ever scalable continuous process for silver nanowires.^[4]

He has been awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 2020.^{[5] [6] [7]} He has also been a research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in 2010.^[3] He is also been young associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2011–14).^[8]

Awards and honors

• VASVIK award for ‘Chemical Sciences & Technology’ (2016)^[1]
• CSIR Young Scientist Award (2011)^[1]
• AV Rama Rao Chair Professor^[4]
• INSA Young Scientist Award (2009)^[1]
• Humboldt Fellow (2004)^[3]

Selected bibliography

Articles

• Sharma . Brijesh M. . Atapalkar . Ranjit S. . Kulkarni . Amol A. . Continuous flow solvent free organic synthesis involving solids (reactants/products) using a screw reactor . Green Chemistry . 2019 . 21 . 20 . 5639–5646 . 10.1039/C9GC02447F. 202871091 .
• Sharma . Mrityunjay K. . Potdar . Shital B. . Kulkarni . Amol A. . Pinched tube flow reactor: Hydrodynamics and suitability for exothermic multiphase reactions . AIChE Journal . January 2017 . 63 . 1 . 358–365 . 10.1002/aic.15498.
• Sebastian Cabeza . Victor . Kuhn . Simon . Kulkarni . Amol A. . Jensen . Klavs F. . Size-Controlled Flow Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using a Segmented Flow Microfluidic Platform . Langmuir . May 2012 . 28 . 17 . 7007–7013 . 10.1021/la205131e. 22475028 .

Patents

• Continuous Flow Process For The Preparation Of Sulphoxide Compounds (2012)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Noël . Timothy . Meet The Flow Chemist – Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni . Journal of Flow Chemistry . Springer Nature . 471–474 . en . 10.1007/s41981-020-00110-9 . 1 September 2020. 10 . 3 . 221510973 . free .
2. Web site: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Faculty . academic.ncl.res.in . . 22 October 2020.
3. Web site: Amol A. Kulkarni . www.aiche.org . . 22 October 2020 . en . 10 April 2020.
4. News: Pune: NCL's Dr Amol Kulkarni Selected For Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences and AV Rama Rao Chair Professor . Punekar News . 26 September 2020.
5. Web site: Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize . www.ssbprize.gov.in.
6. News: NCL scientist gets twin recognitions Pune News - Times of India . The Times of India . 27 September 2020 . en.
7. News: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020: 12 researchers receive India's highest science award . Hindustan Times . 26 September 2020 . en.
8. News: Shinde . Swati . Two National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) scientists, Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni and Dattatraya H Dethe, have been selected as young associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences for 2011-14. - Times of India . 22 October 2020 . The Times of India . en.
9. Web site: Continuous Flow Process For The Preparation Of Sulphoxide Compounds . patents.google.com . US Patent office . en . 6 January 2012.