Faculty Profile
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Akshay Modi
Assistant Professor
Room No. 205, AB-II
Phone No. +91 755 269 2619
Email: akshaymodi[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Education
- Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (2020)
- M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2015)
- B.Tech., National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India (2013)
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal (April 2022 – Present)
- Prestigious Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (July 2020 – April 2022)
- Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (March 2020 – July 2020)
- Membrane Science and Technology
- Nanostructured Materials
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Gas Separations
- Microbial Fuel Cells
- Biomedical Engineering
- Dr. S. Bauer Prize for Excellent Postdoc from the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel (2022)
- Shah-Schulman Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of Colloid and Interface Science for 2020 from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, India (2021)
- Prof. Shyamal Kanti Sanyal Memorial Award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in the Area of Membranes Research with Significant Commercial Potential from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, India (2020)
- Innovative Student Project Award (Doctoral Level) from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), India (2020)
- Institute Award for Excellence in Ph.D. Thesis Work from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (2020)
- R. G. Manudhane Ph.D. Excellence Award for Outstanding Academic Performance from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (2020)
- Prestigious Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Jacob Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (2020)
- Best Poster Presentation at the 4th International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology organized by Elsevier at Fremantle, Perth, Australia (2019)
- Best Poster Presentation Award from the Polymer Processing Academy, India (2019)
- Outstanding Young Chemical Engineer Award from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers-Mumbai Regional Chapter, India (2018)
- Travel Grant for Attending an International Conference from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India (2018)
- Travel Grant for Attending an International Conference from the Science and Engineering Research Board-Department of Science and Technology (SERB-DST), India (2017)
- Color Award for the Exceptional Contribution to the Department Scene in the Academic Year 2016-17 from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (2017)
- Ambuja's Young Researcher's Award from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, India (2015)
- Gold Medal from the National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India (2013)
- Topical Advisory Panel Member, Membranes (MDPI) [January 2022 - Present]
- Topical Advisory Panel Member, Applied Sciences (MDPI) [August 2021 - Present]
- Reviewer (Invited) for several journals published by Elsevier, ACS, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, De Gruyter, and MDPI (See the complete list of journals on my Publons profile: https://publons.com/researcher/1236571/akshay-modi/peer-review/).