Chemical Engineering

Profile Research Publications Books/Book-Chapters Achievements

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)
Administrative Experience
- Faculty Advisor for the Y23 Batch of BS Students in Engineering Sciences (October 2023 to date)
- Member, Institute Building-wise Safety Committee [Responsible for Gravity Building; February 2023 to date]
- Warden-in-Charge, Hostel-6 (Swan) and Mess-4, IISER Bhopal (January 2023 to date)
- Member, Institute Anti-ragging Squad [January 2023 to date]
- Member, Institute Health Centre's User Committee [January 2023 to date]
- Member, Chemical Engineering Department Safety Committee, IISER Bhopal (November 2022 to date)
- Member, Chemical Engineering Department Undergraduate Committee, IISER Bhopal (July 2022 to date)
Professional Membership
- Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
- Life Member, Indian Membrane Society (IMS)
- Life Member, Indian Desalination Association (InDA)
- Associate Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), United Kingdom
- Community Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), United States
- Member, World Association of Membrane Societies (WA-MS)
- Student Member, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), India
- Member, CO2 Capture and Utilization Network (CO2India), India
- Senior Member, International Association for Carbon Capture (IACC)
- 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/).

S.No	Authors	Title	Journals	Year
1	Chetan Prakash Sharma,Akshay Modi,Ajesh Jose,Irina Rostovsky,Neta Sal-Man,Avraham Be’er,Roni Kasher,Christopher J. Arnusch	Enhanced antimicrobial activity of laser-induced graphene wrapped tri-metal organic framework nanocomposites	Advanced Engineering Materials	2024
2	Akshay Modi,Roni Kasher	Nitrate removal from contaminated groundwater by micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration using a polyacrylonitrile membrane with a hydrogel-stabilized ZIF-L layer	Water Research	2024
3	Animesh Jana,Akshay Modi	Recent progress on functional polymeric membranes for CO2 separation from flue gases: A review	Carbon Capture Science & Technology	2024
4	Animesh Jana,A Vijayalakshmi,Suganesh Raghunathan,Aishwarya Shankar,Krishnamurthy Sainath,Akshay Modi	Does the rate of metal salt precursor addition during ZIF-8 nanoparticles preparation affect their morphology?: Application in dye adsorption	Colloids and Surfaces C: Environmental Aspects	2024
5	Yashmeen Budania,Smriti Mishra,Aradhana Mishra,Animesh Jana,Akshay Modi,Ankit Tyagi,Pradip Kumar,Shiv Singh	Multi-heteroatom doped vehicle exhaust soot derived nano-onion based economical and efficient electrodes for microbial fuel cell: A waste to wealth strategy	Chemical Engineering Journal	2023
6	Akshay Modi,Zhongyi Jiang,Roni Kasher	Hydrostable ZIF-8 layer on polyacrylonitrile membrane for efficient treatment of oilfield produced water	Chemical Engineering Journal	2022
7	Karthik Rathinam,Akshay Modi,Dietmar Schwahn,Yoram Oren,Roni Kasher	Surface grafting with diverse charged chemical groups mitigates calcium phosphate scaling on reverse osmosis membranes during municipal wastewater desalination	Journal of Membrane Science	2022
8	Krishnamurthy Sainath,Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	CO2/CH4 mixed gas separation using graphene oxide nanosheets embedded hollow fiber membranes: Evaluating effect of filler concentration on performance	Chemical Engineering Journal Advances	2021
9	Surendra Kumar Verma,Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Hollow fiber membrane bioreactor functionalized with GO-cryogel 3D matrix promotes liver cells anchoring and their functional maintenance	Medical Devices & Sensors	2021
10	Krishnamurthy Sainath,Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	In-situ growth of zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 nanoparticles on polysulfone/graphene oxide hollow fiber membranes enhance CO2/CH4 separation	Journal of Membrane Science	2020
11	Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Zeolitic imidazolate framework-67/carboxylated graphene oxide nanosheets incorporated polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes for removal of toxic heavy metals from contaminated water	Separation and Purification Technology	2020
12	Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Amoxicillin removal using polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes blended with ZIF-L nanoflakes and cGO nanosheets: Improved flux and fouling-resistance	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	2020
13	Akshay Modi,Surendra Kumar Verma,Jayesh Bellare	Surface-functionalized poly(ether sulfone) composite hollow fiber membranes with improved biocompatibility and uremic toxins clearance for bioartificial kidney application	ACS Applied Bio Materials	2020
14	Preety Kumari,Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Enhanced flux and antifouling property on municipal wastewater of polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes by embedding carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes and a vitamin E derivative	Separation and Purification Technology	2020
15	Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Efficient removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol from contaminated water and alleviation of membrane fouling by high flux polysulfone-iron oxide/graphene oxide composite hollow fiber membranes	Journal of Water Process Engineering	2020
16	Surendra Kumar Verma,Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Polyethersulfone-carbon nanotubes composite hollow fiber membranes with improved biocompatibility for bioartificial liver	Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces	2019
17	Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Efficient separation of biological macromolecular proteins by polyethersulfone hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes modified with Fe3O4 nanoparticles-decorated carboxylated graphene oxide nanosheets	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	2019
18	Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Efficient removal of dyes from water by high flux and superior antifouling polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes modified with ZnO/cGO nanohybrid	Journal of Water Process Engineering	2019
19	Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Efficiently improved oil/water separation using high flux and superior antifouling polysulfone hollow fiber membranes modified with functionalized carbon nanotubes/graphene oxide nanohybrid	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	2019
20	Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Copper sulfide nanoparticles/carboxylated GO nanosheets blended PES hollow fiber membranes: Development and characterization for efficient separation of oxybenzone and bisphenol A from water	Polymer	2019
21	Surendra Kumar Verma,Akshay Modi,Ashwin Dravid,Jayesh Bellare	Lactobionic acid-functionalized polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes promote HepG2 attachment and function	RSC Advances	2018
22	Akshay Modi,Surendra Kumar Verma,Jayesh Bellare	Hydrophilic ZIF-8 decorated GO nanosheets improve biocompatibility and separation performance of PES HFMs: A potential membrane material for bioartificial liver application	Materials Science and Engineering: C (renamed as Biomaterials Advances)	2018
23	Akshay Modi,Surendra Kumar Verma,Jayesh Bellare	Carboxylated carbon nanotubes/polyethersulfone hollow fiber mixed matrix membranes: Development and characterization for enhanced gas separation performance	MRS Advances	2018
24	Akshay Modi,Surendra Kumar Verma,Jayesh Bellare	Extracellular matrix-coated polyethersulfone-TPGS hollow fiber membranes showing improved biocompatibility and uremic toxins removal for bioartificial kidney application	Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces	2018
25	Akshay Modi,Surendra Kumar Verma,Atul Kumar Singh,Rohit Teotia,Sachin Kadam,Jayesh Bellare	Functionally coated polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes: A substrate for enhanced HepG2/C3A functions	Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces	2018
26	Akshay Modi,Surendra Kumar Verma,Jayesh Bellare	Graphene oxide-doping improves the biocompatibility and separation performance of polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes for bioartificial kidney application	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	2018
27	Surendra Kumar Verma,Akshay Modi,Jayesh Bellare	Three-dimensional multiscale fiber matrices: Development and characterization for increased HepG2 functional maintenance for bio-artificial liver application	Biomaterials Science	2018
28	Akshay Modi,Surendra Kumar Verma,Jayesh Bellare	Graphene oxide nanosheets and d-?-Tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS) doping improves biocompatibility and ultrafiltration in polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	2017
29	Surendra Kumar Verma,Akshay Modi,Atul Kumar Singh,Rohit Teotia,Jayesh Bellare	Improved hemodialysis with hemocompatible polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes: In-vitro performance	Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials	2017
30	Akshay Modi,Shiv Singh,Nishith Verma	Improved performance of a single chamber microbial fuel cell using nitrogen-doped polymer-metal-carbon nanocomposite-based air-cathode	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	2017
31	Akshay Modi,Shiv Singh,Nishith Verma	In situ nitrogen-doping of nickel nanoparticle-dispersed carbon nanofiber-based electrodes: Its positive effects on the performance of a microbial fuel cell	Electrochimica Acta	2016
32	Shiv Singh,Akshay Modi,Nishith Verma	Enhanced power generation using a novel polymer-coated nanoparticles dispersed-carbon micro-nanofibers-based air-cathode in a membrane-less single chamber microbial fuel cell	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	2016
33	Mushtaq Ahmad Rather,Ashok Bhaskarwar,Akshay Modi,Anjan Raina,Deep Priya Kapoor	TiO2 photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye by utilizing ultra violet light emitting diodes as radiation source	Advanced Science Letters	2016
34	Akshay Modi,Bhaskar Bhaduri,Nishith Verma	Facile one-step synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers for the removal of potentially toxic metals from water	ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research	2015

Book Chapters

S.No Authors Editors Title Publisher Year

1 Krishnamurthy Sainath
Akshay Modi
Kaustubha Mohanty
S. Saran
B. E. Kumara Swamy
S. C. Sharma
Graphene oxide and its derivatives as additives in polymeric membranes for water treatment applications Springer 2023

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