MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC BODIES
· Life membership of “Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists” (ASSET), Mumbai, India since Feb 2010.
· Life membership of “Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS), since November 2013.
· Reviewer board member of “Minerals” and “Molecules” journals.
INVOLVEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES
· Co-guided four students for their master’s dissertations.
· Participated as volunteer in organization of different workshops and conferences at University of Pune, Pune and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
· Strong competence in extramural fundraising, research proposal writing, defending and execution with multiple stakeholders and industrial partners.
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent), Hindi (Fluent), Marathi (Native), Italian (Beginner), German (intermediate)
SOFT SKILLS AND TRAINING:
· Project management training by BMW, Switzerland 2019
· Strategic negotiations training at PSI Academy, Switzerland 2018
· Designing for Environmental Sustainability and Social impact, Switzerland 2019
· Research integrity concepts and training at PSI Academy, Switzerland 2019
SEMINARS / CONFERENCES
1. Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), held at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, during February 2010; POSTER presentation
2. Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium (NUCAR-2011), held at GITAM University, Visakhapattanam, A. P. during February 22nd to 26th, 2011; ORAL presentation
(Best paper and Oral presentation award to this paper by IANCAS)
3. Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2012), held at Mithibai College, Vile Parle, Mumbai, during February 27th to March 1st, 2012; ORAL and POSTER Presentation
4. International conference, Plutonium Futures 2012, held at Cambridge University, London, UK during July, 15th to 20th, 2012; ORAL presentation by co-advisor
5. Nuclear and Radiochemistry Symposium (NUCAR-2013), held at Govt. Model Science College, Jabalpur, India February 19th to 23th, 2013; POSTER presentation
6. National Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (NSRP 2013) held at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong (Meghalaya) during March 20th -22rd, 2013; POSTER presentation
7. Membrane Separation and Technology (MEMSEP 2013) held at BARC, Mumbai (Maharashtra) during September 16th -18th, 2013. ORAL presentation
(Best Paper and Oral Presentation Award to this paper by ASSET)
8. Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), held at Mumbai, during February 25th – 28th, 2014; POSTER Presentation by co-advisor
9. Perspective and Future Research in Malaria Management held at Academia delle scienze, University of Bologna, Italy, December 2013.
10. Ischia Advanced School of Organic Chemistry held at Ischia, Naples, Italy, September 2014.
11. Design thinking workshop, organized by Xavier University USA and ParkInnovAare, Switzerland, September 2017.
12. New Technology to Recover Clean Rare Earth Metals from e-Wastes, Ajay B. Patil; at World Recycling Forum held at Macau, China. November 14-17, 2017. Invited Talk
13. Rare earth metals recycling from e-wastes: strategy and perspective; Ajay B. Patil, Rudolf P.W.J. Struis, Albert J. Schuler, Mohamed Tarik, Andreas Krebs, Werner Larsen and Christian Ludwig; World Resource Forum held at Geneva, Switzerland. October 24-25, 2017. Oral and Poster Presentation
14. Economic process hydrometallurgy for rare earth metals recycling from e-waste; Ajay B. Patil, Rudolf PWJ Struis, Albert J. Schuler, Mohamed Tarik, Christian Ludwig;
10th International Conference on f-Elements (ICFE-10) held in Lausanne, Switzerland. September 3-6, 2018. Invited Talk (IL-10-6)
15. Rare earth elements recycling from end of life electronics waste: The green approach with cloud point extraction; Ajay B. Patil, Rudolf PWJ Struis, Albert J. Schuler, Mohamed Tarik, Christian Ludwig;
World Resource Forum held at Geneva, Switzerland. October 23-24, 2019. Oral and Poster Presentation