Professional Experience
PRESENT POSITION
· Scientist (PSI Founder Fellow): Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. 2018 November – Onwards
Implementation of rare earth recycling technology
Foundation of spin-off company REMRETEch for sustainable resource management of rare earths and circular economy
Scholarship: PSI Founder Fellowship sponsored by UBS
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
· Postdoctoral Researcher: Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. 2015 May – 2018 October
Research Interests: Separations and recycling of strategically important metal ions and rare earth elements from the electronics wastes
Advisor: Prof. Christian Ludwig, Chemical Processes and Materials research group, Energy and Environment Research Division (ENE)
Scholarship: Swiss Federal Ministry of Environment sponsored Postdoctoral Fellowship
· Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Bologna, Italy. 2013 December – February 2015
Research Interests: synthesis of Imidazolidinone (cyclic amino acid amine type) organocatalyst ligands from the amino acid precursors
Advisor: Prof. Claudio Trombini, Department of Chemistry ‘Ciamician’
Scholarship: European Union’s Erasmus Mundus India4EuII Postdoctoral Fellowship
Patent:
Rare Earth Recycling from Fluorescent Powder e-wastes
(Europian patent and PCT (filed in April 2018): WO 2019/201582A1)
Book chapter:
1. Rare earth metals recycling from e-wastes: strategy and perspective
Ajay B. Patil et al.; Progress towards the resource revolution; edited by Prof. Chr. Ludwig and Sonia Valdivia; ISBN 978-3-9521409-8-7, 2019, sub chapter 23, 162-164.
PUBLICATIONS (Total: 19; h index: 8, i10 index: 6, citations: 279@scholar.google.)
19. Surfactant-based green method for the recycling of Rare Earth Elements from end-of-life electronic waste magnets
Ajay B. Patil, Nicole Thalmann, Rudolf Struis, Mohamed Tarik, and Christian Ludwig
Green Chem., 2020, under communication
18. Insights about ICP-OES interferences of Rare Earth Elements present in complex e-waste feeds
Ajay B. Patil, Mohamed Tarik, Albert J. Schuler, Rudolf P.W.J. Struis, and Christian Ludwig
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, under communication
17. Exploiting end-of-life lamps fluorescent powder e-waste as a secondary resource for critical rare earth metal raw materials
Ajay B. Patil, Mohamed Tarik, Albert J. Schuler, Rudolf P.W.J. Struis, and Christian Ludwig
2020, under preparation
16. Structural interplay in the reactivity and stereoselectivity of hybrid diarylimidazolinyl silylether organocatalysts
Ajay B. Patil, Shrihari P. Sanap, Lucia Cerisoli, Arianna Quintavalla, Marco Lombardo and Claudio Trombini
2020, under preparation
15. Gnidia glauca Leaf and Stem Extract Mediated Synthesis of Gold Nanocatalysts with Free Radical Scavenging Potential;
Ghosh S., Patil S., Chopade NB., Luikham S., Kitture R., Gurav D., Patil AB., Phadatare SD., Sontakke V., Kale S., Shinde V., Bellare J., Chopade BA.,
J. Nanomed. Nanotechnol., 2016, 7, 358. URL
14. Radiation stability of diglycolamide functionalized calix[4]arenes in ionic liquid: Solvent extraction, EPR and GC-MS studies;
A. Sengupta, P.K. Mohapatra, A. B. Patil, R.M. Kadam, W. Verboom;
Sep. Purif. Technol., 2016, 162, 77-83. URL
13. Thermoresponsive copolymers with pendant D-galactosyl 1,2,3-triazole groups: synthesis, characterization and thermal behavior;
A. B. Dhumure, Ajay B. Patil, A. S. Kulkarni, I. Voevodina, M. Scandola, V. S. Shinde;
New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 8179-8187. URL
12. Novel Dipicolinamide-ionic liquid based solvent system for actinide extraction;
Ajay B. Patil, P. N. Pathak, Vaishali S. Shinde, V. A. Babain, P. K. Mohapatra;
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 2014, 302(3), 1087-1093. URL
11. DMDCDDEMA as the new malonamide analogue for actinide partitioning: Synthesis, Extraction and Membrane Transport studies;
Ajay B. Patil, P. N. Pathak, V. S. Shinde, P. K. Mohapatra;
Sep. Purif. Technol., 2015, 145, 83-91. URL
10. Effect of irradiation on some actinide and fission product ions' extraction using several tetraalkyl diglycolamides;
R. B. Gujar, G. B. Dhekane, Ajay B. Patil, P. K. Mohapatra;
Radiochim. Acta, 2015, 103(5), 335-344. URL
9. Diosgenin from Dioscorea bulbifera: Novel Hit for Treatment of Type II Diabetes Mellitus with Inhibitory Activity against a-Amylase and a-Glucosidase
S. Ghosh, P. More, A. Derle, A. B. Patil, P. Markad, A. Asok, N. Kumbhar, M. L. Shaikh, B. Ramanamurthy, V. S. Shinde, D. D. Dhavale, and B. A. Chopade;
Plos One, 2014, 9(9), e106039. URL
8. Phytochemical Analysis and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Medicinal Plants Gnidia glauca and Dioscorea bulbifera
S. Ghosh, A. Derle, M. Ahire, P. More, S. Jagtap, S. D. Phadatare, A. B. Patil, A. M. Jabgunde, G. K. Sharma, V. S. Shinde, K. Pardesi, D. D. Dhavale, and B. A. Chopade;
Plos One, 2013, 8(12), e82529. URL
7. Studies on the radiolytic stability of newly developed solvent systems containing four calix-crown-6 ligands for radio-cesium recovery
P. Jagasia, P. K. Mohapatra, P. S. Dhami, A. B. Patil, V. C. Adya, A. Sengupta, P. M. Gandhi, P. K. Wattal;
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 2014, 302(3), 1087-1093. URL
6. Synthesis and evaluation of N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-dicyclohexyl-malonamide (DMDCMA) as an extractant for actinides
Ajay B. Patil, P. N. Pathak, V. S. Shinde, P. K. Mohapatra;
Sep. Sci. Technol., 2014, 49(18), 2927-2932. URL
5. A novel dipicolinamide-dicarbollide synergistic solvent system for actinide extraction
Ajay B. Patil, P. N. Pathak, V. S. Shinde, V. A. Babain, and P. K. Mohapatra;
Radiochim. Acta, 2014, 120(6), 481-487. URL
4. Evaluation of DMDOHEMA based supported liquid membrane system for high level waste remediation under simulated conditions
Ajay B. Patil, P. Kandwal, V. S. Shinde, P. N. Pathak, and P. K. Mohapatra;
J. Membra. Sci., 2013, 442, 48-56. URL
3. Modified Synthesis Scheme for N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-dioctyl-2,(2′-hexyloxyethyl) malonamide (DMDOHEMA) and its Comparison with Proposed Solvents for Actinide Partitioning
Ajay B. Patil, V. S. Shinde, P. N. Pathak, P. K. Mohapatra, and V. K. Manchanda;
Radiochim. Acta, 2013, 101, 93-100. URL
2. Evaluation of malonic acid diamide analogues as radical scavenging agents;
Ajay B. Patil, Saugata Ghosh, S. D. Phadatare, G. K. Sharma, B. A. Chopade, P. N. Pathak, V. S. Shinde;
New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 1267-1273. URL
1. Efficient solvent system containing Malonamides in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Actinide extraction, Fluorescence and Radiolytic Degradation Studies
Ajay B. Patil, P.N. Pathak, V. S. Shinde, S. V. Godbole, and P. K. Mohapatra;
Dalton Trans., 2013, 42(5), 1519-1529. URL