Biography

• PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, 1998 

• BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1993

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras 

Professor: 2016 – to date

• Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar 

Professor & Institute Chair: 2013 – 2016

• National University of Singapore

Associate Professor 2004 – 2013

Assistant Professor 1998 – 2004 

• A*Star Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences, Singapore

Principal Scientist 2007 – 2012

Senior Scientist 2004 – 2007 

• Honeywell Technology Center, Minneapolis, USA

Research Associate 1998

• University of Alberta

Visiting Professor: 2023 - 2024

• Imperial College London

Visiting Associate Professor: 2008 – 2009

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Visiting Associate Professor: 2005

• University of Girona, Spain

Visiting Professor: 2005

• Institute of Mexican Petroleum

Advisor: 2004 – 2006

• Otto Moensted Visiting Professorship, Technical University of Denmark, 2024 - 2026

• External Assessor for Master in Process Safety and Loss Prevention programme, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2023-2026

• Top 2% Global Scientists in Chemical Engineering, 2020 – 2024

• ACS Editors' Choice Paper, 2022

• Outstanding Reviewer Editor Award 2021, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

• Dr. G. P. Kane Visiting Professorship in Chemical Engineering, ICT Mumbai, 2015-2016

• Outstanding Reviewer, Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2015 

• Outstanding Reviewer, Computers & Chemical Engineering 2013 & 2015

• 30 Most Prolific Authors of Computers & Chemical Engineering Journal 2012

• Best Poster Award, Inaugural GlaxoSmithKline GSK-EDB Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Symposium, 2011

• ExxonMobil Knowledge Build Grant 2008, First recipient in Asia

• Runner-up for Best Paper of 2007, Computers & Chemical Engineering

• Finalist, Singapore National Academy of Science’s Young Scientist Award 2004 & 2006

• Best Paper Award in IEEE's 4th  International Conference on Industrial Informatics, 2006 

• Award of Merit 2004, Association for Media Technology in Education Canada 

• Best Paper of 2002, Computers & Chemical Engineering

• 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE 2024), Florence, Italy, 2024

• 7th Internal Conference on Chemical Engineering in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023

• Virtual Symposium on Process Safety and Asset Integrity Management in the Digital Age, TU Delft, Sep 2021 

• 18th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE2019), 2019 

• 8th International Symposium on Design, Operation, and Control of Chemical Processes, Bangkok, 2019

• 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering, San Diego, USA, 2018

• 12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering, Copenhagen, 2015

• 5th World Conference on the Safety of Oil & Gas Industry, Okayama, Japan, 2014 

• Associate Editor, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2012 - to date

• Academic Editor, PLOS One, 2018 – to date

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research (Process and Energy Systems Engineering), 2020 – to date 

• Review Editor, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 2018 - to date

• Editorial Advisory Board, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2023 – to date 

• Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Chemical Health & Safety, 2024 – to date

• Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2007- to date

• Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, 2007- to date