Dr. Amit A. Vernekar

Senior Scientist

AcSIR Faculty Member in Chemical Sciences

Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Laboratory

CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)

Adyar, Chennai 600020

INDIA

Tel: +91- 44 - 2443 7137

Email :  amitvernekar@clri.res.in

                 amitvernekarnano@gmail.com 


Professional Career

August 2019 onwards: Scientist, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-CLRI, Adyar, Chennai

March 2018 - July 2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, Telangana

September 2017-January 2018: Postdoctoral Associate, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. Advisors: Prof. Stephen J. Lippard and Prof. Omer H. Yilmaz

November 2015-August 2017: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. Advisor: Prof. Stephen J. Lippard

April 2015-November 2015: Senior Research Associate, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. Advisor: Prof. G. Mugesh

January 2015-April 2015: Junior Research Associate, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. Advisor: Prof. G. Mugesh


Qualifications

January 2010-April 2015: Ph.D., Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.  Advisor: Prof. G. Mugesh

June 2007-June 2009: M.Sc. (Chemistry), Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa. (Outstanding grade)

June 2004-April 2007: B.Sc. (Chemistry), Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa. (Distinction) 

 

Additional Qualifications

January 2003: Diploma in Office Management

January 2003: Diploma in Typewriting 

September 2007: Diploma in Journalism


Journal Reviewer

Nature Communications, Chemical Science, Chemical Communications, ACS Environmental Science and Technology, Scientific Reports, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Soft Matter, Dalton Transactions, New Journal of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, Science of the Total Environment, RSC Advances


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