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
Our Collaborators
Dr. Gilles Berger, Wyss Institute, Harvard University, Massachusettes, USA, and University of Brussels
Dr. Jatin Roper, Duke University, NC, USA
Dr. Harishkumar Madhystha, University of Miyazaki, Japan
Within CSIR-CLRI