Prabhu Research Group (PRG)
Dr. S. Muthu Prabhu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade II) | Department of Chemistry | School of Advanced Sciences | VIT-AP | Amaravathi | Andhra Pradesh
Education
2011-15 - PhD in Chemistry, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
2009-11 - Master of Chemistry, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
2004-07 - Bachelor of Chemistry, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
PhD Thesis: Defluoridation of drinking water using synthetic and biopolymeric assisted materials.
Mentor: Prof. S. Meenakshi, Dept. of Chemistry, GRI, India
M.Sc. Thesis: Sorption of copper and lead on silica gel/chitosan composite
supervisor: Prof. S. Meenakshi, Dept. of Chemistry, GRI, India
Experiences
Jan 2023 - till date - Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade II), Department of Chemistry, SAS, VIT-AP, Vijayawada, India
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 - Research Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, S. Korea
Sep 2019 - Nov 2020 - Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kyungpook National University, S. Korea
Sep 2016 - Aug 2018 - JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Dec 2015 -June 2016 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Yonsei University, Seoul, S. Korea
Awards & Recognitions
Awarded Brain Pool Fellowship (formerly KRF) at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea (2019)
Awarded Senior Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India (2019)
Awarded Dr. DS Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Application ID CH/17-18/0177) by UGC, New Delhi (2018)
Awarded JSPS-Post-Doctoral Fellowship (P16082) at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (2016)
Selected one among 15 Indian researchers in India to participate in IGCS Winter School at Madras (IITM), Chennai (2015)
Best Poster presentation award (I prize) at International Conference at NIOT, Chennai (2014)
UGC-Senior Research Fellow - Awarded by UGC-Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students (2014)
UGC-Junior Research Fellow - Awarded by UGC-Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students (2012)
DST-Junior Research Fellow - Awarded by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2012)
Selected for Summer Training Programme in Chemistry-2010 (STPIC-2010), in Tamil Nadu level, conducted by Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai (Sponsored by the Science City) on May-June (2010)
IF WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING; IT WOULD NOT BE RESEARCH
… Albert Einstein