Welcome to Prof. Gawandes Research Group

Manoj B. Gawande received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 2008 from the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, (Formerly UDCT) Matunga, Mumbai, India, under the supervision of Prof. R.V. Jayaram. During his research tenure, he has been awarded several prestigious fellowships including a Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR, New Delhi India; a Brain Korea-21 (BK-21) Research fellowship from the Ministry of Science, South Korea; and an FCT Research fellowship from MCTES, Lisbon, Portugal. In 2013, he worked as a Visiting Professor at the Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2014, he was awarded the prestigious “Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman-2014” by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the NRI Welfare Society of India, for his outstanding contribution, service, and achievements in Chemistry Research and in 2015, he received “Deans Award“ from Palacky University, Olomouc Czech Republic for best publications output. He was selected as a “Highly Cited Researcher” in the list of the top 2% scientists published by Stanford University for the year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Recently, he received Best Professor Award – 2024, By Modern Plastics Award (Indian second Edition) on 11^th June 2024 and prestigious “MRSI medal for year 2024” for significant contribution in material chemistry and engineering on 3^rd December 2024.

Presently, he is working as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai Marathwada Campus Jalna. Also, he is Visiting Professor in Chemistry, at CEET, Nanotechnology Centre, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. During his stay at RCPTM, Palacky University, he has several visiting professor/scientist positions including Prof. Steve Ley (Cambridge University, Cambridge United Kingdom), Prof. Dunwei Wang (Boston College, Boston, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA), and Prof. Rajender S. Varma (EPA, Cincinnati, USA). His research interests are in the development of greener raw materials and the synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications in sustainable chemistry. He has published more than 172 scientific publications, including reviews, patents, papers, editorial, and commentary articles ( Citations  > 18000 ). Recently he was elected as a “Life Fellow” of the Indian Chemical Society. Also, Prof. Gawande has been awarded the prestigious “RSC Research Fund” grant 2021 by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, UK. Presently, He is supervising several doctoral students and postdoctoral co-workers.

Dr. Gawande is a Guest editor of several leading journals including Current Organic Chemistry (Bentham Publications), Associate Editor for Current Catalysis, Regional Editor for Current Organic Synthesis (Bentham Publications), and Editorial board member of Scientific Research (Nature Publication). Recently he was invited to edit a virtual Issue on “N-doped carbon Materials: Synthesis and Applications” by ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (ACS publications) and a Special Issue on “Single-Atom Catalysts” by Small and Advanced Material Interfaces (Wiley publications).