Start
Mar 19, 2015 - 17:00
End
Mar 19, 2015 - 18:00
Venue
LC-301
Event Type
Speaker
Prof. Suresh Bhargava RMIT University Melbourne
Title
Building with Bubbles: Is it the start of New Generation of Catalysis?
Abstract: While the evolution of hydrogen gas is often a troublesome process accompanying electrodeposition this feature can be exploited to template the growth of highly porous surfaces. This process known as the dynamic hydrogen bubble template (DHBT) method can be utilised to create a wide range of macroporous films with nanostructured porous walls. This talk will discuss - Does this provide a platform for innovation to create new generation catalysis? This talk also discuss how other Nano-surfaces created for different applications. For more details - Read this feature article with cover page Chem. Commun. 2015 51 4331 Bio: Professor Suresh Kumar Bhargava is the Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) and the Director of the Centre for Advanced Materials andIndustrial Chemistry College of Science Engineering and Health RMITUniversity. He completed his PhD from UK subsequently moved to Australia to take up a Research Fellowship at the Australian National University and then at the CSIRO- Division of Fuel Technology Lucas Height Research Laboratories NSW before joining the Faculty at the RMIT University Melbourne. A strong believer of research with Innovation Professor Bhargava instituted a unique multidisciplinary research platform/group to include research into Alumina Technology Uranium processing water quality catalytic wet oxidation nanoscience and technology bionanotechnology electrochemistry homo- and heterogeneous catalysis sensor design and engineering and fundamental materials science. He founded and leads the Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry at RMIT. Professor Bhargava is also the founder director of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)-RMIT joint research centre Hyderabad India jointly funded by Government of India (CSIR) and RMIT University. He has trained more than 20 Indian students and early career researchers with 100% employment around the world including one who became full professor in Australia at the age of 35. Professor Bhargava remains among the top 5% of cited chemists in the world and is one of the most cited researchers at RMIT University with over ~6000 citations and h index of 38. His current citation rate is `~5 per day. He is considered to be in the top 1% of science and technology leaders in the Australian resource sector receiving highly competitive ARC Linkage grants with large corporate multinationals including the Rio Tinto group BHP Billiton Mobile Exxon Alcoa World Alumina Melinda and Bill Gate grant and Agilent technology. He is an outstanding scientist who with six patents (5 transferred to the industries) has proven innovations in global chemical technology. Furthermore He has more than 290 peer reviewed papers in prestigious journals such as: Advanced Materials the Journal of the American Chemical Society Angewandte Chemie (International) Chemical Communication Nano scale Scientific reports (Nature publishing) and many more industrial confidential reports (>200). He is also the recipient of several awards including Asian Paint Award (2013) Exxon Mobil Award (2011) Worley Parsons Award (2009) and R. K Murphy Medal (2008) just few to mention. He has been a consultant and advisor to many governments’ bodies and industries around the world and currently on the Board of one of industries of Aditya Birla Group. He is an elected fellow of 5 Academies around the world. He has been honoured currently in India as one of the most distinguished “ P C Ray Chair” of Indian National Science Academy” the only Australian Scientist who has ever been granted this honour.Note : Attendance is mandatory for CL702/CL704 participants