Amol Kulkarni's Biography

Amol Kulkarni, Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory

Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni is currently a Scientist in the Chemical Engineering & Process Development Division at the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune (India)

He obtained his B. Chem. Eng. (1998) and Ph.D. in chemical engineering (2003) from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, Post Doctorate at the Max Planck Inst. Magdeburg (Germany) and IUSSTF Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA .

His research works is in the area of design and development of microreactors and exploring their applications for continuous syntheses of pharmaceutical intermediates, dyes, perfumery chemicals and nanoparticles. He has established the first of its kind microreactor laboratory in India. He also works on multiphase boiling reactors, design of fluid devices, new impeller concepts and experimental fluid dynamics.

He is the recipient of Young Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences (2011), CSIR Young Scientist Award (2011), Indian National Science Academy's (INSA) Medal for Young Scientists (2009), Young Engineer Award by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2009), Max Planck India Visiting Fellowship (2008-2012)

He has 49 papers in international peer reviewed journals, filed many Indian, US and PCT patents. Actively involved in the industry sponsored design and feasibility projects and also acts as a consultant to a few industries.