Dr. Prabhakaran D

Designation : Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Advanced Sciences
Department : Chemistry

Educational Details

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras

Ph.D.
Analytical Chemistry
Graduated in 2005

University of Madras (Guindy Campus)

M.Sc.
Analytical Chemistry
Graduated in 2000

The New College, University of Madras

B.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 1998

Post Doctoral Experiences

Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany (2007 - 2009)
JSPS Fellow, AIST-Tohoku, Sendai, Japan (2005 - 2007)
Post Doctoral Researcher, GE, Bengaluru, India (2004 - 2005)
Post Doctoral Research Associate, IIT-Madras, India (2004 - 2004)

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Porous Monolith Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials as Solid-State Colorimetric Optical Ion-Sensors
  • MOFs for Energy and Environment
  • RP-HPLC for the Isolation and Recovery of Heavy Metal Ions
  • Fabrication of Novel Monolithic Columns
  • Polymer Scaffolds for the Decontamination and Waste-to-Resource Applications

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On-going Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
“Development of Functionalized Polymer Monoliths for Fast Separations and Assay of Lanthanides in Uranium and Plutonium Matrix towards Burn-up Measurements on Fast Reactor Fuels” Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)

Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Synthesis of Structurally Ordered Silica/Polymer Monoliths as HPLC Columns and Optical Sensors for the Separation and Sensing of Lanthanides and Actinides”, consultancy project with IGCAR-Kalpakkam, 2018-2021 IGCAR-Kalpakkam
Solid-State Optical Sensors for Arsenic and Chromium Species: Using Chromo-Ionophoric Responsive Organic Receptors Anchored on Structurally Designed Porous Silica/Polymer Material Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Solid-State Optical Sensors for Arsenic and Chromium Species: Using Chromo-Ionophoric Responsive Organic Receptors Anchored on Structurally Designed Porous Silica/Polymer Material”, sponsored by SERB, 2015-2018 (Sanction No. SB/FT/CS-051/2014). DST-SERB

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Photocatalysis for Energy and Environmental Applications SpringerNature 2024

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • DST Young Scientist (YSS) Award (2015)
  • VIT Research Award (2016-2020)
  • ACS Membership
  • RSC Associate Membership
  • Elsevier, RSC and ACS Journals Reviewer Recognitions

International Collaborations

  • AIST-Tohoku, Japan
  • Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
  • Gachon University, Republic of Korea
  • Hohai University, PR China
  • Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea

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