plastemartjobs.com Email: jobs@plastemart.com, hr@plastemart.com Download Date: 2/6/2025 1:43:58 AM ________________________________________________________________________________________ RefNo: CA - 24821 Gender: Male Age: 38 Designation: Executive Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree Notice Period: 30 Days Education Details: M.Sc. Polymer Chemistry From Solapur University, Solapur, Maharashtra, in 2011 B.Sc., Chemistry, From Solapur University, Solapur, Maharashtra in 2008 Skill Sets: Expertise in fabricating catalyst coated membrane (CCM) for PEMFCs Fabrication of Membrane Electrode Assembly Designing and fabrication of PEMFC stacks and its electrochemical evaluation Work Experience: 14 Work Experience Details: Research Project Team Member? Since Dec 2011 Company Profile: Is a science and knowledge based Research, development and consulting organization. Job Profile: For the project: Development of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stacks for stationary applications.(A National mission programmed for technology initiative) Synthesis of Polybenzimidazole membrane as electrolyte. Acid treatment to the commercial Nafion Membrane. Preparation of Self humidified Hybrid Membranes. Electrochemical evaluation of PEM fuel cell (both single cell and stack) Designing of advanced multi functional ORR catalysts by modifying the catalyst support (Graphene, nanomaterial.) Fabrication techniques of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) for PEM fuel cells Formulation of slurry for Electrode preparation for fuel cell. Synthesis of Nano material for oxygen reduction reaction Project Work Synthesis and Study of Swelling Characteristic ? of Poly (Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose?g-Acrylonitrile ) Hydrogels.? Under the guidance of Dr. S.V. Lonikar, Director of School of Chemical Sciences, Solapur University, Solapur. Published Work "Activated nitrogen doped graphene shell towards electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction by its encapsulation on Au nanoparticle (Au@N-Gr) in water-in-oil ?nanoreactors.? Vishal M. Dhavale, Sachin S. Gaikwad and Sreekumar Kurungot ? J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 1383-1390? DOI: 10.1039/C3TA14005A Nitrogen-doped Graphene interpenetrated 3D Ni-nanocages: efficient and stable water-to-dioxygen electrocatalysts." Vishal M. Dhavale, Sachin S. Gaikwad, Leena George, R. Nandini Devi and Sreekumar Kurungot ? Nanoscale, 2014,6, 13179-13187? DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03578J Extra activity Participated in CRSI-NSC conference organized in NCL,Pune in Feb 2015. ?? Presented Poster on behalf of Science Day 2014 in NCL,Pune. Participated two year NSS Programmed held by Solapur University , Solapur Participated in sport competition organized in NCL campus. Instruments Expertise Thermo-gravimetric analyzer (Perkin Elmer?) UV-Visible Spectrophotometer (Varian?) Cyclic Voltammetry (AUTO LAB?)? Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Fuel Cell Test Station (Fuel Cell Technologies? ?and Arbin? Instruments) Areas Of Interest Synthesis of Hydrogel, Synthesis of Polybenzimidazole, Ion exchange membranes , Self humidified hybrid membranes, Nanomaterials for oxygen Reduction Reaction and development of PEM fuel cell components. Future Goals: Seeking a challenging position in the field of Green Energy Technologies that provides ample opportunities to learn and to contribute? ________________________________________________________________________________________