• Gender: Male
• Age: 39
• Designation: Fresh/Entry Level
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 8 Year(s)

Education

Pursuing Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry and Materials From Polymer science and Engineering Division CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

M.Sc., Organic Chemistry From Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada, University Nanded, Maharashtra, India in 2008 with CGPA 7.6

B.Sc., Chemistry From Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada, University, Nanded, Maharashtra, India in 2008

Skill Sets

Expertise - Multi step synthesis of monomer and structural characterization using NMR, IR, Mass spectroscopy etc. Separation and purification of organic compounds using column chromatography and re- crystallization techniques.
Expertise in handling moister sensitive, metal coupling  reaction, Schlenk lines and argon glove box
Experienced in polymer synthesis using cross coupling polymerization method such as Suzuki and stille coupling reaction.
 Experienced in polymer characterization and materials by NMR, IR and MALDI-TOF, molecular weight determination using GPC technique, thermal analysis chromatography and electrochemical properties using cyclic voltammetry.

Search Engines: Scifinder
Software Familiar with: MS-Office, Chem Bio Office, Origin, ACD/NMR Processor, etc

Work Experience

Fresh/Entry Level

Awards:
Qualified CSIR-NET (National Eligibility Test) Examination in 2009 (rank 141)
Qualified state eligibility test (SET) Examination in 2010
Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR India to pursue Ph.D. in Chemistry during 2010-2015.

Poster Presentation:
International Science Day Meet 2013 at CSIR National Chemical Laboratory Pune on 28 February 2013 
Indo-French workshop on organic photovoltaics for solar energy conversion, October 2014

Research Publication:
Satej S. Dharmapurikar, Arulraj Arulkashmir, Chayanika Das, Pooja Muddellu, and Kothandam Krishnamoorthy, “Enhanced Hole Carrier Transport Due to Increased Intermolecular Contacts in Small Molecule Based Field Effect Transistors”. ACS Appl. Mater Interfaces, 2013, 5 (15), pp 7086–7093.
Arulraj Arulkashmir, Rajashree Y Mahale, Satej Dharmapurikar, Manoj Jangid and Kothandam Krishnamoorthy, "Supramolecular interaction facilitated small molecule films for Organic Field Effect Transistors", Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1641-1646
Bhanprakash Jain Satej S.Dharmapurikar “Approach to modulate the sensing range of molecular transducers”. Sensors and Actuators B: Volume 216, September 2015, Pages 461–466

Future Goals

To hold a responsible position in the field of Research and Development with a well established organization and contribute to the success of the organization along with an environment to continue personal and professional growth in the field