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Richa Chaudhary

Country of origin: India Currently in: Singapore, Singapore General field of specialization: Chemical Sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2018 Doctorate Chemical Sciences
2011 Master Chemical Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Chemical Sciences

Currently I am working on the adhesive curing for biomedical applications and aerospace, automobile & sports industries.


Publications resulting from Research: 


R. Chaudhary and P.L. Dhepe, Depolymerization of Lignin Using a Solid Base Catalyst, Energy & Fuels, 33, 4369-4377 (2019)

R. Chaudhary, P.L. Dhepe, Solid base catalyzed depolymerization of lignin into low molecular weight products, Green Chemistry, 19, 778-788 (2017).

V . Chaudhary and R. Chaudhary, Magnetic nanoparticles: synthesis, functionalization, and applications, Invited Chapter, Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, H.S. Nalwa (ed.), American Scientific Publishers, USA, Vol. 28, 153-183 (2018)

R. Chaudhary and P.L. Dhepe, Heterogeneous base catalyzed depolymerization of lignin into aromatic monomers, Organic Chemistry Current Research, Vol. 5, 69 (2016).

P .L. Dhepe, R. Chaudhary, S. Singh, Understanding the depolymerization of lignin into value-added chemicals, Conference paper (The 8th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT8) (2018).

R. Chaudhary and P .L. Dhepe, An improved heterogeneous base catalyzed process for depolymerization of lignin, Patent No. 201611007650 (IN) (2016)



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Currently, my research is focused on the adhesive curing for various applications eg. automobiles, sports and medical. These adhesives can be cured within 5-10 minutes and follow the Green process.

Workshop and Conference Attended

2019 Singapore 16th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC-16)
2018 India 23rd National symposium on Catalysis for applied catalysis in emerging technologies for chemicals (CATSYMP-23)
2017 France 4th International Symposium on Green Chemistry
2017 India 7th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-7)
2016 USA 3rd International Conference on Past and Present Research Systems of Green Chemistry

Affiliations

Catalysis Society of India

Presentation given

2019
Synthesis, Functionalization and Colloidal Stability of Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)
Singapore
Event: 16th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC-16)
2017
A novel approach for the depolymerization of lignin
France
Event: 4th International Symposium on Green Chemistry
2017
Heterogeneous Base Catalyzed Depolymerization of Lignin into Aromatic Monomers
India
Event: 7th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-7)
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Dec 2011
Junior Research Fellowship-National Eligibility Test (JRF-NET)
Mar 2012
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
Apr 2017
Science and Engineering Research Board-International Travel Grant Scheme (SERB-ITS)
May 2017
CSIR Foreign Travel Grant
Council Of Scientific and Industrial Research - Human Resource Development Group (CSIR-HRDG) : CSIR Foreign Travel Grant

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