Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer

EDUCATION

1995-1999: Ph.D. Silicates and Catalysis Division, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar,India

1993-1995: Masters in Science (M.Sc.) in Organic Chemistry,Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, India.

1990-1993: Bachelors in Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry ,Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, India.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January'13-Now: Professor ,Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati,Assam, India

April'08-January'13: Associate Professor , Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Assam, India

July'04-March'08: Assistant Professor , Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Assam, India

December'03-July'04: US-Army Research Associate , Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

October'01-November'03: Dupont Postgraduate Researcher , Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA

October'00-September'01: Lady Davis Postdoctoral Research Fellow ,Department of Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL

October'99-September'00: Goldschmidt Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow,Department of Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

• Editorial Advisory Board Member ACS Sensors January2021 (03 years)

• MRSI Medal 2020

• CRSI Bronze Medal 2019 in Chemistry

• Editorial Advisory Board Member RSC Materials Chemistry Frontiers January 2019 (02 years)

• Editorial Advisory Board Member ACS Applied Biomaterials April 2018 (02 years)

• Editorial Advisory Board Member ACS Applied Nano Materials May 2018 (02 years)

• Awarded “IAAM Scientist Award” by International Association of Advanced Materials March 2016

• Associate Editor Nature Scientific Reports Since 2015

• Head, Max-Planck India Partner Group (2012-2017)

• INSA Medal for Young Scientist in Chemical Sciences (2008)

• Max-Planck India Fellowship (Max Planck group, Germany – DST, India) 2008-2011

• US-Army Research Associate Fellowship (CWRU, Ohio, USA) December 2003

• Dupont Postgraduate Researcher Fellowship (UCSB, California, USA) October 2001

• Lady Davis Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Technion-Israel) October 2000

• Goldschmidt Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Technion-Israel) October 1999

• CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-India) October 1997