Prof. Dr. Samir Chikkali

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Polymer Research
KeywordsHydroformylation, supramolecular phoshine ligands, Hydrogenation, insertion copolymerization, palladium complexes
Honours and awards

2017: Scientist of the Year Award 2016-2017”, CSIR-NCL Pune, under 40 Years category

2017: “Young Associate” Maharashtra Academy of Science, 2017

2015: “Outstanding Reviewer Award 2015” by Wiley VCH, Weinheim, Germany

2014: Best Scientist award 2014 (by North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon) GOLD-CT-2014

2012: Ramanujan Fellow (SR/S2/RJN-11/2012 (2013-2018))-DST, Govt. of India

2011: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow-Germany (2011-2012)

2008: DPI (Dutch Polymer Institute) Postdoctoral Fellow-Netherlands (2008-2011)

2001: Summer Fellow, Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore-India (2001)

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityPune
InstitutionCSIR National Chemical Laboratory
InstitutePolymer Science and Engineering Division

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefan MeckingArbeitsgruppe Chemische Materialwissenschaft, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2011

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2012Samir Chikkali, Florian Stempfle and Stefan Mecking: Long-Chain Polyacetals From Plant Oils. In: Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 2012, 1126-1129
2012Samir Chikkali and Stefan Mecking: Refining of Plant Oils to Chemicals by Olefin Metathesis. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 5802-5808