Dr. Dhanjay Sharma
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering
Ghent University, Belgium
Email: Dhanjay.Sharma@UGent.be
Dhananjay.ssd@gmail.com
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Contact: +32-497 299 449, +91-9015055480
Current Affiliation
Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering,
Ghent University, Belgium) March 2022 to till present
Currently working projects:
Depolymerization of hydrolysis lignins for conversion to acrylic resins (DELICARE)
Acid Catalyzed Production of Green Butadiene from Butanediols (GREENB2B)
Industrial experience
Research Scientist in R & D Lab, Sharp Mint Ltd. India
Education
Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India (May 2015 to November 2018)
Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. A. Sakthivel
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Thesis Title: “Preparation of Inorganic composite Materials by intercalation of Layered Double
Hydroxides and Their applications”
Project fellow under supervision of Dr. Sabuj K. Kundu Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)
Design and synthesis of various organometallic catalysts (Pincer type metal complexes) for catalysis, mechanistic investigation, C-X (X= H, C, O, etc.) bond activation and functionalization (December 2013 to May 2015)
Master of Science in Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry) (2012) Gorakhpur University, India (70.0%)
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Bachelor of Science (2010) Gorakhpur University, India (66.0%)
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