Fully funded multiple Project JRF Vacancies coming soon
New MOES grant received for working in UES

with persistent and prolonged efforts !!!

 

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Jan 2025: New dissertation trainees arrive, Hiral & Krunal

for their MSc dissertation!

 

Happy New Year 2025 !!!

 

November 2024: Shilpi as the resource person for "Igniting Curiosity: A one-Day Symposium on Advanced Science for Young Researchers” at Goa University in association with INYAS INSA.

 

September 2024: Shilpi represented CSIR-CSMCRI portfolio at MET & HTS exhibition 2024 at Bombay Exhibition Centre.

 

Mar 2024: Congratulations Kalpesh (extended collaborations with NIRMA Ltd) & The MATCHEM LAB for developing co-processing strategy of industrial solid and hazardous waste as alternative fuels published in Journal of Environmental Management

 

Mar 2024: Congratulations Ashish & Team MATCHEM for adding another Small for helical HOF and its membrane for UES

 

Time to bid bye to Shruti, “All the Best” to you !

 

 Mar 2024: Karan presented a poster on Epitaxially Grown Mechanically Robust 2D Thin Films of Molecularly Woven Hydrogen Bonded Organic Framework during International Conference on Emerging Trends in Supramolecular Science and Technology at SRM University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

 

Feb 2024: Congratulations Karan & Team MATCHEM for a Small publication adding new dimension of Woven Materials

 

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Feb 2024: Shilpi as Invited Speaker at CSIR-CSMCRI, during International Conference on Salt & Marine Chemicals ICASMC.

 

Feb 2024: New dissertation trainee Shruti from Gujarat University joins for her MSc dissertation!

 

Happy New Year 2024 !!!

 

Dec 2023: Ashish presented poster on Biomimetic Helical Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Membranes for Efficient Uranium Recovery from Seawater in International Conference on Optoelectronic & Bio-inspired Nanomaterials (ICOBIN-2023) at IIT Roorkee

 

Dec 2023: Karan delivered an oral presentation on Woven hydrogen bonded organic framework during All Gujarat Research Scholar’s Connect
(GRSC 2023) at CSIR-CSMCRI

 

Nov 2023: Congratulations to the team MATCHEM and Collaborators for being 1st Runner Up for the Industrial Green Chemistry World Awards (IGCW 2023 Awards) in Knowledge Community category, for development of stable, inexpensive, heterogeneous and single site earth-abundant Water Oxidation Catalysts.

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Thankful to the Collaborators: Dr. Ketan & Dr. Divesh

 

Oct 2023: Congratulations Shilpi for being upgraded to Category “A” Hazardous Waste Functional area Expert by NABET scheme, under
Quality Council of India.

 

Apr 2023: Time for productive dissertation students to leave, ALL THE BEST Vedant, Nityam, and Vandan for your future

 

Apr 2023: Congratulation Shilpi for being one of the
CSIR Women Achievers in STEM listed by CSIR HeadQuarter.

 

Mar 2023: Congratulations to the water splitting Team

Fruits of Collaboration as ACS Catalysis

Thankful to the Collaborators: Dr. Ketan & Dr. Divesh

 

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Feb 2023: Shilpi as Plenary speaker for “Research, Innovation and startups related Climate Change” at Youth-20 summit under the Ageis of
G20 presidency of India, organized by The M. S. University of Vadodara.

 

Feb 2023: Shilpi as Invited Speaker at Department of Chemistry, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, organized by
Chemical Society (Rasayanatva) associated with IQAC.

 

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Congratulations to Team of The MATCHEM Lab & collaborators

For publishing Series of Star Protocols

 

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Feb 2023: Shilpi is Invited as a Panelist for “Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a Way of Life” at
Y20 India Inception Meet, IIT Guwahati.

 

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Jan 2023: Shilpi delivered a talk at Department of Chemistry,
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT Nagpur).

 

Jan 2023: New dissertation trainees arrive, Vedant, Nityam, and Vandan for 3 months for their MSc dissertation!

 

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Happy New Year 2023 !!!

 

Nov 2022: MACRO 2022 at CSIR-National Chemical Lab, Pune

Ashish’s poster presentation on Sustainable Electrocatalytic thin-films for Water Splitting: Single Cluster Catalysis with Heterogenized Polyoxometallates

Karan’s poster presentation on Secondary interaction led molecular weaving of Hydrogen Bonded Organic Framework & their crystalline thin film for Uranium extraction from seawater

 

Chem for HOFs in UES!

Work highlighted in ACS C&EN

(Chemical & Engineering News)

Congratulations to The MATCHEM Lab

 

Nov 2022: Shilpi as Invited Speaker at Tenth Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology
(SESTEC 2022), Mumbai.

 

Oct 2022: Another Celebration with Chem for HOFs in UES! Fruitful collaboration with Dr. Ketan’s Lab

Congratulations to Karan & Ashwini (Equal 1st author)
& the team members

 

Sept 2022: Congratulations Ashish Karan Priyanka Ashwini Pooja Jeetmal for Polymeric nano-films for UES
publication in European Polymer Journal

 

Aug 2022: Congratulations Ashish for getting the final award of DST-Inspire fellowship

 

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June 2022: ALL THE BEST Shrija for for your future !

 

June 2022: Shilpi delivered a motivational talk to the school children at the inauguration program of ADT's Science and Innovation Activity Centre, Baramati.

 

June 2022: Congratulations to the The MATCHEM Lab members Ashwini Mansoor Priyanka and Karan for the publication in iScience to prepare the Perm-selective high flux nanofilms for molecular separation

 

May 2022: National Symposium on Polymer Science and Technology at Somaiya College, Somaiya Vidhyavihar University, Mumbai

Karan’s 1st poster presentation on Epitaxial weaving of hydrogen bonded organic framework into a polymer like elastic thin film

Ashish’s 1st poster presentation on Nano-Films with Spatially Arranged Compartments for Uranium Recovery from Seawater

 

Apr 2022: Shilpi received CSIR young scientist project grant for 5 years to develop Functional Nano-materials for Uranium extraction from seawater

 

 Apr 2022: Time for productive dissertation students to leave, ALL THE BEST Utsav, and Jhanvi for your future

 

March 2022: Shilpi as Speaker at Yuva Bharti Program, coordinated by Akashvani, All India Radio, 30th March 2022. https://youtu.be/kwciWP4Vz84

 

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Feb 2022: Shilpi as Invited Speaker at Webinar on Breakthrough Barriers and Achieve your Goals, under the umbrella of Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutes, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara.

 

Feb 2022: Ashish joins The MATCHEM Lab with

DST-Inspire fellowship 2nd student

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Jan 2022: Shrija, from Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal has joined the group as dissertation trainee, for 6 months!

Happy New Year 2022 !!!

 

Dec 2021: Shilpi as speaker at CSIR-CSMCRI, entitled Uranium extraction from Secondary Sources: A paradigm shift towards resource recovery.
Dec 2021: Shilpi delivered a talk at CSIR Young Scientists Conclave Meet 2021.
Oct 2021: Shilpi as Speaker at Youth Forum on Physics Research, organized by Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Gujarat.

 

Oct 2021: New dissertation trainees arrive, Utsav and Jhanvi supported by Parul University for 6 months!

 

Oct 2021: Shilpi as the Chief Guest in National Science Congress 2021, on Science for Sustainable living organized by DST-GUJCOST.

 

Sept 2021: Shilpi delivered a talk at Young Scientists Awardees Conference 2021, organized by CSIR Human Resource Development Centre, New Delhi.

 

Sept 2021: Congratulations Shilpi for the CSIR Young Scientist Award for the year 2021 in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences for the innovative research on
the extraction of Uranium from secondary sources such as seawater and acidic effluents using crystalline thin films and polymer nano-rings.

 

Aug 2021: Karan joins The MATCHEM Lab

1st PhD student

 

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Productive dissertation students and contentment of teaching.
Time for them to leave,
ALL THE BEST Pooja, Jeetmal, Priya and Mahendra for your future

 

Mar 2021: Shilpi delivered a talk on UES: A paradigm shift in the resource recovery, and served as a Panelist for Oceans as Green Energy Source, organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), under the aegis of Chemical Engineering Division.

 

Mar 2021: Mahendra joins the group for his dissertation.

 

Feb 2021: Yet another star added in Uranium extraction, catalyst article published in Chem!!!

 

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Feb 2021: Shilpi gave a Talk on Designing of function led open framework materials, IUPAC GWB2021, Bhagat Singh P.G. College, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.

 

Happy New Year 2021 !!!

 

Dec 2020: Shilpi’s discussion with Mohanish Borana, and Webinar on Uranium extraction from deep ocean, Justi Science, Lab ki Baat, Science, Technology and Engineering Online Forum

 

Nov 2020: Ashwini (PhD student from Dr. Ketan’s group) join hands in the collaborative work

 

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Oct 2020: New dissertation trainees arrive, Pooja and Jeetmal supported by Parul University for 6 months!
Priya also joins for her MPharm dissertation!

 

Sept 2020: Yay the work on open-framework polymeric nano-rings for Uranium detection and adsorption from acidic effluents got published!!! ACS sensors

 

Wonderful crystals of Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks

(CSMCRIHOF-1) designed for UES.

 

June 2020: Shilpi gave an invited talk on Self Assembled Vesicles and Their Electronic Properties at Faculty of Applied Sciences, Parul Institute of Applied Sciences, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat!

 

Novel CORONA Virus made everything slow paced (March 2020)

 

Mixed feelings,

Fruitful 1st assignment, Satisfaction of training students and their departure.

 

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Feb 2020: Congratulations Yamini for GRE and TOEFL scores and yet another departure!!!

Feb 2020: Congratulations Jahnvi for your venture in Oxygen Healthcare!!!

 

Jan 2020: Shilpi gave invited talks on Research Career for Science graduates in the institute of National importance: an aim towards better India at Navrachna University, Vadodara and Sardar Patel University, Anand, Gujarat!
 

Jan 2020: Many Congratulations to Dhruv, for NET (LS), and getting admission in IIT Bombay!!!

 

Happy New Year 2020 !!!

 

Best Poster Prize @STAR Conference, Congratulations Yamini!!!

 

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Shilpi gave a short Talk at STAR 2019!!!

 

Dec 2019: Yamini presents the poster entitled, ‘Polymeric nano-rings for selective sensing of Uranium’ in STAR 2019, BARC, DAE Convention Centre, Mumbai

Dec 2019: Jahnvi presents the poster entitled, ‘New-fangled Ligand claws selective for uranium’ in STAR 2019, BARC, DAE Convention Centre, Mumbai

 

Oct 2019: Report submissions for further fulfilment of the first assignment! Happy End-User

 

Another Venture!!!

A long lived aspiration of synthesizing materials selective for Uranium extraction from acidic tailings, and seawater starts here!

 

July 2019: 1st report for the estimation of POPs was successfully accepted by European Union Commission for partial Audit of ship breaking yard.

 

GCMS Methods optimized for different POPs extracted from various environmental matrices!

 

Feb 2019: Another member joins the assignment, Welcome Yamini!

 

Jan 2019: Dhruv and Jahnvi joined, initiates the work for the time bound study of POPs in environment.

 

Learning the behaviour of Persistent Organic Contaminants, their whereabouts, and hazards.

 

Jan 2019: Very first student Yash arrives for a short period to complete his dissertation!

 

Jan 2019: First assignment from Alang-Coast for investigating the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the environment of a private ship-breaking yard.

 

Happy New Year 2019 !!!

 

Oct 2018: Shilpi gave an invited talk at International Workshop and Symposium on Green Chemistry & Technology, Bikaner.

 

Aug 2018: Shilpi started her Independent Career at CSMCRI, Bhavnagar.