ETC 2020 Speakers
ETC 2020 focuses on catalysis conference targets at bringing scientists and researchers, in a single platform, working in the broad areas of homogeneous, heterogeneous and bio-catalysis including catalysis in bioremediation.
Noble Lecture on ‘Design and Applications of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts’
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Prof. Robert H. Grubbs The California Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. Robert H. Grubbsis currently the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, where he has been a faculty member since 1978. Before moving to Caltech, he was at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan from 1969 to 1978, where he achieved the rank of Associate Professor.
His main research interests are in organometallic chemistry and synthetic chemistry, particularly the development of novel catalysts for olefin metathesis. In 2005, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with R. R. Schrock and Y. Chauvin) for his contributions to the field of olefin metathesis.
In olefin metathesis, a catalyst is used to break the bonds of carbon molecules, which can then re-form to create chemical bonds in new ways, producing new compounds with unique properties. The basic technique can be used for creation of polymers, pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals and has broad applications in areas including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, agriculture, and plastics.
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Thomas J. Colacot, Millipore Sigma (A business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), 6000 N Teutonia Avenue, Milwaukee, WI- 53209, USA Title: Preformed Pd and Ir and Catalysts for Modern Cross Coupling and C-H Activated Borylations |
Prof. Dominic Tildesley, Chemistry Department, University of Southampton, UK. Title: The Molecular Simulation of Friction and Lubrication |
Prof. Pierre H. Dixneuf, CRNS - Université de Rennes 1, France Title: Catalytic C-H Bond Activation : new steps for Green and sustainable Chemistry |
Dr. Chris Senanayake, Co-founder & CEO, TCG GreenChem, Inc. USA
Title: Development of Scalable and Cost-Effective API Synthesis through Chemical Innovation
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Dr. Jagadeesh Rajenahally , Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Germany  Title: Catalysis: A key technology for sustainable and advanced chemical synthesis |
Prof. Masaru Ogura, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan 
Title: Zeolite mining for ammonia-SCR automobile deNOx catalyst |
Prof. Xuefeng Jiang, East China Normal University, P. R. of China Title: Green Sulfur Chemistry with “3S” Concept |
Prof. P. Selvam, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, India Title : Zeolite, Zeolite-type and Zeolite-like Catalysts: The Unprecedented Porous Architectures for Green and Sustainable Chemistry |
Prof. Sachin Handa, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA Title: Water: More than a Reaction Medium for Highly Selective Reaction Pathways |
Prof. Samaresh Bhattacharya, Inorganic Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Title: Synthesis of organometallic complexes and their application in catalysis |
Prof. Xumu Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China Title: Asymmetric Hydrogenation Using Chiral Tridentate Ligands |
Prof. Shu Kobayashi, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Title: Green Catalyst Systems in Synthetic Organic Chemistry Toward Sustainable Society |
Prof. S. Natarajan, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Title: Usefulness of Metal-Organic Framework Compounds towards Heterogeneous Catalysis
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Dr. Ramesh Bhujade, Vice President (R&D),Reliance Industries Limited,Mumbai, India
Title: Energy Sector decarbonization Through Catalytic thermochemical Pathways
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Invited Speakers
Dr. Rino R. Mukti, Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia  Title: Controlled desilication method for producing specialty hierarchically porous zeolites |
Prof. Bhalchandra M. Bhanage, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga, Mumbai, India.
Title: Catalytic methods for the use of Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in organic synthesis.
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Dr. Ravindra V Singh, Head of India R&D, Custom synthesis and Manufacturing,
Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals Pvt. Ltd (Merck Group Company), Bangalore, India
Title: CATALYTIC Protein Knockdown by small-molecule PROTACs- An emerging therapeutic technique for degradation and removal of Disease-causing Proteins |
Dr. Stellios Arseniyadis, Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
Mile End Road, E1 4NS, London, UK
Title: Developing innovative and sustainable bio-inspired chemistry
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Dr. Stephen P. Thomas, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, UK. Title: Simplifying Earth-abundant Catalysis
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Prof. Ranga Rao, Department of Chemistry, IITM, India Title: Thermocatalytic hydrogen production using indigenous ceria-based materials
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Dr. Bettadaiah Sr. Scientist CSIR-Central Food Technological research Institute (CFTRI) Title: Natural Material Diversity Oriented Synthesis (NMRDOS) approaches in spice bioactives
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Dr. Aparna Ganguly, Editorial Development Manager, RSC, Bangaluru, India Title: RSC publishing Session
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Prof. Akella Sivaramakrishna, Dept. of Chemistry, SAS, VIT Vellore Title: Catalytic Intermediates of Group 10 (Ni, Pd and Pt) Metals - Synthesis, Chemistry and Applications
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Dr. Cheralathan KK, Dept. of Chemistry, SAS, VIT Vellore Topic : Designing hierarchically structured zeolite catalysts using agricultural waste
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Dr. Prabu Rajagopalan, Team Leader - Bioprocess R&D, Bio products, OmniActive Health Technology Ltd., Mumbai, India. Title : Biocatlysis for Green Industries
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Prof. Sujit Roy, Organometallics & Catalysis Laboratory, School of Basic Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Argul, Khurda 752050, Odisha, India. Title: A Few Steps on Dual-Metal/Bimetallic Catalysis Concepts:
“exciting? certainly yes” | “green? not too sure”
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Prof. Shankar M V, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, India.
Title : Biomass derived glycerol for hydrogen production – a sustainable photocatalytic method
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Dr. Boopathy Gnanaprakasam, IISER-Pune, India.
Title: Metal-Catalyzed Peroxidation and Its Molecular Rearrangement Using Batch/Continuous Flow Mode
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Dr. E. Balaraman, Department of Chemistry, IISER Tirupati, India.
Title: Chemical Synthesis via Borrowing Hydrogenation
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Ram Prashanth Baalasubramaniam, RG Biotech, India.
Title: Application of Photocatalysis in Industry
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