Prof. Ajayan Vinu

Prof. Ajayan Vinu is currently working as a Professor of Nanomaterials and Director of the Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials at the University of Newcastle and has made a significant contribution to the field of nanoporous materials and their application in energy storage, fuel cells, carbon capture and conversion, hydrogen technologies, catalysis and drug delivery. His contribution has led to ca. 540 papers with 36,000 citations and an H-index of 99, and more than 32 patents. He has been ranked number 1 (last 20 years) and number 7th (last 50 years) in Australia among the Top 2% of scientists in the field of “Materials” as per the database created by Stanford University in 2020, reflecting his high-quality research and research impact that he made in this field. The quality of his research has been recognised with several international awards, including Asian Paints Padma Vibhushan Dr R A Mashelkar Medal 2023, CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award Endowment for Innovators and Science Leaders, 2023, Dr Ghanshyam Srivastava Memorial Award (2021), Medal, Chemical Research Society of India 2018, SPARC award 2019, CNR Rao Lectureship award 2019. Medal and KY NIEM CHUONG Award 2018, Scopus Young Researcher Award 2014, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award by the Humboldt Society (2010), JSPS Senior Invitational Fellow 2014, Australian Future Fellowship 2010, Indian Society for Chemists and Biologists Award for Excellence 2010, Catalysis Society of India Young Scientist award 2010, Chemical Society of Japan Award for the Young Scientist 2008, and Laureate of Khwarizmi International Award 2008. Prof. Vinu is honoured with a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, RACI, World Academy of Ceramics, World Academy of Art and Science, Indian Chemical Society, and Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials. Prof. Vinu heads the Australia-Korea Center for Green Ammonia Integrated Power Generation.