Dr. InamuddinAssistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
Biography
Dr. Inamuddin is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India. He received his Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) University, Meerut, India, in 2002. He received his Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Applied Chemistry from AMU in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electrochemistry and, more specifically, Renewable Energy and Environment. He has worked under different research projects as project fellow and senior research fellow funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India. He has received Fast Track Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science and Technology, India, to work in the area of bending actuators and artificial muscles. He is running one major research projects funded by Council of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has completed three major research project sanctioned by University Grant Commission, Department of Science and Technology, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. He has published 67 research articles in international journals of repute and six book chapters in knowledge-based book editions published by renowned international publishers. He has published five edited books with Springer, United Kingdom, three by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. U.S.A., one by CRC Press Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific and one by Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Switzerland. He is the member of various editorial boards of the journals. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow, leading a research team at the Creative Research Initiative Center for Bio-Artificial Muscle, Hanyang University, South Korea, in the field of renewable energy, especially biofuel cells. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, in the field of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and computational fluid dynamics of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. He is a life member of the Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. His research interest includes ion exchange materials, sensor for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors and bending actuators.
Research Interest
Ionic polymer metal composite bending actuators, Supercapacitors, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Electrochemical methods and Computational fluid dynamics, Interface of electrochemistry, catalysis and surface science, Basic study and development of conducting polymers/ferritin composites based biofuel cells (BFCs)
Organic-inorganic composites: Synthesis, characterization and analytical applications, Ion-exchange chromatography, Electrically conducting organic-inorganic nano-composites, Biosensor: Application of nitrate biosensor in environment, medical and health
Ion-selective membrane electrodes: Detection and determination of heavy metal ions in environmental waste water
Environmental chemistry
Proton exchange membranes