Dr. Anil Vir
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Education:
- B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering): Sir Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology (SVIT) Chincholi, Nashik. (2005 – 2009)
- M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering): Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, District-Raigad, Maharashtra, India (2009 – 2011)
- Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering): Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2012 – 2017)
Professional Experience:
- Post-Doctoral Fellow: Laboratory for Chemical Technology, Ghent University, Belgium (Sept. 2017 – March 2019)
- Research Fellow: Monash University, Australia (Aug 2019-July 2020)
- Assistant Professor: Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (Oct 2020 onwards)
Awards:
- Institute Research Award (Awarded for outstanding research contributions for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2017)
- Recipient of Gold Medal for the best academic performance in M. Tech. (Chemical) degree, at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere, Raigad, India in 2011, India.
Principal Investigator:
- Project Title: Aqueous Biphasic Systems (ABSs) in Microfluidics Devices and Other Contactors for Separation and Purification of Selected Biomolecules. [Co-PI: Prof. KSMS Raghavarao]. Funding Agency: New Faculty Start-up Grant (NFSG) by Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati.
- Project Title: To Develop Alternate Refrigerants to HCFCs As Low Global Warming Potential Chemicals To Protect Ozone Layer. [PI: Dr. T. Sunil Kumar]. Funding Agency: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, MOEFCC, Government of India.
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Project Title: DST's Nodal Center at IISER Tirupati (Tirupati-Chennai-Bengaluru Cluster) for the development and production of key starting materials, intermediates, and other raw materials that are required by the Health Care Sector. [PI: Dr. Venkaiah Chintalapudi]. Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology.
Major Areas of Interest:
Other Areas of Interest:
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Microfluidics
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Multiphase flow and Reaction
Other Areas of Interest:
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Microreactor
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Phase transfer catalysis
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Polymerization
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Biorefinery
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Food processing and food safety
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Downstream Processing
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Aqueous two-phase extraction
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Mathematical modelling
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Debjani Ghosh, Anil B. Vir, Gil Garnier, Antonio F. Patti, Joanne Tanner, Continuous flow production of xylooligosaccharides by enzymatic hydrolysis, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 244, 2021, 116789.
- Anil B. Vir, Y. W. Marien, P. H. M. Van Steenberge, C. Barner-Kowollik, M.F. Reyniers, G. B. Marin and D. R. D'hooge, "From n-Butyl Acrylate Arrhenius Parameters for Backbiting and Tertiary Propagation to ß-scission via Stepwise Pulsed Laser Polymerization", Polymer Chemistry, Issue:30, Volume: 10, Pages: 4116-4125, DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00623K.
- Anil B. Vir, S. Pushpavanam, "Experimental validation of equilibrium based mathematical modelling of liquid-liquid phase transfer catalysis", The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume: 96, Issue-3, Pages: 731-738, March DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22953.
- Anil B. Vir, S. Pushpavanam, "Phase transfer catalysis in a micro channel: Paradoxical effect of transition from kinetic control to mass transfer control", Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume: 317, Pages: 1047-1058, 2017. DOI: 1016/j.cej.2017.02.131.
- Anil B. Vir, A.S. Fabiyan , J. R. Picardo, S. Pushpavanam, "Performance Comparison of Liquid-Liquid Extraction in Parallel Microflows", Eng. Chem. Res. Volume : 53, Issue :19, Pages: 8171-8181, 2014, DOI: 10.1021/ie4041803.
PhD Students:
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Joseph Abhisheka Rao Boravelli
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Bakthar Khan Babajan (with Dr. T. Sunil Kumar)
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Neha Naijo Areekal (with Prof. KSMS Raghavarao)
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Penima Marak (with Prof. KSMS Raghavarao)