Dr. Brijesh Shah

Assistant Professor, SS

Teaching & Industrial Experience

  1. Assistant Professor, School of Liberal studies and Educations, Navrachana University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. (Duration: Aug- 2017 to till date)

  2. R & D Executive, Rubamin Ltd. Halol, Gujarat, India. (Duration Aug-2015 to July-2017)

  3. Teaching Assistant Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, MSU, Vadodara, Gujarat. (During Aug- 2014 to May-2015)

  4. Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, MSU, Vadodara, Gujarat. (During 2013-2014, Feb 2011 to May 2011)

Education

  • Ph.D.(Applied Chemistry), The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-2015.
  • M.Sc.(Inorganic Chemistry), Sardar Patel University, V.V.Nagar- 2009
  • B.Sc.(Chemistry), Sardar Patel University, V.V.Nagar- 2007

Research Interest

Metal Phosphonates, Hybrid Materials, Ion exchangers, Separation of metals and anions from industrial effluents, Catalysis, Membranes preparations and applications.
  1. Brijesh Shah, Uma Chudasama, “Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid Material as Amphoteric Ion Exchanger for Simultaneous Removal of Cations and Anions”, Journal of Hazardous materials, 276(2014)138-148. (I.F.=6.065)
  2. Brijesh Shah, Uma Chudasama, “Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid Material Titanium-Amino tris(methylenephosphonic acid) and its Application as a Cation Exchanger”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (2014)17454-17467. (I. F.=2.842)
  3. Brijesh Shah, Tina Chakrabarty, Vinod K. Shahi, Uma Chudasama, “Cross-linked zirconium tri-ethylenetetramine membrane in aqueous media for selective separation of Cu2+”, Separation Science and Technology, 48(2013) 2382-2390. (I.F.=1.106)
  4. Brijesh Shah, Uma Chudasama, “Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid Chelating Ion Exchanger and its Application as an Amphoteric Exchanger”, Separation Science and Technology, 50 (2015) 1-11. (I.F.=1.106)
  5. Brijesh Shah, Uma Chudasama, “Application of zirconium phosphonate—a novel hybrid material as an ion exchanger”, Desalination and Water Treatment, 38(2012) 227–235.(I.F.=1.102)
  6. Tina Chakrabarty, Brijesh Shah, Niharika Srivastava, Vinod K. Shahi, Uma Chudasama, “Zirconium tri-ethylene tetra-amine ligand- chelator complex based cross-linked membrane for selective recovery of Cu2+ by electrodialysis”, Journal of Membrane Science, 428(2013) 462–469. (I.F.= 6.035)
  1. Oral presented on “Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid Chelating Ion Exchanger and its Application as an Amphoteric Exchanger”, DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2014), Department of Atomic Energy and Board of Research of Nuclear Science, BARC, Mumbai, 25th -28th February, 2014.
  2. Poster presented on “Cross-linked zirconium tri-ethylene tetra-amine membrane in aqueous media for selective separation of Cu2+”, DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2012), Mithi Bhai College, Mumbai, 27th February -1st March, 2012.
  3. Oral presented on “Application of Metal Phosphonate -A novel Hybrid Material as an Ion Exchanger”, National Symposium on Advances in Separation and Purification Science & Technology (NSST-2011), Department of Chemical Engineering, , G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, 4th-5th February, 2011.
  4. Oral presented on “Synthesis, characterization and application of a novel metal phosphonate, using claw type amino phosphonic acid as donor in the binding of tetravalent metal”, 3rd Asian Conference on coordination Chemistry (ACCC-3), Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi, 17th – 20th October 2011.
  5. Poster presented on “Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid Amphoteric Exchanger”, 3rd International Symposium on Materials Chemistry (ISMC-2010), Society for Materials Chemistry & Chemical Division, BARC, Mumbai, 7th -11th December, 2010.
  6. Poster presented on “Application of A Novel Hybrid Material as an Ion Exchanger”, 24th Gujarat Science Congress, Gujarat University and Gujarat Science Academy, Ahmedabad, 21st March 2010.
  7. Poster presented on “Application of zirconium phosphonate – a novel hybrid material as an ion exchanger”, Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010), IGCAR-Chennai, 1st – 4th March 2010.
  8. Advances in Water & Wastewater Treatment Technology, organized by Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, 7th February 2010.
  9. National conference on “Water: Membranes and other Purification Technologies” organized by Indian water works Association and Indian Membrane Society, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, 9th – 10th January 2010.
  10. Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XII) organized by, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 9th -13th December, 2009
He was awarded University Research Fellowship, Funded by: The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. (Duration: 30-12-2011 to 07-08-2012)