Akshay Modi

About

Current Affiliation: ​Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Research Interests: Membrane science and technology, nanomaterials, wastewater treatment, biomedical engineering, environmental remediation, fuel cells, and gas separations.

Research Accomplishments: (a) 30+ research publications and 12 patents/patent applications (11 granted); (b) won several awards at the national and international levels.

Webpage: https://che.iiserb.ac.in/faculty_profile.php?id=MTc=&lname=YWtzaGF5bW9kaQ==

Contact me at [email protected].

Employment

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Assistant Professor
  2022 - Present
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prestigious Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow
  2020 - 2022
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Research Associate
  2020 - 2020

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Ph.D.
  2015 - 2020
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Master of Technology
  2013 - 2015
• National Institute of Technology Srinagar Bachelor of Technology
  2009 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (39)

• Polyacrylonitrile hollow fiber membranes for efficient CO2/N2 separation from flue gas: Fabrication and process optimization
  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2026.122332
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• Parametric study of ZIF nanostructures synthesis on their morphology and adsorption efficacy towards tetracycline
  Chemical Engineering Science 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2025.122178
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• Optimizing Polyacrylonitrile Membranes with Polyethylene Glycol-1000 for Efficient Municipal Wastewater Treatment
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5c00095
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• Advances in energy generation and conversion technologies
  Materials Advances 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5MA90079D
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• Does the rate of metal salt precursor addition during ZIF-8 nanoparticles preparation affect their morphology?: Application in dye adsorption
  Colloids and Surfaces C: Environmental Aspects 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsuc.2024.100030
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• Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity of Laser‐Induced Graphene‐Wrapped Trimetal Organic Framework Nanocomposites
  Advanced Engineering Materials 2024 DOI: 10.1002/adem.202400226
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• Recent progress on functional polymeric membranes for CO2 separation from flue gases: A review
  Carbon Capture Science & Technology 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccst.2024.100204
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• Nitrate removal from contaminated groundwater by micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration using a polyacrylonitrile membrane with a hydrogel-stabilized ZIF-L layer
  Water Research 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121384
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• Multi-heteroatom doped vehicle exhaust soot derived nano-onion based economical and efficient electrodes for microbial fuel cell: A waste to wealth strategy
  Chemical Engineering Journal 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.145627
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• Surface grafting with diverse charged chemical groups mitigates calcium phosphate scaling on reverse osmosis membranes during municipal wastewater desalination
  Journal of Membrane Science 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120310
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