Manali Dhawan
Eastman Chemical Company, Institute of Chemical Technology, Michigan State University
0000-0003-3075-7234
About
I am currently a Senior Chemical Engineer in Scale-up and Process Innovation division at Eastman Chemical Company. I am a Dual Ph.D. graduate in Green Technology and Chemical Engineering who worked in collaboration between Michigan State University, USA and Institute of Chemical Technology, India. I work on solving industrial problems that arise while scaling up industrial processes. At Eastman, I lead and execute scale-up and process improvement projects in support of industrial growth and manufacturing areas. Additionally, I apply heterogeneous catalysis to develop and drive new technologies and solutions to existing and new areas of interest. My research background is based on the valorization of renewable biomass to value-added fuels and chemicals using catalytic and electrocatalytic processes. I have skilled expertise in heterogeneous catalysis, analytical chemistry, analytical method development and validation, electrochemistry, material characterization techniques, and micro-kinetic modeling.
Employment
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Eastman Chemical Company Senior Chemical Engineer2022 - Present
Education
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Institute of Chemical Technology Ph.D. Green Technology2016 - 2021
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Michigan State University Ph.D. Chemical Engineering2016 - 2021
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Institute of Chemical Technology M.Tech. Green Technology2014 - 2016
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (4)
- Clay-supported metal-substituted heteropolyacids for chemoselective etherification of HMF to HEMF Save
- Interesterification of triglycerides with methyl acetate for the co-production biodiesel and triacetin using hydrotalcite as a heterogenous base catalyst Save
- Zinc-electrocatalyzed hydrogenation of furfural in near-neutral electrolytes Save
- Insight into a catalytic process for simultaneous production of biodiesel and glycerol carbonate from triglycerides Save