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SABU THOMAS

Mahatma Gandhi University, Cochin University of Science and Technology, University of Kerala,

ORCID iD 0000-0003-4726-5746
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Professor Sabu Thomas is the Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaims for his work in Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites, Elastomers, Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Polymer Membranes, Green Composites and Nanocomposites, Nanomedicine and Green Nanotechnology. Dr. Thomas’s ground breaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnological and nano-biomedical sciences, have made transformative differences in the development of new materials for automotive, space, housing and biomedical fields. In collaboration with India’s premier tyre company, Apollo Tyres, Professor Thomas’s group invented new high performance barrier rubber nanocomposite membranes for inner tubes and inner liners for tyres. Professor Thomas has received a number of national and international awards which including, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, MRSI medal, Nano Tech Medal, CRSI medal, Distinguished Faculty Award, and Sukumar Maithy Award for the best polymer researcher in the country. He is in the list of most productive researchers in India and holds a position of No.5. Very recently,Prof. Thomas has been conferred Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France. Professor Thomas has published over 700 peer reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters. He has co-edited 50 books and is the inventor of 5 patents. He has supervised 73 Ph.D theses and his H index is 75 with nearly 24107 citations. Prof. Thomas has delivered over 300 Plenary/Inaugural and Invited lectures in national/international meetings over 30 countries. He has established a state of the art laboratory at Mahatma Gandhi University in the area of Polymer Science and Engineering and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

Employment

  • Mahatma Gandhi University Director
    2010 - 2013
  • Mahatma Gandhi University Director
    2009 - Present
  • Mahatma Gandhi University Dean of Technology and Applied Sciences, and Syndicate Member
    2009 - 2011
  • Mahatma Gandhi University
    1997 - Present
  • Mahatma Gandhi University Regional Director
    1994 - 1997
  • Mahatma Gandhi University Reader
    1992 - 1997
  • Mahatma Gandhi University Lecturer, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala
    1987 - 1992

Education

  • Cochin University of Science and Technology Bachelor of Technology
    ? - 1983
  • University of Kerala, Bachelor of Science
    ? - 1980

Projects & Funding

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Publications (827)