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Dr. Ashish Bohre

Dr. Ashish Bohre

Biography

Dr. Ashish Bohre joined the Biomass and Energy Management Division as a Scientist-D on 1st July, 2022. His research expertise is in the field of catalytic valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass into high-value chemicals and drop-in-fuels. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from Department of Chemistry, Dr. HarisinghGour University, Sagar, under the mentorship of Prof. O. P. Shrivastava. He also worked as a visiting researcher at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai during his Ph.D. tenure.

He joined Dr. BasudebSaha’s research group in December, 2012 as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, studied the development of atom-efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the production of chemicals and fuels from biomass. In 2017, he joined the Department of Catalysis and Chemical reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia as a Research Assistant Professor where he continued his research work on catalytic production of fuels and sustainable monomers from biomass. In 2021, he started working with Prof. K. K. Pant (Director, IIT Roorkee) at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi as a DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry fellow. His scientific findings are published in high-impact international journals and are highlighted in scientific magazine.

Dr Bohre was the recipient ofRamalingaswami re-entry Fellowship from Department of Biotechnology, Dr. D. S. Kothari postdoctoral fellowship from University grant commission and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Seal of Excellence awards (2017 and 2021) for top quality project writing by the European Commission.


Area of Research
Lignocellulosic biomass conversion, heterogeneous catalysis, material design, bioenergy production.

Education

  • 2008-2012: Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Dr. HarisinghGour University, Sagar, India.
  • 2006-2008: M.Sc., Industrial Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Dr. HarisinghGour University, Sagar, India.
  • 2002-2006: B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry, Dr. HarisinghGour University, Sagar, India.

Work Experience

  • Scientist-D, Biomass and Energy Management Division, Sardar Swarna Singh National Institute of Bioenergy, Kapurthala (July 2022-present)
  • DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (August 2021-June 2022)
  • Research Assistant Professor, Department of Catalysis and Chemical reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia (January 2017-December 2021)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi (December 2012-December 2016).

Research

The focus of my research lies at the interface of heterogeneous catalysis and materials design for biomass valorisation into value-added chemicals and drop-in-fuel. I apply a wide range of synthetic, spectroscopic, and reaction engineering tools to study the chemical transformation of molecules on catalytic surfaces. A strong emphasis is placed on the nanoscale fabrication of catalytic sites by controlling and manipulating the structure of the material.

Group Member

Gaurav Singh

Junior Research Fellow

Gaurav Singh obtained his B.tech degree from MNIT Jaipur in Mechanical Engineering, M.tech from IIT Roorkee in Packaging Technology. He has worked on development of sustainable packaging film with Oxygen scavenging properties, under the supervision of Prof. K.K Gaikwad and currently he is pursuing his Phd from NIT Jalandhar, in the department of Center for Energy and Environment.

He is working on developing bio composites for different applications, guided by Dr. Anurag Kumar Tiwari and co-guided by Dr. Nikhil Gakkhar and Dr. Ashish Bohre.

Lab

Publications

PATENTS

European Patent Applications

  1. Ashish Bohre, Miha Grilc, BlažLikozar, Peter Venturini, Martin Ocepek and Miha Steinbücher, Process and catalysts to produce methacrylic acid monomer from biomass-derived carboxylic acids, EP18166315, 2018.
  2. Kalpana Avasthi, Ashish Bohre, Miha Grilc, BlažLikozar, Process, Operation and Catalysts to Produce Functionalised Styrene Monomers from Benzene or Aromatic Oxygenate Compounds by Alkenylation Reactions. (European Application No.20209292.0, Application Date: November 23, 2020).

PUBLICATIONS

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Kwdk3kQAAAAJ

  1. AshishBohre*,Arindam Modak, Vallari Chourasia, Prashant Ram Jadhao, Komal Sharma, Kamal Kishore Pant, Recent advances in supported ionic liquid catalysts for sustainable biomassvalorisation to high-value chemicals and fuels, Chemical Engineering Journal, 450 (2022) 138032. (Impact factor 16.74)
  2. Md ImteyazAlam, Pramod Kumar, Ashish Bohre and M Ali Haider, Renewable synthesis of branched diols as polymer precursors from biomass-derived lactones and 2-pyrones, Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2, 2022, 1-5.
  3. Kalpana Avasthi, Ashish Bohre*, JanvitTeržan, Ivo Jerman, JanezKovač and BlažLikozar, Single step production of styrene from benzene by alkenylation over palladium-anchored thermal defect rich graphitic carbon nitride catalyst, Molecular Catalysis, 514, 2021, 11184.(Impact factor5.01)
  4. Ashish Bohre,*Kalpana Avasthi, Uroš Novak, and Blaž Likozar, Single-Step Production of Bio-Based Methyl Methacrylate from Biomass-Derived Organic Acids Using Solid Catalyst Material for Cascade Decarboxylation−Esterification Reactions, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 7, 2902–2911.(Impact factor9.22)
  5. Kalpana Avasthi, Ashish Bohre*, Miha Grlic, BlažLikozar and BasudebSaha, Advances in Catalytic Production Processes of Biomass Derived Vinyl Monomers, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2020, 10, 5411.(Impact factor6.17)
  6. Ashish Bohre*, Kalpana Avasthi, Md. ImteyazAlam and BlažLikozar, Low temperature transformation of lignocellulose derived bioinspired molecules to aviation fuel precursor over magnesium-lanthanum mixed oxide catalyst, Applied Catalysis: B Environmental, 2020, 276, 119069. (Impact factor 24.31)
  7. Ashish Bohre*, BrigitaHočevar, Miha Grilc and BlažLikozar, Selective catalytic decarboxylation of biomassderived carboxylic acids to bio-based methacrylic acid over hexaaluminate catalysts, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 256, 117889.(Impact factor 24.31)
  8. Ashish Bohre*, Mohammad Asif Ali, Martin Ocepek, Miha Grilc, JozefaZabretand BlažLikozar, Copolymerization of Biomass-Derived Carboxylic Acids for Biobased Acrylic Emulsions, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 43, 19825-19831. (Impact factor 4.32)
  9. Ashish Bohre*, Uros Novak, Miha Grilc andBlažLikozar, Synthesis of bio-based methacrylic acid from biomass-derived itaconic acid over barium hexa-aluminate catalyst by selective decarboxylation reaction, Molecular Catalysis, 2019, 476, 110520.(Impact factor 5.01)
  10. Saikat Dutta, Ashish Bohre, Weiqing Zheng, Glen R. Jenness, Marcel Núñez, BasudebSaha andDionisios G. Vlachos, Solventless c-c coupling of low carbon furanics to high carbon fuel precursors using an improved graphene oxide carbocatalyst, ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7 (6), 3905–3915.(Impact factor 13.70)
  11. Ashish Bohre, Dinesh Gupta, B. Saha and R. K. Sharma, Aerobic Oxidation of Isoeugenol to Vanillin with Copper Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2(10), 3129–3136.(Impact factor 2.30)
  12. Ashish Bohre*, Kalpana Avasthi, Vladimir I. Pet’kov, Vitreous and crystalline phosphate high level waste matrices: Present status and future challenges, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2017, 50, 1-14.(Impact factor 6.76)
  13. ImteyazAlam, Shelaka Gupta, Ashish Bohre, Ejaz Ahmad, Tuhin S. Khan, BasudebSaha and M. Ali Haider, Development of 6-amyl-α-pyrone as a potential biomass derived platform molecule, Green Chemistry, 2016,18, 6431-6435.(Impact factor 11.03)
  14. Ashish Bohre*, Kalpana Avasthi and O. P. Shrivastava, Solid state synthesis and structural refinement of polycrystalline phases: Ca1-2xZr4M2xP6-2xO24 (M=Mo & x=0.1-0.5), Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 9(5), 736–744.(Impact factor 6.21)
  15. Ashish Bohre, B. Saha and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Catalytic Upgrading of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to Long Chain Hydrocarbon by Solid Base and Bifunctional Metal-Acid Catalysts,ChemSusChem, 2015, 8 (23), 4022-4029.(Impact factor 9.14)
  16. Ashish Bohre, Saikat Dutta, BasudebSaha, and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Upgrading Furfurals to Drop-in-Biofuels: An Overview, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2015, 3(7), 1263-1277. (Impact factor 9.22)
  1. Sudipta De, T. Kumar, Ashish Bohre, Laishram R. Singh and B. Saha, Furan-based acetylating agent for the chemical modification of proteins, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2015, 23(4) 791–796.(Impact factor 3.46)
  2. Ashish Bohre*, O. P. Shrivastava and Kalpana Awasthi, Structure refinement of polycrystalline orthorhombic lanthanum substituted calcium titanate: Ca1−xLaxTiO3 (x = 0·1-0·4), Crystallographic Report, 2014, 59(7), 944-948.(Impact factor 0.66)
  3. Ashish Bohre*, O. P. Shrivastava and Kalpana Awasthi, Immobilization of Lanthanum, Cerium, and Selenium into Ceramic Matrix of Sodium Zirconium Phosphate, Radiochemistry, 2014, 56(4), 326-331.13.
  4. Ashish Bohre*, O. P. Shrivastava and Kalpana Awasthi, Crystal Chemistry of Immobilization of trivalent Ce and Se in ceramic matrix of sodium zirconium phosphates, Physical Chemistry Research, 2014, 2(1), 21-29.
  5. Ashish Bohre*, O. P. Shrivastava and Kalpana Awasthi, Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal structure refinement of lanthanum and yttrium substituted polycrystalline 2M type zirconolite phases: Ca1-xMxZrTi2O7 (M=Y, La and x=0.2), Journal of Powder Technology, (2014), 2014.
  6. Ashish Bohre* and O. P. Shrivastava, Crystallographic Evaluation of Sodium Zirconium Phosphate as a Host Structure for Immobilization of Cesium and Strontium, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 2013, 10 (3), 552-563.(Impact factor 2.32)
  7. Ashish Bohre* and O. P. Shrivastava, Diffusion of Lanthanum into single phase sodium zirconium phosphate matrix for nuclear waste immobilization, Radiochemistry, 2013, 55[(4), 442-449.
  8. Ashish Bohre*, O. P. Shrivastava Kalpana Awasthi and Bhagat Singh Crystallographic evaluation of titanate ceramics as a host structure for immobilization of Samarium, Radiochemistry, 2013, 56(1), 92-97.
  9. Ashish Bohre* and O. P. Shrivastava, Crystal chemistry of immobilization of divalent Sr in ceramic matrix of sodium zirconium phosphates (NZP), Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2013, 433, 1-3, 486-493.(Impact factor 3.55)
  10. Rashmi Chourasia, Ashish Bohre, Ritu D. Ambastha, O. P. Shrivastava and P. K. Wattal, Crystallographic evaluation of NZP as a host structure for immobilization of caesium, Journal of Material Science, 2010, 45, 533–545.(Impact factor 4.62)

Book Chapter/Books

Books

  1. Ashish Bohre, Crystal structure and electrical properties of some ceramic materials, Scholar’s press, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-639-51015-7, 2012.
  2. Ashish Bohre and Kalpana Awasthi, Immobilization of radioactive waste in ceramic based hosts, Anchor Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-95489-169-6, 2013.

Book Chapter

  1. Ashish Bohre and Kalpana Avasthi, Catalytic Conversion of Biomass into Biofuels and Sustainable Value-Added Chemicals, Stadium Press USA, ISBN 1-62699-061-1.
  2. Kalpana Avasthi, Ashish Bohre, BasudebSaha, BlažLikozar, Bio-Catalytic Itaconic Acid and Bio-Based Vinyl Monomer Production Processes, Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability: Biomass Conversion and Green Chemistry-Volume 1, 89-111, Springer International Publishing.

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