Dr.

Aabid Hussain Shaik

26-28-29
First Lane, A.T Agraharam
Guntur, A.P
India-522004
Email: aabid.chem4u@gmail.com, aabid.chem4u@kluniversity.in
Mobile No: +919434346497, +918499078656

EDUCATION

 PhD., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur,

India (2016)
 M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, India (2011)
(CGPA: 8.59/10)
 B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India (2005)
(Percentage: 70.0%)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1. Working as an Assistant Professor at KL University, Andhra Pradesh from May

2016-till date (7 months)

2. Worked as a teaching assistant for several undergraduate courses and labs at

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur from July 2012-May 2016.

RESEARCH AREAS

 Synthesis and application of metal, metal oxide, semiconductor, carbon, graphene,

alloy and core-shell nanostructures (particles, rods, wires, sheets) in energy and
environment.
 Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis
 Stability of colloidal suspensions
 Formation of conducting films on glass and flexible substrates

PUBLICATIONS DURING PHD PERIOD

1. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, “A simple room temperature

reduction technique for the preparation of copper nanosheet powder”, RSC Advances.
2016, 6, 14952-14957.
2. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, “Synthesis of monodisperse copper
nanoparticles using a modified digestive ripening technique and formation of
superlattices”, RSC Advances. 2016, 5, 85974-85977.
3. Partha Pratim Chowdhury, Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty,”
Preparation of stable sub 10 nm copper nanopowders redispersible in polar and non
polar solvents”, Colloids Surf., A, 2015, 466, 189-196.

4. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, “Use of repeated phase transfer for
preparation of thiol coated copper organosols at higher particle loading”, Colloids
Surf., A, 2014, 454, 46-56.

5. Swarnendu Chatterjee, Nitai Chandra Maji, Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta
Chakraborty, “Economical and high throughput synthesis of copper nanopowder using
continuous stirred tank and tubular flow reactors”, Chemical Engineering Journal
2016, 304, 241-250.

PUBLICATIONS AFTER PHD

 Aabid Hussain Shaik* and Srinivasa Reddy D, “Formation of 2D, 3D superlattices

of silver nanoparticles inside an emulsion droplet”, Materials Research Express
(IOP), 2016 (Under Review).

CONFERENCES DURING PHD PERIOD

1. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, Synthesis and phase transfer of
copper nanostructures to various polar and non-polar solvents, at International
Conference on Physics and Chemistries at Hydrophobic Interfaces, KAUST, Saudi
Arabia, and February 14-17, 2016.

2. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, Room temperature synthesis of

large nanosheets of copper using fast reduction: role of pH and centrifugation, at
CHEMCON, Guwahati, India, December 2015.

3. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, Synthesis and self-assembly of

copper nanoparticles by a modified post heat treatment technique, at
CHEMFERENCE, Hyderabad, India, December 2015.

4. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, Synthesis and in situ observation of
2D, 3D superlattices of copper and silver nanoparticles, at 5th International
Colloids Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2015.

5. Aabid Hussain Shaik and Jayanta Chakraborty, Preparation of concentrated

organosol of copper using repeated phase transfer, at Research Scholars Day,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, June 2013.

6. Manish Kumar Niranjan, Jayanta Chakraborty and Aabid Hussain Shaik, Synthesis
and phase transfer of oxidation resistant copper nanoparticles to various organic
solvents, at AICHE annual meeting, Pittsburg, USA, October 2012.
7. Aabid Hussain Shaik, Participated in Winter School 2015, jointly organised by
JNCASR Bangalore, University of Cambridge UK and Sheik Saqr laboratory
Saudi Arabia.

CONFERENCES AFTER PHD

 Aabid Hussain Shaik*, Ghanta Reshma, Sindhu Batchu, Khaja Hussain, Chemical
inhibition of wax deposits in crude oil pipeline, Trend Setting Innovations in
Chemical Sciences and Technology- Nature Inspired Chemistry and Engineering
(TSCST-NICE 2016), at JNTU Hyderabad, India, October 2016.
 Aabid Hussain Shaik* and Varun M.S, Desulphurization of crude oil using copper
oxide nanoparticles as adsorbents, will be present in CHEMCON 2016.

REFERENCE

Professor Jayanta Chakraborty Professor Amarnath Samanta

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur
West Bengal
India
Phone: +91 - 3222 – 283950
Email: jayanta@che.iitkgp.ernet.in
Professor and Former Dean
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur
West Bengal
India
Phone: +91 - 3222 - 283948
Email: amar@che.iitkgp.ernet.in