CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (CRFM)
Contact Us First floor, Fire Lab Building, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)JAIN Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Tq Ramanagara District-562 112, Karnataka, India +91 9449293499 [email protected]| June 2003 |
Ph.D. in Chemistry Karnatak University, India |
| October 2017 |
MBA Australian Institute of Business, Australia |
| May 1998 |
M.Sc University of Mysore, India |
| April 1996 |
B.Sc Karnatak University, India |
Director's Room, First floor, Fire Lab Building, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), JAIN Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Tq, Ramanagara District-562 112, Karnataka, India
| Feb 2022 – Present |
Associate Director and Professor CRFM, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), India |
| Sept 2016-Feb 2022 |
Professor JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), India |
| March 2014 – Sept 2016 |
Associate Professor JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), India |
| March 2014 – Dec 2017 |
Adjunct Visiting Researcher University of Adelaide, Australia |
| June 2008 – March 2014 |
Research Staff University of Adelaide and University of South Australia, Australia |
| Mar 2006 - July 2008 |
Research Associate Flinders University, Australia |
| April 2004 - Feb 2006 |
BK21 Post-Doctoral Fellow KAIST, South Korea |
| Aug 2003-March 2004 |
Graduate Engineer Trainee Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Govt. of India, India |
Prof. Mahaveer Kurkuri is astonished to see how cleverly nature has solved some of its problems through intricate designs of the species in evolutionary biology. Over millions of years, organisms have evolved a wide range of intricate designs that allow them to survive and thrive in different environments. Prof. Kurkuri's research interests are mainly derived from nature; he and his group are working on solving some current scientific problems by mimicking nature's intricate designs and strategies. His group is working on high surface area functional materials by creating a specific surface chemistry for various applications, including water testing, remediation, energy storage and harvesting. Additionally, his research group works on complex microfluidic devices in biomedical and environment-related applications.
Prof. Mahaveer Kurkuri obtained his B.Sc degree from MM Arts and Science College, Sirsi, India, in 1996; he then moved to the University of Mysore, India, to obtain his M.Sc degree in Polymer Science in the year 1998. His interests in nature and basic science inspired him to pursue a Ph.D. from Karnatak University, India, in Chemistry and graduated in 2003. Though he could secure a job soon after his Ph.D. in CIPET (under Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India, India), his interest in Science made him to pursue postdoctoral experience in international laboratories, so he moved to KAIST, South Korea in the year 2004. In early 2006, he relocated to Australia and worked at Flinders University, Australia, University of South Australia, Australia and The University of Adelaide, Australia, in various capacities as a research staff until 2014. He joined JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), India, in 2014 as an Associate Professor and is currently heading the Centre for Research in Functional Materials, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), India, as an Associate Director.
Other than research, his hobbies are writing stories and scripts and photography, including moving pictures.
Shrinath Bhat, U.T. Uthappa, T. Sadhasivam, Tariq Altalhi, Sung Soo Han, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, ‘Abundant cilantro derived high surface area activated carbon (AC) for superior adsorption performances of cationic/anionic dyes and supercapacitor application' Chemical Engineering Journal, (2023), 459, 141577.
Vinayak Hegde, U.T. Uthappa, Maduru Suneetha, Tariq Altalhi, Sung Soo Han, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, ‘Functional porous Ce-UiO-66 MOF@Keratin composites for the efficient adsorption of trypan blue dye from wastewater: A step towards practical implementations' Chemical Engineering Journal, (2023), 461, 142103
Arvind Raj, Richelle M Rego, Kanalli V Ajeya, Ho-Young Jung, Tariq Altalhi, Gururaj M Neelgund, Madhuprasad Kigga, Mahaveer D Kurkuri, ‘Underwater oleophobic-super hydrophilic strontium-MOF for efficient oil/water separation', Chemical Engineering Journal, (2023), 453, Part 2, 139757.
TM Subrahmanya, Januar Widakdo, Hannah Faye M Austria, Wei-Song Hung, Mahaveer D Kurkuri, Chih-Feng Wang, Chien-Chieh Hu, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Juin-Yih Lai, ‘Flow-through in-situ evaporation membrane enabled self-heated membrane distillation for efficient desalination of hypersaline water', Chemical Engineering Journal, (2023), 452, Part 2, 139170.
T Kumeria, J Yu, M Alsawat, M D Kurkuri, A Santos, A D Abell, D Losic “Photoswitchable Membranes Based on Peptide-Modified Nanoporous Anodic Alumina: Toward Smart Membranes for On-Demand Molecular Transport" Advanced Materials, 27 (19), (2015), 3019-3024.
Gowthami Palanisamy, Sadhasivam Thangarasu, Ranjith Kumar Dharman, Chandrashekar S. Patil, Thakur Prithvi Pal Singh Negi, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, Ranjith Krishna Pai, Tae Hwan Oh, “The growth of biopolymers and natural earthen sources as membrane/separator materials for microbial fuel cells: A comprehensive review", Journal of Energy Chemistry, (2023), Volume 80, 402-431.
Ganesan Sriram, Akhilesh Bendre, Eniya Mariappan, Tariq Altalhi, Madhuprasad Kigga, Yern Chee Ching, Ho-Young Jung, Bhaskar Bhaduri, Mahaveer Kurkuri, Recent trends in the application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the removal of toxic dyes and their removal mechanism-a review, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 31, 2022, e00378.
Richelle M. Rego, Ganesan Sriram, Kanalli V. Ajeya, Ho-Young Jung, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri and Madhuprasad Kigga, Cerium based UiO-66 MOF as a multipollutant adsorbent for universal water purification, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416, 2021, 125941.
Varsha Brahmkhatri, Parimal Pandit, Pranita Rananaware, Aviva D'Souza, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, Recent progress in detection of chemical and biological toxins in Water using plasmonic nanosensors, Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 30, 2021, e00117
Richelle M.Rego, Gangalakshmi Kuriya, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, Madhuprasad Kigga, MOF based engineered materials in water remediation: Recent trends, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 403, 2021, 123605.
Mahesh P. Bhat, Madhuprasad, Pravin Patil, S. K. Nataraj, Tariq Altalhi, Ho-Young Jung, Dusan Losic and Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, “Turmeric, Naturally Available Colorimetric Receptor for Quantitative Detection of Fluoride and Iron", Chemical Engineering Journal, 303, (2016), 14.
Kanalli V. Ajeya, T. Sadhasivam, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, Ung-il Kang, In-Su Park, Won-Shik Park, Sang-Chai Kim, Ho-Young Jung, Recovery of spent VOSO4 using an organic ligand for vanadium redox flow battery applications, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 399, 2020, 123047.
Ganesan Sriram, Mahesh P Bhat, Pravin Patil, Uluvangada T Uthappa, Ho-Young Jung, Tariq Altalhi, Tushar Kumeria, Tejraj M Aminabhavi, Ranjith Krishna Pai, Madhuprasad, Mahaveer D Kurkuri, “Paper-based microfluidic analytical devices for colorimetric detection of toxic ions: a review" Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 93, (2017), 212-227.
U.T. Uthappa, Varsha Brahmkhatri, G. Sriram, Ho-Young Jung, Jingxian Yu, Nikita Kurkuri, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, Tariq Altalhi, Gururaj M. Neelgund, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri "Nature engineered diatom biosilica as drug delivery systems" Journal of Controlled Release, 281, (2018), 70-83
Pravin Patil, Madhuprasad, Mahesh P Bhat, Manasa G Gatti, Shervin Kabiri, Tariq Altalhi, Ho-Young Jung, Dusan Losic, Mahaveer Kurkuri, “Chemodosimeter functionalized diatomaceous earth particles for visual detection and removal of trace mercury ions from water" Chemical Engineering Journal 327, (2017), 725-733.
