Dr. Pankaj K. Parhi

1. Ph.D. Chemistry (2009) CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) &N.O.U., Odisha, India
2. M.Sc. Chemistry (2002) North Orissa University (N.O.U.), Odisha, India

February 2014-October 2017

Assistant Professor (DST- Inspire Faculty), School of Applied Sciences & Center of Industrial Technology, Adjunct Faculty, School of Biotechnology,  KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
November 2012-January 2014

DST- Inspire Faculty, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
November 2009-October 2012

Post Doctoral Researcher, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM),South Korea

1. Young Scientist Award (2014) under Fast Track Scheme (Start-up Research Grant), SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
2. INSPIRE Faculty Award (2012), INSPIRE Programme, DST, Govt. of India.
3. Life member of The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), year 2016.
4. Reviewer member for 25 SCI Journals
5. Profile selected for Marquis Who’s Who from 2013.
6. Research Fellow (2004-2009) at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
7. Articles in news: (i) Most Cited Hydrometallurgy Articles, (ii) top 20 Articles in the Domain of Article 23313677 of Who is Publishing in My Domain, 2013.(iii) Top 20 Articles in the Domain of Heavy Metals and Water, Article 19665843 of Who is publishing in My Domain, 2009.

Materials Research Laboratory (MRL)
Research Interest: Extractive Metallurgy, Industrial Solid Waste Management, Chemical Leaching, Liquid-liquid (Solvent Extraction) Extraction process, Liquid Membrane Process, Ion Exchange Technology, Adsorption

1. Recovery of molybdenum from solution containing low content molybdenum, Kyung-Ho Park, Chul-Woo Nam, Pankaj Kumar Parhi, Korean patent (Korea 2013/1012626550000, dated 03/05/2013).
2. Removal of copper from solutions containing low concentration copper, Kyung Ho Park, Chul-Woo Nam, Pankaj Kumar Parhi, Korean patent (Korea 2013/1013894840000, dated 25/04/2014).
3. Method for extraction of rare earth metals from deep-sea manganese nodule, Kyung-Ho Park, Chul-Woo Nam, Jin-Tae Park, Pankaj Kumar Parhi, Korean patent (Korea 2013/10138950520000, dated 16/05/2014).

• Hydrometallurgy-Recovery of valuable metals from low grade and secondary resources (2012-2017), supported by DST, New Delhi, Government of India (Rs.35lakh) (PI).
• Study on separation of scandium by hollow fiber liquid membrane process (2015-2018), supported by SERB, DST, New Delhi, Government of India (Rs28.18 lakh) (PI).

1. Saroj Sekhar Behera (Ph.D scholar, SRF)
2. Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra (SRF)
3. Braja Mohan Murmu (Ph.D Scholar, RGNF)
4. Chinmaya Kumar Mohanty (Ph.D Scholar)
5. Sthiti prajna Muduli (Ph.D Scholar)
6. Tanaswini  Patra(Ph.D Scholar)
7. Research trainee  students (Surbhi, Debolina Aritra &Ashmita)