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Faculty Details

Uttam Manna

Dr. Uttam Manna

Associate Professor

Ph.D. (IISc, Bangalore)
Research Area: Materials for Functional Liquid Wettability, Liquid/Liquid Separation, Guided Transport of Liquids, Chemical/ Strain/ Vibration Sensor, Gas Bubble Wettability, Droplet Chemistry, Release of Small Molecules, Patterned Interfaces
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  • Education

    • 2011-  2012          : Post-Doctoral Research (Prof. David M. Lynn) Chemical & Biological Engineering Dept., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
    •          2009 - 2011          : Ph. D. (Prof. Satish A. Patil) Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka,India
    •          2006 - 2009          : M.S. (Prof. Satish A. Patil) Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

  • Experience
    •   Sep, 2019 - Present     : Associate Professor Department of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati, Assam, India.
    •  Jun, 2015 - Aug, 2019  : Assistant Professor Department of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati, Assam, India.
    •  2013 - 2015          : Assistant Scientist (Prof. David M. Lynn) Chemical & Biological Engineering Dept., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

  • Teaching

  • Awards
    14. Awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers.

    13. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in Oct 2020.

    12. Emerging Investigators in Chemical Communication, 2020.

    11. Recipient of Merck Young Scientist Award (Runner-up), 2019 in Chemical Science

    10. INSA-Young Scientist Award, 2019

     9. Bilateral Exchange of Academics Award-2019 from DAAD, Germany

     8. Emerging Investigators in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018

     7. NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, 2018

     6. Associate of the IAS (Indian Academy of Science), 2018

     5. DAE-Young Scientist Research Award, 2017

     4. DST Young Scientist, 2015.

     3. Toulouse Medal: Best thesis award from SSCU, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), 2013.

     2. Post Doctoral Fellowship: University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 2011.

     1. CSIR (Council of scientific & Industrial Research) Junior Research Fellowship, 2008.

  • Patents
    8. Uttam Manna, Velayudhan Pillai Nandakumar, Karthick Ramalingam, Manjunatha Megur Ganesh BHAT, Pramod Kumar HEGDE, Avijit Das,  Arpita Shome, Manideepa Dhar "A COATING COMPOSITION AND A PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF"  (Indian Patent, application 202041020725, Filling Date: 16.05.2020)

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    7. Uttam Manna, Avijit Das, Sachin Kumar, A METHOD OF PREPARING DISPOSABLE WATER REPELLENT MASK AND A PRODUCT THEREOF, Submitted as:  Indian Patent Indian Patent.  ( Application No 202031014922, application date: APRIL 03, 2020)

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    6. Uttam Manna, V. Nandakumar, Karthick R, Avijit Das, Kousik Maji, Arpita Shome 'A process for preparation of a superhydrophobic membrane' 202041005525, Indian Patent filed on February 7, 2020, Applied.

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    5. David Lynn, Uttam Manna, Matthew Carter, Slippery Anti-Fouling Surfaces Fabricated from Reactive Polymer Multilayers, US Patent, Patent # US 10,557,044 B2, Feb 11, 2020. (link)

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    4. David Lynn and Uttam Manna "Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces that Prevent Microbial Surface Fouling", US Patent, Patent # US 10,557,042 B2, Feb 11, 2020. (link)

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    3. Uttam Manna, V. Nandakumar, Karthick R, Kousik Maji, Arpita Shome, Adil Majeed Rather, 'Selective And Super Oil Absorbent For Remediation Of Oil Spills'  Submitted as:  Indian Patent ( Application No 201841029004, application date: Aug 1, 2018), Applied.

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    2. Uttam Manna, Adil M Rather,  'A method for producing superhydrophobic coating on fibrous material and a product thereof' , Submitted as:  Indian Patent ( Application No 201831014615, application date: April 17, 2018) Applied.

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    1. David Lynn, Uttam Manna, Matthew Carter, Synthetic Surfaces with Robust and Tunable Underwater Superoleophobicity, Submitted as: US Patent, (Application No US20170022372 A1, application date Jan 26, 2017) (link)