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MAINAK MAJUMDER
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

January 2012 Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

March 2010 – Dec. 2011 Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

Aug. 2008 – Jan. 2010 Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Richard Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Oct. 2007 - Jan. 2010 Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Richard Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Aug. 2003 - Sept. 2007 Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

Feb. 2001 - Aug. 2003 Staff Scientist

Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI)*;
www.cgcri.res.in, Kolkata, India.

*CGCRI is a National lab. of India within the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). CSIR
labs are similar to the Max-Planck Institutes in Germany or Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the USA.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

2008 Postdoctoral Research Associate Rice University

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Post-Doc Mentor(s): Professor Matteo Pasquali

Professor Pulickel M. Ajayan

2007 Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering,

minor in Chemical Engineering University of Kentucky

 Thesis Title: Molecular Transport Properties Through Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Membrane
Funding: NSF, Advance Carbon Nanotechnology Program (Air Force) and NIH

Advisor: Professor Bruce J. Hinds

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2001 MS, Ceramic Engineering Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University

 Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Dense Cordierite Ceramics by a Semi-chemical

Route for Electronic Packaging Application

Advisor: Professor Devendra Kumar

1999 BS, Ceramic Engineering (first class with honors) Calcutta University

Project:
 Incorporation of Nanoscale Materials by Sol-gel Technique in Castable Refractories

GRANTS RECEIVED:

Majumder, Monash University Start-up Grant, 2010, $130,000

Majumder, “NANODOCKS - Liquid Phase Engineered Graphene-Oxide/Graphene Nanomaterials for

Environmental Applications” New Staff Members Research Fund, Monash University, 2010-11, $20,000

Majumder, “Fish-Gill’ Inspired Microvascular Fluidic Scaffolds”, Monash University Engineering Small
Grants,2011-12, $30,000

Majumder, Corry, and Schaefer “Carbon Nanotube Fluidic Channels for Desalination – Interplay of
Nanoscale Confinement and Electrostatics” ARC Discovery, 2011-14, $435,000

Majumder, Jagadeeshan, Singh, Pasquali, and Ajayan “Nanotechnology Enabled Electrochemical

Energy Storage Materials from Indigenous Natural Graphite”, ARC Linkage, 2011-13, $300,000

Majumder, Collier Trust Grant, 2011, $3000

Majumder, “Controlled Growth of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Nanofluidic Applications” New Staff
Members Research Fund, Monash University, 2010-11, $12,500

Majumder, “Towards Wearable Energy Storage Technology From Graphene-Coated Fibers” Monash
University Engineering Seed Grant, 2012-13, $30,000

Majumder, “Monash Researcher Accelerator Program”, Monash University, 2013-14, $85,000

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

Early Career Researcher Network Committee, Monash University, 2010-

Deputy Director of Research and Training, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University,
2011-

TEACHING:

MEC 4425: Micro/Nano Solid and Fluid Mechanics (co-taught with Dr. Tuncay Alan)

MEC 3454: Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS:

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 Monash Researcher Accelerator Program (MRAP) – cohort of 2012 identifying and supporting top
3% of early to mid career researchers at Monash University
 Best (1st runner-up) paper award at the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2007.Kolkata, India

 North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Travel Award, 2007, Orlando, FL.
The NAMS Travel Awards is presented annually to outstanding individuals who are near the start of
their professional careers in membrane science and technology. It is competitive with young faculty,
post-docs and senior graduate students.

 Oral Presentation Award at Eastern Regional Chemical and Materials Engineering Graduate
Student Symposium, 2006, Lexington, KY

 Dissertation Year Fellowship Award ($16,000), University of Kentucky, 2006, Lexington, KY,
This fellowship is competitively awarded to four-five people in all disciplines across the University
each year.

 Student Travel Award, Gordon Research Conference in Membranes and Materials, 2006, Colby-
Sawyer College, NH

 NSF/ONR-Sponsored Student Travel Award, Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane
Society, 2005, Providence, RI

 Poster Presentation Award, KY-Nanomat, 2004, Lexington, KY

 Banaras Hindu University Gold Medal, 2001, Varanasi, UP, India

PUBLISHED PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS:

1. M. Majumder, P.Sheath, T. Harvey, J.Mardel, A.Thornton,A. Gonzago, D. Kennedy, I. Madsen, J.
Taylor, D. Turner, M. Hill, “Aqueous Molecular Sieving and Strong Gas Adsorption in Highly Porous
MOFs with a Facile Synthesis”, Chem.Mater., 2012 (accepted)

2. D. E. Lobo, J.Fu, T.Gengenbach, M. Majumder*, "Localized Deoxygenation and Direct Patterning of

Graphene Oxide by Focused Ion Beams” Langmuir, 2012, 28, 41,14815–14821

3. M. Majumder, C.S. Rendall, J. A. Eukel, J. Y.L Wang, N. Behabtu, C. Pint, T.Y. Liu, A. W Orbaek, F.
Mirri, J.Nam, A. R Barron, R.H. Hauge, H. K. Schmidt, and M. Pasquali, "Overcoming the 'Coffee-Stain
Effect by Compositional Marangoni Flow Assisted Drop-Drying", J. Phys. Chem.B, 2012, 116, 22,
6536–6542

4. R.K. Singh Raman, P. Chakraborty Banerjee, Derrek E. Lobo, H.Gullapalli, M.Sumandasa, A.Kumar,
L. Choudhary, R.Tkacz, P.M. Ajayan, M.Majumder* "Protecting Copper from Electrochemical
Degradation by Graphene Coating " Carbon, 2012, 50, 11, 4040–4045

5. J.Wu, K.Gerstandt, M.Majumder, B.J. Hinds “Highly Efficient Electro-osmotic Flow through
Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Membrane”, RSC Nanoscale, 2011,3, 3321-3328

6. W.Gao, M. Majumder*, L. Alemany, T. Narayanan, M. Ibarra, B.K. Pradhan, P.M. Ajayan “Engineered
Graphite Oxide Materials for Application in Water Purification” ACS Applied Materials and
Interfaces, 2011,3,6,1821–1826

7. M.Majumder* and B.Corry*, “Anomalous Decline of Water Transport in Covalently Modified Carbon
Nanotube Membranes”, Chem. Commun, 2011, 47, 7683-85

8. M. Majumder, N.Chopra, B.J. Hinds, “Mass Transport through Carbon Nanotube Membranes in Three
Different Regimes: Ionic Diffusion and Gas and Liquid Flow” ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 3867-78
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9. M.J. Green, C.C. Young, A.N.G. Parra-Vasquez, M.Majumder, V.Juloori, N. Behabtu, C. L. Pint, J.
Schmidt, E.Kesselman, R.H. Hauge, Y.Cohen, Y.Talmon and M.Pasquali “Direct imaging of carbon
nanotubes spontaneously filled with solvent”, Chem.Commun., 2011, 47,4,1228 – 1230

10. M. Majumder, C. Rendall, M. Li, A. Eukel, H.K. Schmidt, M. Pasquali, “Insight into the physics of
spray-coating of SWNT films” Chem. Eng. Sci., 2010, 65, 6,2000-08

11. M. Majumder, A. Stinchcomb, B.J. Hinds, “Towards Mimicking Natural Protein Channels with Aligned
Carbon Nanotube Membranes for Active Drug Delivery” Life Sciences, 2010, 86, 15-16, 2010, 563-68

12. M. Majumder, “Molecular Transport Properties through Carbon Nanotube Membrane”, PhD
dissertation, University of Kentucky, 2007. The weblink is:
https://archive.uky.edu/bitstream/10225/718/full_dissertation_Dec06.pdf

13. M. Majumder, K. Keis, J. Cole, C. Meadows, X. Zhan, B.J. Hinds, “Enhanced Electrostatic
Modulation of Transport Through CNT Membrane by Diazonium Grafting Chemistry” J. Memb. Sci.,
2008, 316, 1-2, 89-96.

14.M. Majumder, X. Zhan, R. Andrews, B.J. Hinds “Voltage Gated Carbon Nanotube Membranes”,
Langmuir, 2007, 23, 8624-8631.

 This work has been featured in National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director’s report to the
National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, 2007. Read it at:
http://www.nida.nih.gov/DirReports/DirRep907/DirectorReport2.html. This work has initiated a NIH-
sponsored research on programmable transdermal drug delivery in collaboration with the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky.

15. M. Majumder, N. Chopra, R. Andrews, B.J. Hinds, “Nanoscale Hydrodynamics: Enhanced Flow in
Carbon Nanotubes”, Nature, 2005, 438, 3, 44.

 This is my single most important work. This break-through discovery on the remarkable water transport
behavior through CNTs has been featured in the press release of NSF’s Slippery When Wet, Nov.10,
2005.
 It has also attracted attention in the Royal Chemical Society News, Materials Research Bulletin, Small
Times, NASA Tech Briefs etc. This unusual transport behavior has been reproduced by independent
researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA. (Holt et al. Science 312
(2006) 1034-1037). More importantly, this discovery has lead to a US funding initiative from DARPA on
CNT membranes for desalination of sea-water.

16. M. Majumder, N. Chopra, B.J. Hinds, “Effect of Tip Functionalization on Transport through Vertically
Oriented Carbon Nanotube Membranes”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2005,127, 9062-70.

17. N. Chopra, M. Majumder, B.J. Hinds, “Bi-functional Carbon Nanotubes by Sidewall Protection”, Adv.
Funct .Mat., 2005, 15,858-64.

18. M. Majumder, S. Mukhopadhyay, O.Parkash, D.Kumar, “Sintering and Crystallization Behavior of

Chemically Prepared Cordierite for Application in Electronic Packaging”, Ceram. Inter., 2004, 30,
1067-1070.

19. S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Dutta, M. Majumder, A. Kundu and S.K. Das, “Synthesis and Characterization
of Alumina Bearing Sol for Application in Refractory Castables”, Industrial Ceramics, 2000, 20, 2, 88-
92.

See citation metrics below: Total # of cites: 602; Citations per article: 40.13
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BOOK CHAPTER:

20. M. Majumder* and P.M. Ajayan, “Carbon Nanotube Membranes: A new frontier in membrane science”
in: Enrico Drioli and Lidietta Giorno Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering (Elsevier Science),
2010, 1, 291–310

21. Abozar Akbari, M. Majumder, and Mahsa Tehrani, “Polylactic acid (PLA) Carbon Nanotube
Nanocomposites” in: K.K. Kar, S.Rana, J.K. Pandey, Technological advancement in the carbon nanotube
(CNT) based polymer composites: Processing, performance and application (Springer), 2012 (accepted
for publication).

22. Mahsa A.Tehrani, Abozar Akbari, and M. Majumder in: K.K. Kar, S.Rana, J.K. Pandey, “Polylactic acid
(PLA) Layered Silicate” in: K.K. Kar, S.Rana, J.K. Pandey, Technological advancement in the carbon
nanotube (CNT) based polymer composites: Processing, performance and application (Springer), 2012
(accepted for publication).

23. Ehsan Zeimaran, Abozar Akbari, M. Majumder “Polystyrene Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites” in:
in: K.K. Kar, S.Rana, J.K. Pandey, Technological advancement in the carbon nanotube (CNT) based
polymer composites: Processing, performance and application (Springer), 2012 (accepted for
publication).

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

24. A. Tiwari, P.Chakraborty-Banerjee, R.K.S Raman, M.Majumder, “CVD Graphene for Remarkable
Resistance to Corrosion Resistance”, Australian Corrosion Association, November 2012, Melbourne,
Australia

25. S. J. Chen, W. H. Duan, F. Collins & X. L. Zhao, M. Majumder, “Effects of geometry packing upon the
aggregation morphology of sodium cholate on the surface of carbon nanotubes” ACUN6 –Composites
and Nanocomposites in Civil, Offshore and Mining Infrastructure, November 2012, Melbourne, Australia

26. M.Majumder, Pasquali, 2012, “Harnessing Compositional Marangoni Flow in Depositing Nanoparticle
Films”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 2012, San Diego, CA.

27. P. Sheath, M. Majumder, 2011, A comparative review of graphene oxide and titanium dioxide as
photocatalysts, Chemeca 2011 Engineering a Better World, 18 to 21 September, 2011, Engineers
Australia, Canberra Australia, 1-10.
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28. M. Majumder, N. Chopra, B.J. Hinds, “Gated Chemical Transport and Enhanced Flow Through
Carbon Nanotube Membranes” 2006, Nanotech,1, 106-09

29. S. Bandyopadhyay, M.Majumder, H.S. Maiti, “Field Trial Studies for Arsenic Removal from Highly
Contaminated Ground Water using Ceramic Membrane Modules”, Proceedings of National Seminar on
Desalination and Membrane Technology: Present and Future, 2003,Bhavnagar, India.

30. M.Majumder and B.J. Hinds “Mass Transport Through Carbon Nanotube Membrane”, Special
session on Nanotechnology at the Annual Meeting of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2007,
Kolkata, India.; Won best paper (2nd place) award

INVITED TALKS:

1. M.Majumder, “Unusual Molecular Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes”, Annual Meeting of the
Australian Institute of Physics, 2012, December 9-13th, Sydney, Australia.

2. M.Majumder, “Expanding the Application Space of Expanding the Application Space of Graphene-
Based Materials”, Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar, 9 th November,
2012, Lubbock, TX, USA.

3. M.Majumder, “Expanding the Application Space of Graphene-Based Materials”, NT-12, Brisbane, June
24-29th, 2012

4. M.Majumder, “Engineering with Nanocarbons”, Victoria University, Institute of Sustainability and

Innovation, Victoria University, 17th March, 2012, Melbourne, Australia,

5. M.Majumder, “Supersand: Creating Water Security Through Nanomaterials” 14 th December, 2011,

Society for International Development, Ottawa, Canada (video lecture)

6. M.Majumder, “Engineering with Nanocarbons, PACRIM-9, Cairns, Australia, 10 th-14th July, 2011

7. M.Majumder, “Fluid Flow Through Carbon Nanotubes: Prospects and Challenges”, 4 th November,
2010, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Belmont, Geelong.
8. M. Majumder, “Fluid Flow Through Carbon Nanotubes: Prospects and Challenges”, 7 th October, 2010,
Swinburne University, Melbourne
9. M.Majumder, “Environmental Nanotechnologies”, Oct.1, 2009, Conoco-Philips R&D Center,
Bartlesville, OK
10. M.Majumder “Mass Transport Through CNT Membranes: Enhanced Flow and Voltage-Gating
Effects”, April 6, 2007, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, Rice University, TX.
11. M. Majumder and B J Hinds, “Nano-Scale Transport Phenomena in the Ionic, Solvent and Gaseous
Regimes through Carbon Nanotube Membranes”, presented at the Annual Meeting of AIChE, 2006, San
Francisco, CA.
12. M.Majumder, “Synthesis and Applications of Carbon Nanotube Membranes”, Central Glass and
Ceramic Research Institute, 2006, Kolkata, India.

PATENTS AND INVENTION DISCLOSURES:

1. M. Majumder, D.E. Lobo, J. Fu, “Conductive Portions in Insulating Materials”, Australian provisional
patent 2012902606, 21st July 2012

2. M.Majumder, W.Gao, P.M. Ajayan, T.N. Narayanan, B.K. Pradhan, “Graphite-oxide coated particulate
material and uses thereof”, WO 2012128747, 9th September 2012
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3. A.W.K. Ma, N.Behabtu, M.Majumder, J.Nam, F.Mirri, M.Pasquali, “Carbon Nanotube Films
Processed From Strong Acid Solutions And Methods For Production Thereof”, Reference Tech ID
2012-016

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS:

 From Monash University

1. M.Majumder, “Fluid Flow Through Carbon Nanotubes: Prospects and Challenges”, Chemeca-2010,
26th-29th September, 2010, Adelaide, Australia

2. D.Lobo, C.Pint, B.Corry, M.Majumder, “Building Carbon Nanotube Fluidic Devices”, Chemeca-2011,
18th-21st September, 2011, Sydney, Australia

3. P.Sheath, Z.Liu, M.Majumder, “Graphene Oxide as an Alternative Photocatalyst”, Chemeca-2011, 18 th-

21st September, 2011, Sydney, Australia

4. M.Majumder, “Expanding the Application Space of Graphene-based Materials” October 28 - November

2, 2012 AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA

 From Rice University

1. C.Rendall, M.Majumder, M.Pasquali, “Spreading Water on Teflon: Marangoni Influences and the
Elimination of the Ring Stain” Annual Gallery of Fluid Motion exhibit, Annual meeting of the American
Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2009, Minnesota, MN

2. M. Majumder, B.Dan, M.Li, H.K. Schmidt, M. Pasquali, “Dielectrophoresis of colloidal suspensions of

SWNTs: Formation of 1-D Assemblies”, Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, 2009, Nashville, TN

3. C.L. Pint, Y. Xu, N. Nicholas, M. Majumder, T. Leeuw, and R. H. Hauge “Growth and transfer of
aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays: new opportunities for electrical and optical
characterization and innovative applications” Tenth International Conference on the Science and
Application of Nanotubes, 2009, Beijing, China

4. M. Majumder, C. Rendall, M. Li, B.Dan, H.K. Schmidt, M. Pasquali, “Spray-Coated Transparent

Conductive Coatings from SWNTs: Effect of processing parameters”, Annual Meeting of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2008, Philadelphia, PA.

5. M. Majumder, H.K. Schmidt and M. Pasquali, “Nano-channels for Oil Recovery” Concept poster
presented at the pre-solicitation workshop of Advanced Energy Consortium, 2008, Austin, TX.

6. B. Dan, M, Majumder, M. Pasquali, “Continuous and Scalable Fabrication of Transparent Conducting

Thin Films of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
New Orleans, 2008, LA.

 From University of Kentucky

1. M. Majumder J. Wu, K.Gerstandt, and B.J. Hinds, “Aligned Carbon Nanotube Membranes with
Enhance Fluid Flow and Active Gate Keeper Selectivity for Water Purification” to be presented at the
Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, 2009, Boston, MA.
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2. J. Wu, K.Gerstandt, M. Majumder and B.J. Hinds, “Electro-osmotic Flow Through Carbon Nanotube
Membranes” to be presented at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, 2009, Boston, MA.

3. M.Majumder, K. Keis, and B.J. Hinds, “Electrochemical Double Layer Behavior on Vertically Oriented
CNT Membranes”, Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2008,
Philadelphia, PA.

4. M. Majumder, and B.J. Hinds, “Mass transport through CNT membranes in three different regimes:
ionic, gas, and liquid”, Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Philadelphia,
2008, Philadelphia, PA.

5. M. Majumder, X. Zhan, X. Su, B.J. Hinds, “Voltage Gated Channels from Aligned Carbon Nanotube
Membrane” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, 2007, Boston, MA.

7. M. Majumder “Carbon Nanotube membranes: A New Frontier in Membrane Science”, International

Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors, 2007, Kolkata, India.

8. M.Majumder, “Transport properties through carbon nanotube membranes”, seminar at the Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2007, Lexington, KY.

9. M. Majumder and B.J. Hinds, “Chemical and Voltage Gated Transport Through Carbon Nanotube
Membrane”, Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society, 2007, Orlando, FL.

10. M. Majumder and B.J. Hinds, “Nanoscale Transport Phenomena in the Ionic, Solvent and Gaseous
Regimes through Carbon Nanotube Membranes”, Annual Meeting of American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, 2006, San Francisco, CA.

11.M.Majumder and B.J. Hinds, “Voltage Gated Chemical Transport Through Carbon Nanotube
Membranes”, Oral presentation at Eastern Regional Chemical and Materials Engineering Graduate
Symposium (ERCGS-2006), 2006, Lexington, KY.

12. H.K. Vaddi, M. Majumder, A.L. Stinchcomb, B.J. Hinds, “Aligned Carbon Nanotube Membranes for
Transdermal Nicotine Delivery”, Second International Conference on Bioengineering and
Nanotechnology, 2006, University of California Santa Barbara, CA.

13. C. Meadows, M. Majumder and B.J. Hinds, “Electrochemical Modification and Characterization of
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Membranes”, poster presented at Inter-University NSF-REU student
meeting, 2006, Lexington, KY

14. M. Majumder and B.J. Hinds, “Mass Transport Through Vertically Oriented Carbon Nanotube
Membranes in Three Different Regimes: Ionic, Liquid and Gas”, poster presented at Gordon Research
Conference on Membranes: Materials and Processes, 2006, Colby Sawyer College, NH.

15.M. Majumder and B.J. Hinds, “Selective Chemical Transport Through Carbon Nanotube Membranes”,
poster presented at Gordon Research Conference on Membranes: Materials and Processes, 2006,
Colby Sawyer College, NH.

16. B.J. Hinds, M. Majumder, N.Chopra, “Gated Chemical Transport Through Vertically Aligned Carbon
Nanotube Membranes”, Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers,2005,Cincinnati, OH.

17. B.J. Hinds, A. Stinchcomb, M. Majumder, N.Chopra, “Controlled Trans-dermal Nicotine Delivery with
Aligned Carbon Nanotube Membrane,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers,2005, Cincinnati, OH.
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18. M. Majumder, N.Chopra, B.J. Hinds, “Pressure Driven Transport and Hydrogen Bonded Ordering of
Liquids Inside Carbon Nanotubes”, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers,2005,Cincinnati, OH.

19. M. Majumder, N. Chopra and B.J. Hinds, “Ionic and Solvent Transport Through Carbon Nanotube
Membranes”, Oral Presentation at the Graduate Chemical Engineering Seminar, 2005, West Virginia
University, WV.

20. M.Majumder, N.Chopra, B.J. Hinds, “Ionic Transport Through Aligned Carbon Nanotube Membranes
Functionalized at the Core Entrance”, Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of North American
Membrane Society, 2005, Providence, RI.

21. N. Chopra, M.Majumder, B.J. Hinds, “Selective End Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by
Sidewall Protection in Aligned Membrane Structures”, Poster presented at the Fall Meeting of
Materials Research Society, 2004, Boston, MA.

22. M. Majumder, N.Chopra, B.J. Hinds, “Transport Properties through Functionalized Aligned Carbon
Nanotube Membranes”, Poster presented at the Fall Meeting of Materials Research Society (MRS),
2004, Boston, MA.

23. N.Chopra, M.Majumder, B.J. Hinds, “Bi-functional Carbon Nanotube by side wall protection from
aligned Carbon Nanotube Membrane”, Poster presented at KY-Nanomat, 2004, Lexington, KY.

24. M.Majumder, N.Chopra, B.J. Hinds, “Transport Studies of Tip-Functionalized Aligned Carbon
Nanotube Membranes”, Poster presented at KY-Nanomat, 2004, Lexington, KY; won poster
presentation award

25. H.K. Vaddi, M.Majumder, A.L. Stinchcomb, B.J. Hinds “Controlled Transdermal Nicotine Delivery With
Octadecyl Amine Carbon-nanotube Polystyrene Membranes”, Poster Presented at the Annual
Session of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), 2004, Baltimore, MD.

 From research at Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI)

1. S. Bandyopadhyay, M.Majumder, T. Dey and H.S. Maiti, “Sustained Field Trial of an Innovative
Technology for Environmental Application”, Presented at the Indian Chemical Engineering Congress
(CHEMCON), 2004, Mumbai, India.

2. S. Bandyopadhyay, M.Majumder, B.Sinha and H.S. Maiti, “Innovative Process for Arsenic Removal
from Groundwater”, Presented at the Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON), 2004,
Mumbai, India.

3. S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Majumder, T. Dey, H.S. Maiti “Community Models of Ceramic Membrane Based
Arsenic and Iron Removal Plants for Production of Safe Drinking Water”, Poster presented at
International Conference on Inorganic Membranes (ICIM-8), 2004, Cincinnati, OH.

4. S. Bandyopadhyay, M.Majumder, H.S. Maiti, “Field Trial Studies Using Ceramic Membrane Modules
For Arsenic Removal from Ground Water”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Indian Chemical
Engineering Congress (CHEMCON), 2003, Bhuvaneshwar, India.

5. M.Majumder, T. Dey, S. Bandyopadhyay, “Flux Restoration in Ceramic Membranes by Physical

Methods”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Indian Chemical Engineering Congress
(CHEMCON), 2003, Bhuvaneshwar, India.

6. S. Chattopadhyay, M. Majumder, S. Bandyopadhyay, “Optimization of Process Parameters for

Preparation of Zirconia based Ultra-filtration Membrane”, poster presented at the 66 th Annual Session
of the Indian Ceramic Society, 2002, Calcutta, India.
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7. M.Majumder, S.N. Roy, S. Bandopadhyay, H.S. Maiti, “Ceramic Membranes for Water Treatment
Applications”, poster presented at the 66 th Annual Session of the Indian Ceramic Society, Dec., 2002,
Calcutta, India.

8. S. Bandyopadhyay, M.Majumder, H.S. Maiti, “Potablisation of Arsenic Contaminated Ground Water

Using Ceramic Membranes”, Presented at the International Conference on Inorganic Membranes
(ICIM-7), 2002, Dalian, China.

IN MEDIA AND PRESS

1. November 10, 2005 - Slippery when wet (on enhanced water flow through carbon nanotube)
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104627

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_applications_of_carbon_nanotubes

http://www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/Nanotube_membrane.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051104085644.htm

2. June 24, 2011 - Super-sand for water purification (on graphite-oxide coated sand)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13895077
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?
_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=223&content_id=CNBP_027526&use
_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=e901d732-d3bd-407e-9705-72e881fa435e

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110622102831.htm

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4504/super-sand-could-improve-water-filtration

http://www.sterlitech.com/blog/2011/07/11/super-sand/

http://www.filtsep.com/view/19207/super-sand-filters-five-times-better/

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/bridge-over-troubled-waters-20110808-
1iiyi.html

3. September 23, 2012- Invisible barrier wards off corrosion (on dramatic anti-corrosion
properties of graphene)
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/invisible-barrier-wards-off-metal-corrosion

http://www.zdnet.com/graphene-switches-to-new-role-as-anti-corrosion-coating-7000004951/

http://proedgewire.com/graphite-graphene-intel/graphene-a-magic-material-v-corrosion/

http://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/design-engineering-news/graphene-based-coating-helps-
prevent-metal-corrosion/45541/

SUPERVISION AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE:

 Postdoctoral Researchers
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Dr. Sivakumar Balakrishnan (Nov 2011- till date) (100% supervision)

Dr. Parama Banerjee-Chakraborty (Dec 2011- till date) (60% supervision)

 Post-Graduate Students
Abishek Tiwari (2012- ) PhD candidate, Monash University, (40% supervision)

Prasoon Kumar (2011- ) PhD candidate, IITB-Monash Research Academy (50% supervision)

Morteza Miansari (2011 – till date), PhD candidate, Monash University (60% supervision)

Rachel Tkacz (2011- till date), PhD candidate, Monash University (60% Supervision)

Phillip Sheath (2010 – till date), PhD candidate Monash University (100% supervision)

Derrek Lobo (2010- till date), PhD candidate, Monash University (100% supervision)

Wei Gao (Rice Grad, Chemistry, 2009 – 2010): Advised and supervised research on fabrication of carbon
nanotube and graphene based membranes for fluid filtration applications.

Budhadipta Dan: (Rice grad, 2008 - 2010): Supervising research on dielectrophoretic assembly of micro-
wires from SWNT decants.

Damir Aidarkhanov (Rice grad, 2008 - 2009): Advised research on fabrication of Au-nanowires by
electroplating inside membrane templates for rectifying optical antenna applications.

Raghav Wahi (Rice grad, Materials Science, 2008 - 2009): Advised research on super-capacitors and
capacitive deionization process.

 Undergraduate and high school students:

Qi Ng (Monash Undergrad, 2011): Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Using Chemical Vapor Deposition.

Lim Cheng (Monash Undergrad, 2011): Investigation of photocatalytic and adsorption properties of
Copper-Reduced Graphite Oxide Composites.

Amanda Gonzago (Monash Undergrad, 2011): Photocatalytic Properties of Metal Organic Frameworks

Hannah Golding (Monash undergrad, 2010): Hierarchical structures and transport processes in ‘fish-gill’
systems

Rahoul Pankhania (Monash undergrad, 2010): Microfluidic Architectures

Ivan Loo (Rice undergrad, 2009): Advised and supervised his research on self- and directed- assembly of
micelle encapsulated SWNT microwires

Michelle Li (Rice undergrad, 2008): Advised and supervised her research on fabrication of transparent
thin films and nanowires by dielectrophoretic assembly from CNT suspensions.

Laura Timmerman (Rice undergrad, 2008): Supervised undergraduate research on dielectrophoretic

separation of carbon nanotubes.

Clint Rendall (Rice undergrad, 2007-08): Advised and supervised undergraduate research on fabrication
of conductive transparent coatings by a spraying process.
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Monash University
Jeggan Cole (Eastern Kentucky University undergrad, 2006): Advised and supervised summer research
work on ‘Finite Element Modeling of Electrostatic Partitioning of Charged Molecules in Charged Pores
using COMSOL’; won a poster presentation award

Corey Meadows (NSF-REU student, 2006): Supervised summer research on electrochemical

measurement of functional density of carboxylic acid functional groups on CNT membranes; won a poster
presentation award

Mia Williams (High-School Student, 2005): Supervised work on self-assembly chemistry for making
alumina membranes hydrophobic and measurement of contact angles and transport properties.

Wendy Satterwhite (NSF-REU student, Randolph-Macon undergrad, 2005): Supervised the summer
project on electrochemical oxidation studies of carbon nanotubes, synthesis of diazonium compounds for
electrochemical grafting on CNTs

Tanmay Dey (Jadavpur University post-grad, CGCRI, 2002-03): Supervised project on design and
optimization of membrane based pilot plants for arsenic and iron removal from ground water.

Sudipta Chattopadhyay (Calcutta University post-grad, CGCRI, 2001-02): Advised and supervised the
research for development of sol-gel based ceramic membranes at CGCRI.

Asish Tewari (Banaras Hindu University undergrad, 2000): Supervised undergraduate research on
sintering of cordierite ceramics at Banaras Hindu University.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES:

Reviewer for: Journal of Membrane Science, Small, Physics of Fluids, Open Journal of Applied Physics,
Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Biomicrofluidics, ACS Nano, ACS
Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Co-Convener: Dr. Stephen Hawkins (CSIRO) and Dr. Mainak Majumder are co-convening the
Symposia on Metrology and Methodology at the 13 th International Conference on the Science and
Application of Nanotubes (NT-12) at Brisbane, June 24-29th, 2012

Co-chair: Dr. Benjamin Wilhite (Texas A&M) and Dr. Mainak Majumder are co-chairing the session on
Ceramics for Gas Separations and Membrane Reactors to be held at the Annual Meeting of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE meeting at Pittsburg, USA), October 28 - November 2, 2012