Suprakas Sinha Ray
Chief Research Scientist and Director, DST-CSIR National Centre for Nanostructured Materials, South Africa
Biography
Suprakas Sinha Ray was born in 1973 in India and completed his PhD studies at the University of Calcutta in 2001, and then postdoctoral fellow at ToyotarnTechnological Institute and Laval University studying the structure-property relationship in nanoclay-containing polymer nanocomposites. He started working onrnfundamental understanding to real applications of polymer-based nanostructured materials when he joined the CSIR as a group leader. These studies advancedrnand broadened when he appointed as a chief researcher and director of the DST-CSIR National Centre for Nanostructured Materials and growing to the presentrntime with postdoctoral fellows, students, collaborators and industrial partners worldwide. Currently, more than 80 researchers, engineers and technologists arernworking with him. Prof. Ray is one of the most active and highly cited authors (his articles have been cited more than 14700 times, google scholar, h factor 44),rnin the field of polymer nanocomposite materials and his work has been featured on various international journal cover pages on 14 different occasions. He is thernauthor of 2 books, co-author of 3 edited books, 15 book chapters on various aspects of polymer-based nano-structured materials & their applications, and authorrnand co-author of 250 articles. He also has 4 patents and 7 new demonstrated technologies shared with colleagues, collaborators and industrial partners. His teamrnalso commercialized 16 different grades of polylactide nanocomposites.
Abstract
Abstract : Nanoclay minerals and plastics: tiny particles deliver big impact