Bio
Shailesh Dangwal is currently working as a postdoctoral research associate in chemical sciences division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He earned his master’s and PhD in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Previously he obtained his B-Tech in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2012. Shailesh worked as a senior engineer at CK Birla group in Hyderabad, India from 2012 to 2015. After his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at University at Buffalo (from 2021 to 2022) where his work was focused on the use of amine functionalized “advanced hierarchical nanoporous structures” for direct air capture of CO2. He joined ORNL in June 2022 in the Soft Matter and Membranes Group to work on the separation and recovery of critical battery materials and rare earth elements from end-of-life electronic waste.
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate| Oak Ridge National Lab, Tennessee, US 2022-Present
Postdoctoral Associate| University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, US 2021-2022
Research Associate| Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, US 2021-2021
Senior Engineer| Orient Cement Limited, Hyderabad, India 2013-2015
Engineer| Orient Cement Limited, Hyderabad, India 2012-2013
Awards
R&D 100 award finalist for year 2024.
Education
PhD, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, US 2017-2020
MS, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, US 2016-2017
Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 2008-2012
Professional Service
Reviewer for journals like Journal of Membrane Science, Chemical Engineering Science, Energy and Fuels, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, and ACS Applied Biomaterial etc.
Serves on the reviewer board of Polymers journal and as a topical advisory panel member of Water journal.
Publications
Other Publications
Dangwal, S., Liu, R., and Kim, S. (2017). High-temperature ethane dehydrogenation in microporous zeolite membrane reactor: Effect of operating conditions. Chem. Eng. J., 328, 862-872.
Dangwal, S., Ronte, A., Lin H., Liu R., Zhu, J., Lee J., Fahlenkemp H., and Kim, S. (2021). ZIF-8 membranes supported on silicalite-seeded substrates for propylene/propane separation. J. Membr. Sci. 626, 119165.
Dangwal, S., Liu, R., and Kim, S. (2018). Effect of pressure on ethane dehydrogenation reaction in MFI zeolite membrane reactor. Energy Fuels 32, 4628-4637.
Dangwal, S., Liu, R., and Kim, S. (2019). Zeolite membrane reactor for high-temperature isobutane dehydrogenation reaction: Experimental and modelling studies. Chem. Eng. Process., 142, 107583.
Dangwal, S., Ronte, A., Mahmodi, G., Zarrintaj, P., Lee, J., Mohammad R., Fahlenkamp, H., and Kim, S. (2021) Propane Dehydrogenation Reaction in High Pressure Zeolite Membrane Reactor. Energy Fuels.
Dangwal, S., Liu, R., Bastatas, L., Echeverria, E., Chengqian, H., Mao, J., Mcllroy, D., and Kim, S. (2019). ZnO microfiltration membranes for desalination by a vacuum flow-through evaporation method. Membranes 9(12), 156.
Islam, S., Dangwal, S., Bhave, R. (2023). Membrane Solvent Extraction to Recover Rare Earth Elements. Chemical Engineering Progress, 31-35.
Ronte, A., Dangwal, S., Liu, R., and Kim, S. Modification of ZIF-8 membranes by atomic layer deposition for high propylene/propane selectivity. MICROPOR MESOPOR MAT., 112173.
Lin., H., Dangwal, S., Liu, R., Kim, S., Mehra, N., Li., Y., and Zhu, J. (2018). Reduced wrinkling in GO membranes by grafting basal-plane groups for improved gas and liquid separations. J. Membr. Sci. 563, 336-344.
Liu, R., Dangwal, S., Shaik, I., Aichele, C., and Kim, S. (2018). Hydrophilicity-controlled MFI-type zeolite-coated mesh for oil/water separation. Sep. Purif. Technol., 195, 163-169.
Ronte, A., Wagle, P., Mahmodi, G., Chevula, M., Dangwal, S., Saeb, M., Lee J., and Kim, S. (2023). High-Flux ZIF-8 Membranes on ZnO-Coated Supports for Propane/Propylene Separation. Energy Fuels.
Mahmodi, G., Dangwal, S., Zarrintaj, P., Zhu, M., Mao, Y., Mcilroy, D., Saeb, M., Vatanpour, V., Ramsey, J., and Kim, S. (2020). NaA zeolite coated meshes with tunable hydrophilicity for oil-water separation. Sep. Purif. Technol. 240, 116630.
Mahmodi, G., Ronte A., Dangwal, S., Wagle, P., Vatanpour, V., Mcilroy, D., Ramsey, J., and Kim, S. (2021). Improving antifouling property of alumina microfiltration membranes by using atomic layer deposition technique for produced water treatment. Desalination, 523, 115400.
Lin, H., Liu, R., Dangwal, S., Kim, S., Mehra, N., Li., Y., and Zhu, J. (2018). Permselective H2/CO2 separation and desalination of hybrid GO/rGO membranes with controlled pre-crosslinking. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 28166-28175.
Liu, R., Young, S., Dangwal, S., Shaik, I., Echeverria, E., Mcilroy, D., Aichele, C., and Kim, S. (2018). Boron-substituted MFI-type zeolite coated-mesh for oil-water separation. Colloids Surf. A 550, 108-114.
Mahmodi, G., Bafti, R., Boroujeni, N., Pradhan, S., Dangwal, S., Sengupta, B., Vatanpour, V., Sorci, M., Fathizadeh, M., Bikkina, P., Belfort, G., Yu, M., Kim, S., (2023). Improving cellulose acetate mixed matrix membranes by incorporating hydrophilic MIL-101 (Cr)-NH2 nanoparticles for treating dye/salt solution. Chem. Eng. J. 477, 146736.
Mahmodi, G., Zarrintaj, P., Taghizadeh, A., Taghizadeh, M., Manouchehri, S., Dangwal, S., Ronte, A., Ganjali, M., Ramsey, J., Kim, S., Saeb, M., (2020). From microporous to mesoporous mineral frameworks: An alliance between zeolite and chitosan. Carbohydr. Res. 489, 107930.