Prof. Anupama Sharma Nee Kaushik is Dean Alumni Relations, Panjab University and Professor, Chemical Engineering, Panjab University is engaged in utilization of wide variety of waste biomass for extraction of valuable biopolymers, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin for waste water remediation. She is currently also having charge of Coordinator, Energy Research Centre, Panjab University. She has been Coordinator for Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III and TEQIP-II), a World Bank Sponsored project and Special Assistance Programme, University Grants Commission, GOI. She has completed 9 national projects by various funding agencies and currently handling 2 national and one international projects.
Prof. Anupama Sharma has published 77 journal articles, Co-authored two books, 15 book chapters and presented over 70 papers in conferences and symposium. She has delivered more than 40 plenary/ keynote and invited talks in various national and international conferences.
EDUCATION
PhD (Chemical Engineering)
MBA (Finance)
ME (Chemical Engineering)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biopolymers, waste water remediation, Biopolymeric nanocomposites
Encapsulation of NPK fertilizer for slow release using sodium carboxymethyl cellulose-g-poly (AA-C0-AM-C0-AMPS)/ Montmorillonite clay-based nanocomposite hydrogels for sustainable agricultural applications Trends in Carbohydrate Research, 2020
Biodegradable shape memory polyurethane and its nanocomposites for biomedical applications Advances in Polymers for Biomedical Applications, 2018
Polylactide: Ring opening polymerization of lactide using Zinc (II) octoate as catalyst and optimization of reaction parameters Trends in Carbohydrate Research, 2018
Surface modification of nano-hydroxyapatite using bisphosphonate moieties: effect on morphology and crystalline nature at higher temperature Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, 2017
Synthesis of bioactive scaffolds based on polyurethane and surface modified hydroxyapatite (HA) nanocomposites for bone repairing and regeneration Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, 2017
Bionanocomposites based on unmodified and surface modified nanofibrillated cellulose extracted from wheat straw Eccm 2016 Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2016
