Datta Madamwar, Ph.D
Professor Datta Madamwar is currently working as Scientific Advisor at Charotar University of Science & Technology, Changa, Anand, Gujarat. He obtained his Ph.D from BITS, Pilani. He is a former Professor and Head, Department of Biosciences and former Dean, Faculty of Science at Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at TIFR, Mumbai, University of Frankfurt and University of Konstanz and also served at BITS, Pilani. Professor Madamwar is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His main research focus is on Microbial Bioremediation, Environmental Biotechnology, Non-aqueous Enzymology, and Cyanobacterial Biotechnology. He is a recipient of European Commission Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Visiting Professorship at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, Visiting Professorship at University of Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Life Time Achievement Award of BRSI for the year 2019, Life Time Microbiology Devotion Award by Microbiologists Society (India) for the year 2021, Fellow of International Bioprocessing Association, Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India, Fellow of Association of Microbiologists of India, Fellow of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy and Gujarat Science Academy, BHU-Centennial Award of BRSI and member of several academic bodies, member of Task Force, Expert Committee of various agencies such as DBT, DST, GSBTM etc. He is also a member of editorial board of several national and international journals. Professor Madamwar has published more than 285 research papers, several book chapters and one provisional American Patent to his credit. He is having an h-index of 67 and i-10 index of 206 with more than 14000 citations. Prof. Datta Madamwar is listed in World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists.
