Curriculum Vitae

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Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Amarchand Sathyapalan, Ph.D

Research Assistant Professor,

Department of Metallurgical Engineering

University of Utah

E-MAIL:acz8s6@r.postjobfree.com; acz8s6@r.postjobfree.com Academic qualifications:

Ph.D. in Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, India. 1997.

(Supervisor: Dr (Mrs) Shobhana K. Menon): Synthesized new modified molecules including supramolecules and other organic, organometallic derivatives, immobilized derived molecules on to surfaces and explored as sensors, detection and separation, molecular electronics and organic electronics in diverse fields.

MS in Organic Chemistry, Gujarat University, India, 1993. BS in Chemistry (Major), Physics and Mathematics (Minor), Kerala University, 1991. Professional Experience:

Research Assistant Professor: Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah

(2013June-current)

Research Scientist/Associate: Departments of Chemistry, Metallurgy and Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (2009 February 1-2013 June)

Research Engineer: Department of Biological and Irrigation Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah (2007-2009).

Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, NTU, Singapore (2005-2007).

Senior Research Associate, Microelectronics Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Bombay, India (2003-2005). Research Scientist Faculty, Department of Chemistry, BYU, Utah, USA (2001-2003) Post -Doctoral Research Associate: Mechanical Metallurgical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Advanced Materials and Processing Center (AMPAC) UCF, Orlando on CMP

(2000-2001) (PI: Prof.Vimal Desai).

Post- Doctoral Research Associate in Indian Institute Of Technology(IIT),Bombay, Department of Material Sciences and Metallurgical Engineering for the Indo-Israeli Collaborative Project PDS "Indo-Israel/Titanium composites".(1998-2000) (PIs: Prof.Ramakrishnan and T.R.Rama Mohan).

Post -Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of chemistry, IIT, Bombay, from. Worked on Macrocyclic Molecules and synthesize of calixarens. (1997-1998). Chief R&D Scientist in GLOBAL DRILLING FLUIDS AND CHEMICALS Ltd., Gujarat from 1996 December to 1997 July. Involved in developing oil field chemicals - Descalants, Pour Point Depressants (PPD), Flow improvers, Drilling Detergents and Water soluble polymers like partially hydrolysed poly acrylamide (PHPA).

Awards/Honours

Graduate Studies Fellowship from Gujarat University. Young Scientist Award - Bagged the Young Scientist Award from Indian Council of Chemists, held at Institute of Sciences, Mumbai, and 28-30 December, 1995. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from IIT Bombay.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship from University of central Florida, USA. Thesis Supervisory Committee

1. M.S. Thesis: Jaehun Cho, “Iron removal from reduced upgraded titanium slag” (2016). 2. M.S. Thesis: Syamantak Roy, “Studies on impurity removal in alternative titanium extraction process” (2016)

Editorial Board Member:

1. Journal of powder metallurgy and mining

Reviewer:

1.Biosensors and Bioelectronics

2.Langmuir

3.Electrochim Acta

4.Advanced Powder Technology

5.Electroanalysis

Professional Memberships:

American Chemical Society, ACS (USA)

The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, TMS (USA)

Society of Electro-analytical Chemistry, SEAC (USA)

Honorary Membership in Indian Council of Chemists, ICC (India)

ASM International

Invited Talks:

1. “Fine-tuned molecules as sensors, organic thin film transistors, molecular electronics and extraction of metals “Invited Seminar Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science combined Seminar, 9 th December, 2015, University of Utah 2. “Developing Eco-friendly energy saving chemical routes for titanium powder production from titanium ore’, MS&T 2014, Pittsburg, PA, USA

3.“A Novel Chemical solution route for the synthesis of nano size titanium powders”, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

(Hosted by Prof. Gerahld Welsch in 2001)

4. “Synthesis of Materials for Self-assembled monolayers for molecular electronics applications and dielectrics”, Chemistry Department, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA (Hosted by Prof.Q.Zeng in 2007)

5“Studies on Ion Selective Electrodes and their applications”, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA. ( 2007)

6. “Surface modification with organic molecules for Au/Si/glass substrates”, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (Hosted by Prof. Ramgopal Rao, 2004)

7. “Synthesis of nano materials and organic electro active materials for Ion Selective Electrodes”, School of Mines, Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, USA (Hosted by Prof.P. Somasundaran, 2000) Invention disclosure filed:

1. International patent application serial number PCT/US2014/051621; Docket No. 00846- U5356.PCT, Zhigang Z. Fang, Peng Fan, Jun Guo, Ying Zhang, Michael, Free, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Yang Xia, “Producing a Titanium product” 2.Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L.Free and Zak Fang “Low cost method for titanium production from ilmenite” (Received by TVC: September 4th, 2015) University of Utah. 3.Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael Free “Enhanced Titanium Production By a Green Chemical Synthesis Route” U-5594 (Received by TCO: April 29, 2013) University of Utah. 4.Amarchand Sathyapalan, Prashant Saraswat and Michael L.Free, “Non-Invasive Selective Colorimetric Ketone Body Detection From Human Breath” U-5596 (Received by TCO: April 30, 2013) University of Utah.

5.Swomitra K Mohanty, Monalisa Panda, Manoranjan Misra, Michael L. Free and Amarchand Sathyapalan “Ionic Liquid Bi-functional Heterogeneous Catalyst For Conversion of High Free Fatty Acid Containing Biomass to Biofuels” U-5600 (disclosed 05/13/ 2013) University of Utah. 6.Michael L Free, Amarchand Sathyapalan and Dan Darligton “A novel approach for recovery of zirconium from manufacturing waste liquors containing mixtures of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid.” (University of Utah) U 5101 (disclosed 5/24/11) 7.Michael L Free, Amarchand Sathyapalan et al.”Transformational methane production through chemical degradation of coal”- application filed under process 2011 (University of Utah) 8.Michael L Free, Prashant K.Saraswat and Amarchand Sathyapalan “Synthesis and Characterization of a New TPA-Thiophene based Molecule for Organic Photovoltaic Applications” (University of Utah) U 5115 (disclosed 6/7/11) Book Chapter: P K Sarswat, A Sathyapalan and M L Free Anti-abrasive nanocoatings -- Woodhead Publishing Limited, 80 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3HJ, UK, 2015 Selected publications:

Peer reviewed Journal Papers:

1. Jaehun Cho,Syamantak Roy, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L. Free, Z. Zak Fang, Weizhi Zeng, “Purification of reduced upgraded titania slag by iron removal using mild acids”, Hydrometallurgy, vol 161, 7-13, 2016

2. Syamantak Roy, Jaehun Cho, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L. Free, Z. Zak Fang, Weizhi Zeng, “Hydrometallurgical Removal of Aluminum from Reduced Upgraded Titania Slag in Alternative Titanium Extraction Processing”, Hydrometallurgy (2016) 3. Jaehun Cho,Syamantak Roy, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L. Free, Z. Zak Fang,

“ Tannic acid selectively extracting titanium from ilmenite: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation”, Purification and separation technology (2016; manuscript under process) 4. Syamantak Roy, Jaehun Cho, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L. Free, Z. Zak Fang, Hydrometallurgical Removal of Silicon from Reduced Upgraded Titania Slag in Alternative Titanium Extraction Processing”, Hydrometallurgy (2016 communicated) 5. Syamantak Roy, Jaehun Cho, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L. Free, Z. Zak Fang, Selective titanium extraction from ilmenite via chemical solution route using dihydroxybenzenes, Purification and separation technology (2016; manuscript under process)

6. Syamantak Roy, Jaehun Cho, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L. Free, Z. Zak Fang,

“A new green chemical extraction and recovery route for titanium from ilmenite”, (Green Chemistry, 2016

7. Amarchand Sathyapalan, Prashant K Sarswat, Yakun Zhu and Michael L Free,

“Advanced selective non-invasive ketone body detection sensors based on new ionophores", Mater. Res. Express: MRX-1 (2014) 045409 8. Prashant K Sarswat, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Yakun Zhu and Michael L Free,“Design, synthesis, and characterization of TPA-Thiophene based amide or imine functionalized molecule for potential optoelectronic devices” J.Theor. and Applied Physics 2013, 7:4 9. P K Sarswat, A Sathyapalan and M L Free, “A New TPA-Thiophene Based Molecule with imine group: An Evaluation of Optical Properties”, (Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2012).

10. Amarchand Sathyapalan, Haibin Su et al., “A novel approach for the design of a highly selective sulfate-ion-selective electrode” Chem. Commun., 2009, 325 – 327 11. Amarchand Sathyapalan, Ng Siu Choon, Anup Lohani, Ong Teng Teng, Sam Zhang, S.G Mhaisalkar, “Novel self assembled monolayers of allyl phenyl thiophene ether as potential dielectric material for organic thin film transistors”, Thin Solid Films, Volume 516, Issue 16, 30 June 2008, Pages 5645-5648

12. Amarchand Sathyapalan, Anup Lohani, Sangita Santra, Saurabh Goyal, M. Ravikanth, Soumyo Mukherj, V. Ramgopal Rao, "Preparation, characterization and electrical properties of a novel self-assembled meso-pyridyl porphyrin monolayer on Gold surfaces", Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2005,58,810-816. 13. Yit-Yian Lua, Li Yang, Craig A. Pew, Feng Zhang, W. Jonathan J. Fillmore, R.Todd Bronson, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Paul B. Savage, Matthew R.Linford, Department of Chemistry and BioChemistry, Brigham Young University,Provo,UTah-84602,USA. Jed D.Whittker and Robert C. Davis, Department of Physics, Brigham Young University,Provo,Utah-84602,USA. “ Polyelectrolytes as New Matrices for Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry” J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrum, 2005,16, 1575-1582 (2005 American Society for Mass Spectrometry)

14. Y.Y.Lua, L.Yang, C.A. Pew, J.D. Whittaker, W.J.J.Fillmore, R.T. Bronson, A. Sathyaplan, P.B. Savage, R.C. Davis and M.R. Linford, Department of Chemistry and BioChemistry, Brigham Young University,Provo,UTah-84602,USA. “Improved Ion Yields and Cationization of water-soluble Analytes by Polyelectrolyte, Multilayers for ToF-SIMs J.Am.Soc.Mass Spectr. 2006

15. Yit-Yian Lua, Michael V. Lee, William J. J. Fillmore, Reija Matheson, Amarchard Sathyapalan, Dr., Matthew C. Asplund, Dr., Steven A. Fleming, Dr., Matthew R. Linford,

“Amine-Reactive Monolayers on Scribed Silicon with Controlled Levels of Functionality: Reaction of a Bare Silicon Surface with Mono- and Diepoxides”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition Volume 42, Issue 34, 2003.4046-4049. IF 13. 16. Amarchand Sathyapalan,Ghaleb Husseini, Yit Yen Lua, Matthew R.Linford Department of Chemistry and BioChemistry, Brigham Young University,Provo,UTah-84602,USA. Surface Science Spectra (SSS) 2004, USA.

17. Preparation and characterization of transition metal ion-selective membrane electrodes, S K Menon, S Amarchand & Y K Agrawal, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, Vol.11, 2004, 201- 206. Times Cited: 12

18. Alkyl Monolayers on Silica Surfaces Prepared Using Neat, Heated Dimethylmonochlorosilanes with Low Vapor Pressures Ghaleb A. Husseini, Justin Peacock, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Lloyd W. Zilch, Matthew C. Asplund, Eric T. Sevy, and Matthew R. Linford, Langmuir; 2003; 19(12) pp 5169 – 5171. Times Cited: 26 19. XPS of Alkyl Monolayers on Silica Surfaces Prepared from Neat, Heated ClSi(CH3)2CH=CH2 under Ambient Conditions. Husseini, G.; Sathyapalan, A.; Sevy, E.; Linford, M.R.; Asplund, M.C Surface Science Spectra 2003, 8(4), 284- 290. 20. "Synthesis of fine titanium powders via solution route." S.Amarchand,T.R.RamaMohan and P.Ramakrishnan,Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science,I.I.T,Bomay -Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review.(UK) vol.22,no1-3,pp 279-285, Feb.2001.

21. A Novel Chemical Solution Technique for the preparation of Nano Size Titanium Powders from Titanium Dioxide S.Amarchand,T.R.RamaMohan, and P.Ramakrishnan,Dept.of.Met.engg and Mat Sci.,I.I.T.,Bombay Advaced Powder Technology,(Japan)-vol.11,no4,2000,pp385 Times Cited:33. 22. “Rare-earth hydroxamate sensor materials for ion-selective electrodes” Amarchand S,Menon SK, Agrawal YK, Department of Chemistry, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad,Gujarat, India Electroanalysis (UK)12 (7), 522-526, 2000 Times Cited: 37 23. "Electrochemical Studies on Ti/TiN Barrier Layer CMP" V. Chathapuram, K. Sundaram, A. Sathyapalan, Advanced Materials and Processing Centre (AMPAC),Department of Mechanical Materials and Aerospace Engineering (University of Central Florida), D. Tamboli (Ashland Specialty Chemical Company), and V. Desai (University of Central Florida) Fifth International Symposium On Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP)201st Meeting - Philadelphia, PA,May 12-17, 2002.,The Electrochemical Society, Inc 24. "Synthesis and Characterization of Ultra-fine Titanium Powders". S.Amarchand, T.R.RamaMohan, P.Ramakrishnan,Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science,I.I.T.,Bombay TMS Annual Meeting/AIME-2000 on ULTRA FINE GRAINED MATERIALS,2000,33.2000 (USA)

25. Ion Selective Electrodes in Pharmaceutical Analysis-A Review Amarchand S, Menon SK, Agrawal YK, Department of Chemistry, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad,Gujarat, India REVIEWS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, vol.XVI,NO.4,1997,325.Times Cited: 39

26. "Some Studies on Titanium

NanoComposites."S.Amarchand,T.S.Murty,T.R.RamaMohan,P.Ramakrishnan,D epartment of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science,I.I.T.,Bombay and Yelzar Gutmanas,Israel Institute of Technology,Haifa. -INSTITUTE INDUSTRY INTERACTION MEET ON METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES, held at Roorkee,65, 1999 INDIA

27. Water hardness determination using Mg (II) ion selective electrode S.Amarchand,S.K.Menon and Y.K.Agrawal, Department of Chemistry, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad,Gujarat, India Indian Journal of Chemical technology, Vol5, March 1998, pp99-103. Times Cited: 49

28. "A Novel Chemical Solution Technique for the preparation of Nano Size Titanium Powders from Titanium Dioxide S.Amarchand,T.R.RamaMohan, and P.Ramakrishnan,Dept.of.Met.engg and Mat Sci.,I.I.T.,Bombay, Advanced Powder Technology(Netherlands)vol 11, no4, pp 415-422, 2000 29. ”Novel Polyelectrolyte multilayers for developing advanced cadmium sensors incorporating a 5-chloro-8-methoxyquinoline appended diaza-18-crown6”. Amarchand Sathyapalan, Uchenna Paul, Todd Bronson,Paul Farnsworth, Reed M. Izaat, Jerahld Bradshaw,Paul Savage and Matthew R.Linford Department of Chemistry and BioChemistry, Brigham Young University,Provo,UTah-84602,USA. 30. .”A new approach for patterning and immobilizing Macrocycles on Surfaces: Monolayers of 5-Choloro 8-Methoxy quinoline appended diaza-18-crown-6 cadmium sensor on scribbed silicon surfaces Presented at the"27th International Conference on Macrocyclic Compounds at Park City,Utah,USA-July2002" 15.

Conferences attended/ paper presented:

1. “Investigation of Iron removal from reduced upgraded titania slag using mild acids”, Jaehun Cho, Syamantak Roy, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L. Free, Zak Fang TMS 2016, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2. “Production of Titanium Hydride Powder by Leaching of Aluminum and Silicon Impurities from Reduced Upgraded Titania Slag for Low Cost Titanium Production”, Syamantak Roy, Jaehun Cho, Amarchand Sathyapalan Michael L. Free, Zhigang Zak Fang TMS 2016, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

3. “Investigation of leaching methods for impurity removal from reduced upgraded slag”, Nathan Hamilton, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael Free, Zak Fang, Advanced Energy- efficient Light Metal (Al, Mg, and Ti) Extraction Technologies and Processes, 2015 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Orlando, FL, USA, 03/15/2015 - 03/19/2015. 4. “Exploring Alternative Methods for Titanium Production”,Michael Free, Zak Fang, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Titanium 2015 Orlando, October 4-7, 2015 5. “Developing Eco-friendly energy saving chemical routes for titanium powder production from titanium ore’, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Michael L.Free, Zak Fang, MS&T 2014, Pittsburg, PA, USA

6. "Surface functionization and immobilization of titania nanotubes/ silica surfaces with zinc or cobalt using simple organic molecules as sensors", Amarchand Sathyapalan, Swomitra Mohanty, Michael L. Free and Manoranjan Misra, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, USA84112. Presented at the 2012 ACS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting (RMRM 2012). October 17 – 20, Westin Westminster Hotel Westminster, CO, USA

7. “Selectively Modified DNA bases for potential nano-pore sequencing”, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Massood Tabib-Azar. Department of Electrical and Computer Eng.,University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 8411. 67th ACS Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) JUNE 24-27, 2012,BOISE, IDAHO, BOISE CENTER ON THE GROVE,USA

8. “Synthesis and characterization of a new TPA-Thiophene based molecule for potential Organic PV applications”, Prashant Sarswat, Amarchand Sathyapalan, Organic Electronics and Photonics -- New Materials and Applications-Bulletin of the American Physical Society-APS meeting 2011

9. “Synthesis of a novel Schiff base ethane-1,2-diyl(bis)nitrobenzylidene ethane-1,2- diamine as an ionophore for sulfate selective electrode”, Amarchand Sathyapalan et al. DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, 237th ACS National Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah, USA March 22-26, 2009.

10. On Self-Assembly of Bromo undecenyl phenyl ether on HOPG and Au(111) Lohani1, A. Sathyapalan1, P. Keg1, Y.M. Lam1, S.C. Ng2, K. Vaidyanathan3, S. G.M, ICMAT 2007 Singapore.

11. Si-C bonding of silicon and alkenyl phenyl ethers. Amarchand Sathyapalan, Anup Lohani. ICMAT 2006 Singapore.

12. Attended ICMAT 2005 Singapore.

13. Advancement in Nano Technology Organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2005 and IEEE Bombay Chapter. Amarchand Sathyapalan, Ramgopal Rao “A mesopyridyl porphyrin monolayer for molecular electronics applications”. 14. A new approach for patterning and immobilizing Macrocycles on Surfaces: Monolayers of 5- Choloro 8-Methoxy quinoline appended diaza-18-crown-6 cadmium sensor on scribbed silicon surfaces Presented at the"27th International Conference on Macrocyclic Compounds at Park City,Utah,USA-July2002" 15.

15. Fifth International Symposium On Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) 201st Meeting

- Philadelphia, PA, May 12-17, 2002.,The Electrochemical Society, Inc. 16. TMS Annual Meeting/AIME-2000 on ULTRA FINE GRAINED MATERIALS, 2000, 33.2000(USA)

17. INSTITUTE INDUSTRY INTERACTION MEET ON METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES, held at Roorkee, 65, 1999 INDIA.

18. National Conference in Crown Ethers, Organized by Gujarat University 1996 Amarchand S. Paper presented on a novel ion selective electrode based on dibenzo18 crown-6 hydroxamic acid.

19. Indian Council of Chemists 1995 Bagged Young Scientist Award, India 12. 20. Calixarene and its Applications, Organized by Gujarat University 1997.Amarchand S. Paper presented on a novel mercury ion selective electrode based on calix [4] arene hydroxamic acid.

21. National Conference on Supramolecular Chemistry Organized by Gujarat University 1998. Amarchand Sathyapalan, S.K.Menon, Y.K.Agrawal.”PVC based potentiometric sensor for the trace determination of mercury using diazacrown hydroxamic acid as a novel ionophore.”

References:

1.Michael L. Free

Professor and Associate Chair

Department of Metallurgical Engineering

University of Utah

135 S. 1460 E. Room 412 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA, phone: 801-***-****

Email: acz8s6@r.postjobfree.com

2. Professor Haibin Su

Director of High Performance Computing Center

School of Materials Science and Engineering

Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave., Singapore 639798 Email: acz8s6@r.postjobfree.com

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