Biographical Sketch

Vishal Agarwal is presently working as an associate professor in the department of chemical engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar with Prof. Horia Metiu at University of California, Santa Barbara. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Panjab Universtiy, Chandigarh. From 2003 to 2004, he worked as process design engineer in Technip KT India Ltd.

Interests

• Catalysis
• Gas-Surface and Liquid-Surface Interactions
• Biofuels
• Nucleation
• Molecular Simulation and Quantum Chemical Calculations
• Rare-Event Simulations and Reaction Rate Theory

Academic Positions

• Present2022

  Associate Professor

  IIT Kanpur, Chemical Engineering

• Present2021

  Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Energy and Engineering

  IIT Kanpur, Chemical Engineering

• 20222017

  Assistant Professor

  IIT Kanpur, Chemical Engineering

• 20162012

  PostDoctoral Fellow

  University of California, Santa Barbara

Education

• Ph.D. 2012

  Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

  University of Massacusetts, Amherst

• M.Tech. 2006

  Master of Technology in Chemical Engineering

  IIT Bombay, Mumbai

• B. Tech. 2003

  Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering

  Panjab University, Chandigarh

Awards and Honors

• 2022
  Senate Chairman’s Commendation for Teaching "Chemical Reaction Engineering"
• 2022
  Senate Chairman’s Commendation for Teaching "Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics"
• 2021
  Senate Chairman’s Commendation for Teaching "Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics"
• 2017
  Ramanujan Fellowship
• 2006
  RG Madhudhane Master's Best Thesis Award
• 2002
  1st Prize in Technical Paper Presentation