Biography

Murthy Chavali is an expert in nanotechnology. He is a recipient of a number of awards and fellowships like OEAD-NSD, NSF, NSC and JSPS, VBL. He received his M.Sc. (Tech.) in Chemistry (1994) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India and PhD Tech., (2000) from Technische Universität Wien, Austria in Analytical Chemistry and also served as a postdoctoral scientist in different countries. To date, he received 28 international travel grants/fellowships for visiting abroad. He had visited around 48 countries as of now, representing India, Taiwan, Japan, Austria etc. Prof. Dr. techn. Murthy CHAVALI had over 24 years of research experience and 19 years of teaching experience; also established 8 research laboratories; recently he established a nano characterization laboratory as one of the best labs, worth 400 lakhs along with BTech, MTech and Ph.D programs in Analytical Chemistry and Nanotechnology. He published his research works in journals of high repute with high impact factor related to all types of sensors, nanomaterials, nano-polymer composites, nano-thin films; he published over 185 articles/communiques in various international and national journals; he presented his work at over 200 international and national seminars/symposia/ conferences, workshops. He is responsible for over 150 technical reports and books/book chapters (21) written for various purposes and delivered around 186 invited talks/lectures both at national and international levels. He made team contribution towards 8 patents as well with help from international collaborators. He received a number of complementary for his research works/reports.

Research Interest

Analytical Chemistry and Nanotechnology – Nano sensors, Nano materials