Shishir Chundawat

Associate Professor

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Phone:848-445-3678
Fax:732-445-2421
Email:shishir.chundawat@rutgers.edu
Office:C150
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Education

  • PhD, Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing (USA), 2004-2009
  • B.Tech., Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (India), 2000–2004

Honors

  • Agilent Faculty Award, 2020
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2019
  • A. Walter Tyson Assistant Professorship Award, 2018
  • Undergraduate CBE Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
  • Outstanding CBE Faculty Award, 2017
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Fellow, 2016

Professional Affiliations

  • 2021–Present: Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA
  • 2015–2021: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA
  • 2012-2014: Assistant Scientist, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
  • 2011-2017: Adjunct/Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
  • 2010-2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

Research Interests

Biochemical Engineering, Biomanufacturing, Biomass Process Engineering, Biopharmaceuticals, Bioseparations, Carbohydrate-Active enZymes (CAZymes), Cellulose & Carbohydrate Chemistry, Cellulosic Biofuels, Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis, Glycans, Glycoconjugates, Glycoengineering, Glycobiology, Protein Adsorption, Protein Engineering, Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy