Amar Mohanty
University of Guelph, Canada
Biography
Prof. Amar Mohanty, Professor and Ontario Premier’s Research Chair in Biomaterials and Transportation at the University of Guelph, Canada is an international leader in the field of biomaterials with a focus in engineering new sustainable materials. Prof. Mohanty's research interests are focused on the bioeconomy R&D related to biobased materials and biorefinery (value-added uses of coproducts/byproducts from biofuel and food industries). He has more than 700 publications to his credit, including 284 peer-reviewed journal papers, 380 conference presentations/abstracts, 4 edited books, 18 book chapters, and 46 Patents awarded/applied. Hi research has been cited totally 18,275 times as reported by Google Scholar (Sep. 7, 2016) with an h-index of 64 and an i10-index of 202. His RG score is reported as high as 45.21 by ResearchGate (Sep. 7, 2016) which is higher than that of 97.5% of ResearchGate members. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS) in 2015. Prof. Mohanty is an accomplished researcher and was the holder of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He received the Andrew Chase Forest Products Division Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and was also the the Jim Hammer Memorial Service Awardee from the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society. Dr. Mohanty serves as Editorial Board Member for seven international journals.