Meghna Dilip

meghna.dilip@ua.edu

 

 

Name:                                                 Meghna Dilip

 

Date and Place of Birth:                    June 24, 1981, Calcutta, India

 

Schools Attended and Degrees:

 

      1998-2001:                                    University of Madras, Chennai, India, BSc. Chemistry, First Class

 

      2001-2003                                     Anna University, Chennai, India, MSc. Environmental Science, First class with distinction Advisor: Dr. Palanivelu Kandasamy

 

      2003-present:                                 The University of Alabama / Center for Green Manufacturing, Tuscaloosa, AL;
                                                            Research Assistant, PhD Candidate in Analytical Chemistry, Advisor Dr. R. D. Rogers

 

Experiences:

 

      2003-present                                  Aqueous Biphasic Systems and Ionic Liquids for Separations

                                                            Center for Green Manufacturing, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

 

      July 2005                                       3rd Annual ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry

                                                            Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada

 

      2002-2003                                     Remediation of Textile Dye Effluent Utilizing Aqueous Biphasic Systems
Anna University, Chennai, India

 

      May 2002                                      Statistical Computer Programming
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

 

     

Research Interests:

            Green Chemistry, l/l Separations, Ionic Liquids, Aqueous Biphasic Systems, Environmental Remediation

 

Teaching Experience:

            Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama

            Fall 2003 and Spring 20004, CH101, General Chemistry Laboratory

            Spring 2007, CH424, Instrumental Analysis Laboratory

 

Membership in Societies:

            American Chemical Society, since 2005

 

Statistics:

 

      A.                 Publications: 3

      B.                 Presentations before National and International Meetings: 5 given, 4 contributed to 1

 

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Publications:

 

1.Dilip, M.; Muthuraman, G.; Kandasamy, P. “Removal of Textile Dyes from Aqueous Solution using PEG based Aqueous Biphasic System”, Environ. Chem. Ecotox. 2005, 87, 499-507.

2.Dilip, M.; Venkateshwaran, P.; Kandasamy, P. "Removal of Textile Dye from Textile Dye Effluent using TBAB based Aqueous Biphasic Systems" J. Env. Sci. Engg. 2005, 47, 176-181.

3.Griffin, S.T.; Dilip, M.; Spear, S.K.; Huddleston, J.G.; Rogers, R.D. "The Opposite Effect of Temperature on Polyethylene Glycol-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems versus Aqueous Biphasic Extraction Chromatographic Resins", J. Chromatograph. B 2006, 844, 23-31.

4.Griffin, S.T.; Dilip, M.; Spear, S.K.; Rogers, R.D. "Differences in How Temperature Affects Partitioning in Aqueous Biphasic Systems Comprised of Salted out Ethylene Oxide-Propylene Oxide Random Copolymers vs. Polyethylene Glycol", J. Chromatograph. B, Manuscript in preparation.

5.Dilip, M.; Bridges, N.J.; Rogers, R.D. "Effect of temperature on Aqueous Biphasic Systems Formed by the Addition of Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids with Kosmotropic Salts (Salt-Salt ABS)", Chem. Comm. Manuscript in preparation.

6.Dilip, M.; Griffin, S.T.; Spear, S.K.; Rogers, R.D. "The Dual Nature of Polyethylene Glycol Based Aqueous Biphasic Extraction Chromatographic Resins: A Study of Uptakes of Perchlorate and Mercury in these Resins", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Manuscript in preparation.

 

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Posters and Presentations before National and International Meetings and Workshops:

 

 

1.      M. Dilip, S.T. Griffin, S.K. Spear and R.D. Rogers “Can Environmental Remediation be Greener?: Aqueous Biphasic Extraction Chromatographic Resins for Perchlorate Removal”, Presented by M.Dilip before the 2004 Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry, (2004), Bristol, RI.

2.      S. T. Griffin, M. Dilip, S. K. Spear, and R. D. Rogers, “Comparison of the Effect of Temperature in Aqueous Biphasic Systems (ABS) and Aqueous Biphasic Extraction Chromatographic Resins (ABEC),” Presented by M. Dilip before the joint meeting of the 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and the 9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference – Taking Measure of Green Progress: Opportunities to Meet Global Challenges (2005), Washington, DC; Abstract 81.

3.      M. Dilip, S. T. Griffin, S. K. Spear, and R. D. Rogers, “Towards Greener Environmental Remediation: Use of Aqueous Biphasic Extraction Chromatographic Resins (ABEC) for Perchlorate Removal,” Presented by M. Dilip before the joint meeting of the 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and the 9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference – Taking Measure of Green Progress: Opportunities to Meet Global Challenges (2005), Washington, DC; Abstract 82.

4.      M. Dilip, N. J. Bridges, and R. D. Rogers, “Influence of Temperature on Phase Diagrams and Partitioning of Alcohols in Salt/Salt ABS,” Presented by M. Dilip before the Ionic Liquids Workshop: Background, State-of-the-Art, and Academic/Industrial Applications (2006), Tuscaloosa, AL.

5.      M. Smiglak, M. Dilip, N. J. Bridges, W. M. Reichert, and R. D. Rogers, “Formation of ionic liquid eutectic mixtures as a tool for melting point depression.” Poster presented by M. Smiglak, before the 210th ECS Meeting (2006), Cancun, Mexico, Abstract I4-2291P

 

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