Thalappil Pradeep#
| Membership Number: | 6731 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | INDIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://pradeepresearch.org/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-3174-534X |
| Twitter: | @group_pradeep |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/people/Professor-T-Pradeep/100063764647938/ |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/thalappil-pradeep-b22505ba?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BsM1yJYGnTCCp5EwmMoLFGw%3D%3D |
Present and Previous Positions
- 01/05/2015 Institute Professor
- 12/04/2017 Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor
- 01/04/2016 Institute Chair Professor
- 12/01/2004 Professor
- 26/09/2000 - 11/01/2004 Assoc. Professor, IIT Madras
- 11/09/1995 - 25/09/2000 Asst. Professor, IIT Madras
- 01/12/1993 - 10/09/1995 Visiting Faculty, IIT Madras
Fields of Scholarship
- Instrumentation
- Molecular surfaces
- Low energy ion scattering
- Molecular and nanoscale materials
- Nanoscience and nanotechnology
- Water purification
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Elected fellow of the US National Academy of Engineering
- 2023 International Medal for Materials Science and Technology of the Materials Research Society of India
- 2023 International Excellence Award of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany and the Fellowship of the Schroff Foundation
- 2023 Eni Award in Advanced Environmental Solutions
- 2023 Sastra-CNR Rao Prize in Materials Chemistry
- 2023 Elected Foreign Fellow of The African Academy of Sciences
- 2022 VinFuture Prize for Innovators from Developing Countries
- 2022 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, Creativity Prize
- 2021 Indian Institute of Science Distinguished Alumnus Award
- 2020 Silver medal, Chemical Research Society of India
- 2020 Nikkei Asia Prize in Science and Technology
- 2020 Padma Shri – fourth highest civilian award of the country
- 2019 Elected Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS)
- 2018 The World Academy of Sciences Prize in Chemistry
- 2016 Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA)
- 2015 Lifetime Achievement Research Award of IIT Madras and the title of Institute Professor
- 2015 Elected Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences (FNASc.)
- 2014 Elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE)
- 2009 Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc.)
- 2008 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – One of the highest recognitions for scientists in India below 45 years of age
- 2003 B. M. Birla Science Prize – One of the highest recognitions for scientists in India below 40 years of age
