Devinder Mahajan

Professor Devinder Mahajan holds a joint appointment between Brookhaven National Laboratory and SUNY at Stony Brook. Dr. Mahajan’s professional goal is to bridge science and technology for the benefit of mankind. To achieve this goal, his research interests focus on Energy issues that includes a portfolio of projects on Methane hydrates, H2 production, Fuel Cells, Fischer-Tropsch, Methanol, and mixed alcohol synthesis using soluble (single-site) or slurry (nano heterogeneous or colloidal phase) based catalysts. He has organized symposia and international workshops on issues such as Clean Fuels, Methane Hydrates, and Biomass and serves as a Guest Editor of three special volumes: Topics In Catalysis (TIC), Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering (JOPSE), and Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research (I&ECR). He serves on several national and international energy-related committees and consults and lectures on clean energy topics. In 2006, he was recognized with a membership to the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS)-US Section and the RANS Crown and Eagle Medal of Honor for service to the field of “Petroleum Engineering”.  In August 2007, he was selected to receive the “Outstanding Mentor Award” by the Office of Science, United States Department of Energy. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS). As a Professor at Stony Brook, his priority is to further integrate education and research at both undergraduate and graduate level, foster collaboration within the university with a goal to train students in the next-generation energy technologies.