Devinder Mahajan

Professor and Graduate Program Director (CME)

Materials Science & Chemical Engineering Dept.

Office: 210 Engineering Bldg. Stony Brook, NY
Phone:  631-632-1813
Email: Devinder.Mahajan@stonybrook.edu 

EDUCATION

Aug 80 – Sept 83       Research Associate: Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York USA

May 74 – May 79       M.Sc. and Ph.D., Appl. Chemistry, U. of British Columbia, Canada

July 69 – May 73        B. Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. (Honors), Chemistry, Panjab University, India

CONCURRENT APPOINTMENTS

2017- Now     Director, Institute of Gas Innovation and Technology (I-GIT), Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC), Stony Brook R&D Park.

2010- Now     Editorial Board (2018- ); Associate Editor-BioEnergy. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), AIP.

2011-17         Jefferson Science Fellow, Economic and Business Bureau, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC

2015- 17         High End Foreign Expert- Energy & Environment- CHINA. Tongji University, Shanghai, Administered by the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs (SAFEA), Beijing. China.

2013-18         Lead PI, U.S.-China EcoPartnership between Stony Brook University and Tongji University, China. Administered by the U.S. Department of State and National Development Reform Commission, China, under the Strategic and Economic Dialog (S&ED).

RECENT KEY PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Jan 2018-                    Proposal Review Committee, California Department of Food and Agriculture (Cdfa). $99 million solicitation on Digesters.

Nov 2017- Present    Member, Scholarship Advisory Council, Coalition of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)- North America.

Nov 2017- Present    Advisory Board, China Center, Stony Brook University

2016- Present            International Advisory Board, International Academic Programs and Services (IAPS), Stony Brook University.

PANELS

U.S.-Egypt S&T Review Panel, The National Academies, Washington, DC, February 2017.

The U.S.-Egypt S&T Review. Renewable Energy Subject Matter Expert for The National Academies, Cairo, Egypt. April 18-20, 2017

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

1. Biomass Combustion Workshop. Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center- Host. April 30, 2018. Organized by Stony Brook University/U. Buffalo/NYSERDA.

2. Sustainable Gas Systems. Advanced Energy Conference 2018, Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, NY, March 26-28, 2018. Organized by Stony Brook University and National Grid.

3. 3rd Sino-U.S. Energy and Environment Summit Forum: Monetizing Fugitive Gases in the Context of Global Water, Air and Soil Issues. Changsha, Hunan, CHINA. December 3-5, 2017. Co-organized by Stony Brook University and Tongji University.

4. Anaerobic Digesters- Renewable Biogas Symposium. National Grid Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, October 23, 2017.


CAREER

Aug 07- Present         Professor (with Tenure), Materials Science & Engineering Department, Stony Brook University (SBU), New York. 

Sep 02- Sept. 2015    Joint Scientific Staff Appointment, Sustainable Energy Technologies Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory (Concurrent). 

Aug 02- Aug 07          Research Professor, Materials Science & Eng. Dept., SBU, New York.  

Oct 88 – Sept 02        Scientist and Group Leader, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York.

Oct 85 – Sept 88        Associate Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York.

Oct 83 – Sept 85        Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York.

1991 - 93                    Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Akron.

1983 - 89                    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Baruch College, The City University of New York.

1985 - 88                    Project Consultant, Master's Program, MIT Chemical Engineering Practice

                                    School- BNL Station.

HONORS & AWARDS 

• Marie Curie Senior Researcher, 2013-17, Joint NSF-European Commission Project.
• Jefferson Science Fellow, 2011-12, Department of State, Washington, DC
• Fulbright Specialist Scholar, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2010.
• Outstanding Mentor Award. Energy Secretary, Office of Science, United States Department of Energy. 2009 and 2007.
• Associate Editor- Bioenergy, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), American Institute of Physics. 2009- Present.
• University Visiting Professor Fellowship, Universitá di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy. 2008.
• Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS)-US Section. 2006-Present.
• Recipient of the “Crown and Eagle Medal of Honor”, awarded by RANS for “Petroleum Engineering”, 2006.

• Promising Inventor’s Award, State University of New York, 2005.
• Annual NEDO Expert Lecture, Tokyo, Japan. “Catalysis and Environment”, 1997.
• Fellow, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, 1997.
• Cited in the Introduction Section of the 1992 NRC Report: “Catalysis Looks To The Future”, National Academy Press, Washington, DC.