Prof. Kumar Varoon Agrawal
Assistant Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Prof. Kumar Varoon Agrawal is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He received his PhD degree in chemical engineering from University of Minnesota (2008-2013) developing highly crystalline two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets. At EPFL, his research group is engaged in material chemistry and engineering at the Å-scale for high-performance inorganic and hybrid membranes for energy- and cost-efficient molecular separation. He is the recipient of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Separation Division FRI/John G. Kunesh Award, North American Membrane Society Young Membrane Scientist Award, European Research Council Starting Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation Assistant Professor Energy Grant, among others.