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Dr. Swapnil Balasaheb Ambade is a nanophotovoltaic scientist who has a major in Chemical Engineering. He is a son of renowned Chemical Engineer, Mr. Balasaheb Haribhau Ambade, who runs a agro based Chemical Industry in Shrirampur, India. He is an alumni of Pravara Public School, Pravaranagar, Maharashtra, India. He did his bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the prestigious Vishwakarma Institute of Technology and Masters in Energy Technology from University of Pune's School of Energy Studies in 2009. On completion of his masters, he joined Dr, Soo-Hyoung Lee's group of Organic Optoelectronic materials in Chonbuk National University, to pursue doctoral research in the areas of Organic Nanophotovoltaics. As a doctoral researcher, he worked on the development of functional metal oxides as buffers for hybrid organic solar cells. To his credit, Dr. Swapnil has 20 peer reviewed publications in journals of high international repute. Dr. Swapnil featured in American Chemical Society's widely read Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) magazine along with his younger brother Rohan and father Balasaheb in the editor's page written by Dr. Maureen Rouhi, the then editor-in-chief of C&EN.

Dr. Swapnil is married to Anjira Vikhe-Ambade who is a medical Biotechnologist by profession. Anjira is currently pursuing her Ph.D in the areas of Cardiovascular injuries from Chonbuk National University, South Korea.


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