Brief Bio

Amar Mohanty is a Full Professor and Distinguished Research Chair in Sustainable Biomaterials at the Ontario Agriculture College and is the Director of the Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a former Michigan State University Professor and currently holds a Adjunct Professor position at the State University of New York, Syracuse, in the United States, Distinguished Professor position at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, in India and a Visiting Professor status at the University of Portsmouth, in the UK.

Prof. Mohanty is an international leader in the field of bioplastics, biocomposites and advanced biorefinery. His research focuses on engineering value-added uses of biomass wastes and industrial co-products from agro-food and biofuel industries. Circular economy, environmental sustainability, waste plastic valorization, biodegradable plastics as single-use plastic alternatives, biocarbon based composites and 3D printing of sustainable materials are other areas of his expertise.

Prof. Mohanty is the Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Composites, Composites Part C -Open Access; an ELSEVIER journal.

He is a highly cited researcher with more than 800 publications to his credit, including 462 peer-reviewed journal papers, 6 edited books, over 400 conference presentations, 25 book chapters, and 68 Patents (awarded/applied). 

Prof. Mohanty is a Fellow of: (i) the Royal Society of Canada, (ii) the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, (iii) the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and (iv) the Society of Plastic Engineers.

Prof. Mohanty has received many awards, including the (i) Miroslaw Romanowski Medal from the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), (ii) JL White Innovation Award from the Polymer Processing Society (PPS), (iii) Synergy Award for Innovation from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), (iv) Andrew Chase Forest Products Division Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and (v) the Lifetime Achievement Award from the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS), USA.

International Affiliations

- Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, State University of New York, USA.

- Visiting Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Portsmouth, UK

- Distinguished Professor, Sustainable Polymer Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Guwahati, India

External Links:

Amar Mohanty | College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Amar Mohanty | Plant Agriculture