Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane
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Narayan S. Hosmane (born 30 June 1948) is an Indian-born cancer research scientist and a distinguished research professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He was featured in NRI Achievers magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.nriachievers.org/prev_magzine_index.html|title=The Wizard & His Inspiring Life Story: Narayan S. Hosmane|access-date=2008-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626061246/http://www.nriachievers.org/prev_magzine_index.html|archive-date=2008-06-26|url-status=dead}} He is a two-time recipient of the Humboldt Research Award for senior scientists, an annual award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, to scientists worldwide in recognition of their career accomplishments.{{cite web|url=http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2007/aug/hosmane.shtml|title=NIU news release – NIU's Narayan Hosmane|access-date=2008-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706162825/http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2007/aug/hosmane.shtml|archive-date=2008-07-06|url-status=dead}}
He founded "Boron in the Americas" (formerly known as BUSA) and hosted the organization's first meeting in Dallas in April 1988.{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Background_Info.hosmane.08.pdf|title=Prof. Narayan S. Hosmane Background Information}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He has published over 300 papers in scientific journals and was ranked by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in the top 50% of the most cited chemists in the world from 1981–1997. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Institute of Chemists, a foreign member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS),{{cite web|url=http://www.niutoday.info/2013/06/11/niu-chemistry-professor-narayan-hosmane-elected-to-russian-academy-of-natural-sciences|title=Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences}} and listed in Who's Who in the World.
Early life
Hosmane was born in Gokarna, Uttar Kannada district, India, in 1948, to a Havyaka Brahmin family. He earned his high school diploma from Bhadrakali High School, Gokarna in 1964, and attended Dr. A. V. Baliga college, Kumta, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with Botany as a minor.
He is married to Sumathy Rao, who is from a Konkani-speaking family. They have a daughter and a son.
Academic career
Hosmane earned a Master of Science degree from Karnataka University, India. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Organometallic/Inorganic Chemistry in 1974 from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, with a dissertation titled 'Some reactions of stannic chloride with silicon hydrides and some novel group IV derivatives of mercury.'{{Cite journal|last=S.|first=Hosmane, Narayan|date=1974|title=Some reactions of stannic chloride with silicon hydrides and some novel group IV derivatives of mercury|hdl=1842/14102|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/14102|language=en}}
After postdoctoral research at Queen's University Belfast, he joined the Lambeg Industrial Research Institute in Northern Ireland, and then moved to the United States to study carboranes and metallacarboranes. After postdoctoral work with Russell Grimes at the University of Virginia, he joined the faculty at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1979.
In 1982, he joined the faculty at Southern Methodist University, where he became Professor of Chemistry in 1989. In 1998, he moved to Northern Illinois University and is currently a Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Inaugural Board of Trustees Professor.
In 2011, while attempting to produce single-walled carbon nanotubes, Hosmane discovered that a known technique for carbon production (burning magnesium with dry ice) produced layers of graphene.{{cite web |last1=Coxworth |first1=Ben |date=21 June 2011 |title='Simple, green, and cost-effective' method of graphene production announced |url=http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-production-magnesium-dry-ice/18986/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522104032/http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-production-magnesium-dry-ice/18986/ |archive-date=2015-05-22 |accessdate=7 June 2015 |publisher=Gizmag}}
Professional career
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! Year ! Professional Career |
| 1974–1975
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Queen's University Belfast w/ Frank Glockling.{{cite web|url=http://dotlinedesigns.com/narayanhosamane/hosmane_profession.html|title=Prof Dr.Narayan Hosmane's Home Page}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| 1975–1976
| Research Scientist, Catalysis Section, Lambeg Industrial Research Institute, N. Ireland |
| 1976–1977
| Research Associate, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama w/ W. E. Hill and F. A. Johnson. |
| 1977–1979
| Research Associate, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia w/ Russell N. Grimes. |
| 1979–1982
| Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. |
| 1982–1986
| Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University. |
| 1986–1989
| Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University. |
| 1989 – 7/1998
| Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University. |
| 8/1998 – 7/2001
| Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. |
| 7/2001 – 6/2005
| Presidential Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. |
| 7/2005–present
| Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. |
| 7/2008–present
| Board of Trustees Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. |
Professional affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC)
- Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists (FAIC)
- Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Member of the Sigma Xi Society
- Member of the International Council on Main Group Chemistry, Inc. (ICMGC)
Boards and editorships
- Section Editor of Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2003–present
- International Editorial Advisory Board for Organometallics, a journal of the American Chemical Society, Jan 2006–present
- Regional Editor of Molecules, an international Internet journal.
- Editorial boards, Main Group Metal Chemistry (1999 – present) and Main Group Chemistry (2006 – present)
- Guest Editor, Special Issue of the Applied Organometallic Chemistry – Main Group Metal Compounds commemorating 65th birthday of Professor Thomas P. Fehlner entitled "Recent Advances in Inorganometallic Chemistry" published by Wiley-VCH, in April / May 2003.
- Guest Editor, Special Issue of the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry commemorating 70th birthday of Professor Sheldon G. Shore entitled "From Borane Cages to Metal Clusters: Recent Developments," published by Elsevier Science, in November 2000.
- Guest Editor, Special Issue of Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon Volume 87, Numbers 1–4, 1994) entitled "Symposium on Recent Advances in the Chemistry of the Main-Group Elements," Austin, Texas, 24–27 October 1993, published by Gordon and Breach.
Honors and awards
References
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20130619082751/http://www.niu.edu/hosmane/docs/Hosmane.NRIAchievers.AllPages.pdf Featured Article in NRI Achievers Magazine]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090311012634/http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2008/sept/botprofessors.shtml Northern Illinois University Inaugural Board of Trustees Professorship Award]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213043759/http://www.chembio.niu.edu/boronamericas/busa5_awards.htm BUSA V Award Recipient – Prof. Narayan S. Hosmane]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080216110253/http://www.niu.edu/northerntoday/2003/apr28/hosmane.shtml Northern Today – Prof. Hosmane honored by Indian university]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706162825/http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2007/aug/hosmane.shtml NIU news release – NIU’s Narayan Hosmane]
- [http://dotlinedesigns.com/narayanhosamane/ Dr.Narayan's Home Page ]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704105055/http://www.chembio.niu.edu/hosmane/hosmane.html Prof. Narayan S. Hosmane's NIU Personal page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923190238/http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.aspx?n=Narayan_S_Hosmane&auid=584137 Narayan Hosmane – research profile on BiomedExperts]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080626061246/http://www.nriachievers.org/prev_magzine_index.html The Wizard & His Inspiring Life Story: Narayan S. Hosmane]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080324213216/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/37382.html IndiaGlitz – 'Learn Positive' – Prof.Hosmane]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071009172802/http://www.avh.de/automat_db/pub_laudatio.list?p_fg=2F Humboldt-Foundation Awardees-Prof. Dr. Narayan S. Hosmane]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011165406/http://www.chembio.niu.edu/chembio/news/hosmane.shtml Lifetime Achievement Pravasi Award-Dr. Narayan S. Hosmane]
- [http://www.niutoday.info/2013/06/11/niu-chemistry-professor-narayan-hosmane-elected-to-russian-academy-of-natural-sciences/ Russian Academy Membership-Dr. Narayan S. Hosmane]
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