Dr. Basudev Swain Email & Phone Number

Bhubaneswar, Od, In

North York, Ontario, Ca

Key Responsibilities: • Development of battery-grade silicon anode active material in the bench scale.• Mass production process and capacity development for battery-grade silicon anode active material.• Process development for recovery and recycling of metallic silicon from secondary resources for cost efficiency.• Bench scale process development, pilot scale process development, and mass production capacity development for end-of-life (EOL) EV/HEV lithium-ion batteries (LIB) recycling.• Translate the vision and mission of the company to be a leading and vital player in the anode and cathode material production in the LIB/EV/HEV value chain. Key Projects • Development of metallic silicon anode active materials for lithium-ion batteries for higher capacity and faster charging. • Process development for end-of-life (EOL) EV/HEV lithium-ion batteries (LIB) recycling to translate the vision and mission of the company.• Process development for recovery and recycling of metallic silicon from secondary resources for silicon anode active materials of lithium-ion batteries for higher capacity and faster charging.

North York, Ontario, Ca

North York, Ontario, Ca

Key Responsibilities: • Development of battery-grade silicon anode active material in the bench scale.• Mass production process and capacity development for battery-grade silicon anode active material.• Process development for recovery and recycling of metallic silicon from secondary resources for cost efficiency.• Bench scale process development, pilot scale process development, and mass production capacity development for end-of-life (EOL) EV/HEV lithium-ion batteries (LIB) recycling.• Translate the vision and mission of the company to be a leading and vital player in the anode and cathode material production in the LIB/EV/HEV value chain. Key Projects • Development of metallic silicon anode active materials for lithium-ion batteries for higher capacity and faster charging. • Process development for end-of-life (EOL) EV/HEV lithium-ion batteries (LIB) recycling to translate the vision and mission of the company.• Process development for recovery and recycling of metallic silicon from secondary resources for silicon anode active materials of lithium-ion batteries for higher capacity and faster charging.

Key Responsibilities: • Leading international collaboration ▪ Leading international/national research and development project ▪ Training and mentoring the scientists/engineers/researcher ▪ Capacity development ▪Process development or improvement for small and medium scale industry through national and international consortium ▪ Grant writing/fund management/ project management/personal management.Key Projects • Managed/handled/worked as project investigator/research manager for more than 25 projects (funding: several hundred thousand to multimillion-dollar projects).• Developing and commercializing waste display disassembly/sorting automation device and LCD / LED waste glass detoxification/ recycling commercial technology (5 TPD-class integrated demonstration plant).• Commercial scale process development for waste lithium-ion & metal hydride batteries recycling. Recovery of valuable materials and detoxification of toxic substances from LED waste.• Commercial process development for treating ITO etching wastewater and recovery of 4N grade pure indium/industrial grade Cu nano-powder (1 TPD-class integrated batch operated demonstration plant). • Commercial process development (4N grade) for recovery of tantalum from tantalum metal scrap materials. • Eco-friendly process development for separation and purification technologies critical rare earth metal (REM) from secondary resources (management for cost reduction technology). • Development of high-grade TiO2 powder manufacturing technology for coating from ilmenite (50% TiO2).Key Skill Demonstrated:• Leadership & influencing, team building & collaborating, strategic & organizational planning, resource management & leadership, networking with the academia, scientific, business & administrative community, project initiation, conceiving the project, proposal write-up for the grant, fund-personnel-project management, patent-publication-report preparation.

Key Responsibilities: • Sphere heading and manage chemical technology laboratory ▪ Lead and innovate failure analysis for various data storage drives through chemical technology ▪ Chemical technology capacity and protocol development to handle semiconductor-grade analytical facilities.Key Projects • Failure analysis of HDD through chemical technology and precise analytical protocol development. • ISO 7 cleanroom facility development and management.

New Albany, In, Us

Key Responsibilities:• Teaching analytical chemistry and general chemistry to undergraduate students.• Management of the entire analytical chemistry laboratory including teaching/training the students.• Take care of laboratory and analytical facilities of ICP-AES, AAS, GC, HPLC, UV-Vis, IR and IC.• Mentoring research students.• Participate in the committee as a service commitment to the university.Key Projects • Developed the simplest feasible process flow sheet for recovery of rare-earth metal values from waste hard drive rare-earth magnetic scarp.• Developed the simplest feasible process for the complete removal of toxic shouldering material from the waste printed circuit board by a wet chemical process.• Understanding the fundamental thermodynamic properties and separation behavior of rare earth metals (lanthanides). Key Skill Demonstrated:• Mentoring and supervising• Teaching, training, and administration • laboratory safety and management

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Jp

Key Responsibilities:• Hydrometallurgical technology development for rare earth metal (REM) and critical metal (CM) recovery from various e-waste. • Technology development for reutilization of electroless nickel plating bath by solvent extraction through selective impurities removal.• Conducting days to do activities like literature investigation, research activity, data generation, data analysis, and data interpretation. • Project report write-up, funds management, publication in the internationally acclaimed journal, presentation with scientific community/conference/societies. • Take care of laboratory and analytical facilities of ICP-AES, AAS, and IC.Key Projects • Recovery of rare earth metals from scrap luminophore lamps by non-dispersive solvent extraction • Recovery and treatment of electroless nickel plating bath by solvent extraction.Key Skill Demonstrated:• Process development.• Resources recovery and recycling• Sustainable and clean technology development • Green chemistry/Green engineering• Material flow analysis• Circular economy • Hydrometallurgy• Chemical metallurgy• Solvent extraction• Ion exchange • Instrumental analytical skills.

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Jp

Key Responsibilities:• Conducting days to do activities like literature investigation, research activity, data generation, data analysis, and data interpretation. • Project report write-up, funds management, publication in the internationally acclaimed journal, presentation with scientific community/conference/societies. • Take care of laboratory and analytical facilities of ICP-AES, AAS, and IC.Key Projects • Recovery and treatment of electroless nickel plating bath by solvent extraction.Key Skill Demonstrated:• Process development.• Resources recovery and recycling• Sustainable and clean technology development • Green chemistry/Green engineering• Material flow analysis• Circular economy • Hydrometallurgy• Chemical metallurgy• Solvent extraction• Ion exchange • Instrumental analytical skills

Daejeon, Kr

Key Responsibilities:• Hydrometallurgical process development for precious metal recovery from automotive waste.• Hydrometallurgical process development for gold recovery from anode slime/concentrate.• Conducting days to do activities like literature investigation, research activity, data generation, data analysis, and data interpretation. • Project report write-up, funds management, publication in the internationally acclaimed journal, presentation with scientific community/conference/societies. • Take care of laboratory and analytical facilities of ICP-AES, AAS, SEM, TEM, and XRD operationKey Projects • Precious group metals (PGM) recovery from automotive waste.• Gold recovery from low-grade resources like chalcopyrite/anode slime/concentrate.Key Skill Demonstrated:• Process development.• Resources recovery and recycling• Sustainable and clean technology development • Green chemistry/Green engineering• Material flow analysis• Circular economy • Hydrometallurgy• Chemical metallurgy• Solvent extraction• Ion exchange • Instrumental analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities:• Recovery of metal values from industrial effluent by solvent extraction and supported liquid membrane. • Application of reverse osmosis/ultrafiltration/nanofiltration technology for metal values recovery from industrial effluent and treatment of industrial effluent.• Treatment of industrial waste by various membrane technologies.• Testing the solvent purity of TOPS-99, a solvent synthesis by the Department of Atomic Energy commercially known as D2EPHA. • Recovery of ammonium sulfate by electrodialysis membraneKey Projects • Development and testing of organometallic extractants Interest to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), India • Poly metallic manganese module interest to the Department of Ocean Development (DOD), India,• Recovery of Ammonia/ammonium sulfate by electrodialysis membraneKey Skill Demonstrated:• Circular economy • Hydrometallurgy• Chemical metallurgy• Solvent extraction• Ion exchange • Instrumental analytical skills.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Metal, Mineral And Materials

Master In Philosophy, (M.Phil), Chemistry

Master’S Degree, Chemistry, (Specialization Materials Sciences)

Bachelor'S Degree, B.Sc (Hons), Chemistry (Honors), Physics And Mathematics