Thaksen Vasant Jadhav, Ph.D.

Alumni and Former Staff

​Postdoctoral Fellow

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Research Interests

​I am interested in using dynamic covalent chemistry to design and synthesise polymers for a circular economy and having vitrimeric properties

Selected Publications

  • Transformation between 2D and 3D covalent organic frameworks via reversible [2 + 2] cycloaddition 
    T. Jadhav, Y. Fang, C.‐H. Liu, A. Dadvand, E. Hamzehpoor, W. Patterson, A. Jonderian, R....
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c01990, (2020)
  • 2D Poly(arylene vinylene) covalent organic frameworks via aldol condensation of trimethyltriazine 
    T. Jadhav, Y. Fang, W. Patterson, C.‐H. Liu, E. Hamzehpoor, D. F. Perepichka
    Angew.Chem. Int.Ed., 58, 13753 13757, (2019)

Education

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  • Ph.D., Chemistry, IIT Indore, Indore, India, 2017
  • M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, Pune University, Pune, India, 2010
  • B.Sc., Chemistry, Pune University, India, 2008


Professional Profile

  • Mar 2020 – Present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2017-2019: Postdoctoral fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada


Awards

​Post-doctoral fellowship, Fonds de Recherche du Québec Nature et Technologies (FRQ-NT), 2018

KAUST Affiliations

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KAUST Catalysis Center(KCC)
Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering(PSE)


Research Interests Keywords

Polymers Dynamic covalent chemistry Circular economy Vitrimers