Dr. Laxman S.

Walekar
M.Sc. Ph.D. PDF (SHANGHAI)

Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Shri Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Barshi
Email: lswalekar1988@gmail.com
Mob: 7020269961

Academic Details
 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, April, 2015
 Thesis: Studies on Photophysical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles.
 Advisor: Prof. G. B. Kolekar
 Master of Science in Inorganic Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur,
May 2011 (1stclass with distinction).
 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, PAH Solapur University, Solapur
(Topper- Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Barshi) May, 2009, (1st class with
distinction).
Research Interest
 Photocatalysis
 Analytical Chemistry
 Material Science

Academic/Research Experience
 Photochemistry, Photocatalysis, Battery, Supercapacitor
 Teaching Experience: Five Years
 Research Experience: Eight Years
 Administrative Experience:
a. Worked on various committees for NAAC – SSR preparation
b. Member of PG admission committee

Achievements
 Junior Research Fellowship for meritorious student by University
Grants Commission (UGC) under UGC-BSR scheme in 2012- 14.
 Awarded ‘Eklavya Merit Scholarship’ for M.Sc. from the State Government.
 Stood at Second Rank in Shivaji University for M.Sc. Entrance Examination.

Skills
 Spectroscopic Methods: Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, Time Resolved
Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, UV-Visible Spectrometer, MASS, NMR,
XRD, SEM, TEM, BET etc.
 PPT, Excel, ORIGIN, All windows
Qualifications

Exams Boards/University Subject Marks (%) Class

S.S.C Latur Board Languages, 63.73 % First Class

Mathematics, Social
Science
H. S. C Pune Board Languages, Physics, 65.67 % First Class
Chemistry, Biology.
Geography
B. Sc. P.A.H. Solapur University, Chemistry 81.52 % First Class with
Solapur (Topper-Shivaji Distinction
College, Barshi)

M. Sc. Shivaji University, Inorganic Chemistry 71.08 % First Class

Kolhapur with
Distinction
Ph.D. Shivaji University Chemistry - -
Kolhapur.
Post- Shanghai Jiao-Tong Chemistry - -
Doctorate University (SJTU),
Research Shanghai, China
Fellow (World Rank-46)
(PDF)
MS-CIT - - 90 % First Class with
Distinction

Research Publications:
1. Arun Chopade, Laxman Walekar, Abhijit Kadam, Mukund Mali, Hard acid soft base
guided morphology engineered CuO for efficient photocatalytic degredation of textile
effluent under visible light.
Inorganic Chemistry Communication, 159 (2023) 111696 (IF = 3.8)

2. Laxman S.Walekar, Abhijit N. Kadam, Arun Chopade, Sang-Wha Lee, Dattakumar

Mhamane, Anjana S. Lawand, Gavisiddappa S. Gokavi, Mukund G. Mali, MOF derived in-
situ construction of core-shell Z-scheme BiVO4@𝜶-Fe2O3-CF nanocomposites for efficient
photocatalytic treatment of organic pollutants under visible light.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 420 (2023) 138179 (IF=11.1)

3. Uttam Kondekar, Laxman Walekar, Samadhan Pawar, Mukund Mali, Dilip Anuse, Govind
Kolekar, Surface plasmon resonance based colorimetric probe for vitamin B1 detection:
Applications to bio-fluid analysis.
Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 8 (2023) 100380

4. Gopal Mali, Laxman S. Walekar, Nagesh Kolhe, Dattakumar Mhamane, Mukund Mali,
Gavisiddappa Gokavi, Multifunctional polyoxotungstocobaltate anchored fern-leaf like
BiVO4 microstructures for enhanced photocatalytic and supercapacitive performance.
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 662 (2023)130974
(IF = 5.51).
5. Mukund Mali, Laxman Walekar, Dattakumar Mhamane, Gopal Mali, Samadhan
Pawar, Vaishali Patil, Harichandra Parbat, Gavisiddappa Gokavi, Fabrication ofternary
polyvinyl alcohol/tetraethyl orthosilicate/silicotungstic acid hybrid membranes for
pervaporation dehydration of alcohol.
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 652 (2022)
129741 (IF = 5.51).

6. Datta B. Gunjal, Laxman S. Walekar, Samadhan P. Pawar, Prashant V. Anbhule,

Vinayak P. Dhulap, Daewon Sohn, Prasad G. Mahajan, Ki Hwan Lee, Rajendra V.
Shejwal, Govind B. Kolekar, Sawmill waste derived carbon dots as a fluorescent probe
for synthetic dyes in soft drinks: A simple value added approach.
Scientific Reports, 11 (2021) 1-9 (IF= 4.37).
7. Xinjia Jia, Shuang Liu, Li Huang, Perumal Devaraji, Laxman Walekar, Wei Chen,
Xiying Li, Shanhu Liu, Liqun Mao, PtNi-x Co-y concave nanocubes:synthesis and
application in photocatalytic hydrogen generation.
Catalysis Science & Technology, 10 (2020) 113-123 (IF= 6.11).
8. Samadhan P Pawar, Anil H Gore, Laxman S. Walekar, Vaibhav M Naik, PrashantV
Anbhule, Daewon Sohn, Govind B Kolekar, Quantum dots based “On-Off” fluorescence
probe for the selective detection of Cu2+ ion: Application to real sample analysis.
Chemical Data Collections, 24 (2019) 103-109 (Cite Score = 3.1).

9. Laxman S. Walekar, Mingda Zheng, Longhui Zheng, Mingce Long, Selenium and
nitrogen co-doped carbon quantum dots as a fluorescent probe for perfluorooctanoic
acid.
Microchimica Acta 186 (2019) 278-284 (IF = 6.23).

10. Longhui Zheng, Hanrui Su, Jingzhen Zhang, Laxman S. Walekar, Hamed Vafaei
Molamahmood, Baoxue Zhou, Mingce Long, Yun Hang Hu, Highly selective
photocatalytic production of H2O2 on sulfur and nitrogen co-doped graphene quantum
dots tuned TiO2.
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 239 (2018) 475-485 (IF = 24.31).
11. Laxman S. Walekar, Peidong Hu, Hamed Vafaei Molamahmood, Mingce Long, FRET
based integrated pyrene-AgNPs system for detection of Hg (II) andpyrene dimer:
Applications to environmental analysis.
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 198 (2018)
168-176 (IF = 4.83).
12. Laxman S. Walekar, Peidong Hu, Feng Liao, Xiaoyan Guo, Mingce Long, Turn- on
fluorometric and colorimetric probe for hydrogen peroxide based on the in- situ formation
of silver ions from a composite made from N-doped carbon quantum dots and silver
nanoparticles.
Microchimica Acta, 185 (2018) 31-39 (IF = 6.23).
13. Laxman S. Walekar, Tanushree Dutta, Pawan Kumar, Yong Sik Ok, Samdhan Pawar,
Akash Deep, Ki-Hyun Kim, Functionalized fluorescent nanomaterials for sensing
pollutants in the environment: A critical review.
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 97 (2017) 458-467 (IF = 14.90).
14. Laxman S. Walekar, Uttam R. Kondekar, Anil H. Gore, Samadhan P. Pawar, V.
Sudarsan, Prashant V. Anbhule, Shivajirao R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, Ultrasensitive,
highly selective and naked eye colorimetric recognition of D-penicillamine in aqueous
media by CTAB capped AgNPs: applications to pharmaceutical and biomedical
analysis.
RSC Advances, 4 (2014) 58481-58488 (IF = 4.03).

15. Laxman S. Walekar, Samadhan P. Pawar, Anil H. Gore, Vishwas D. Suryawanshi,

Santosh S. Undare, Prashant V. Anbhule, Shivajirao R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar,
Surfactant stabilized AgNPs as a colorimetric probe for simple and selective detection of
hypochlorite anion (ClO−) in aqueous solution: Environmental sampleanalysis.
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 491 (2016) 78-85
(IF = 5.51).

16. Laxman S. Walekar, Samadhan P. Pawar, Uttam R. Kondekar, Dattatray B. Gunjal,

Prashant V. Anbhule, Shivaji R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, Spectroscopic investigation
of interaction between carbon quantum dots and D-Penicillamine capped gold
nanoparticles.
Journal of Fluorescence, 25 (2015) 1085-1093 (IF =2.21).
17. Laxman S. Walekar, Anil H. Gore, Prashant V. Anbhule, V. Sudarsan, Shivajirao R.
Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, A novel colorimetric probe for highly selective recognition
of Hg2+ ions in aqueous media based on inducing the aggregation of CPB- capped
AgNPs: accelerating direct detection for environmental analysis.
Analytical Methods, 5 (2013) 5501-5507 (IF =3.53).
18. Samadhan P. Pawar, Anil H. Gore, Laxman S. Walekar, Prashant V. Anbhule,
Shivajirao R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, Turn-on fluorescence probe forselectiveand
sensitive detection of d-penicillamine by CdS quantum dots in aqueous media:
Application to pharmaceutical formulation.
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 209 (2015) 911–918 (IF = 7.46).
19. Sandip Patil, Suryakant Patil, Madgonda Vadiyar, Laxman S. Walekar, Govind
Kolekar, Sanjay Kolekar, Tailor-Made dicationic ionic liquid as fluorescent sensor for
detection of hydroquinone and catechol.
Journal of Molecular Liquid, 244 (2017) 36-45 (IF = 6.63).

20. Samadhan Pawar, Laxman S. Walekar, Dattatraya Gunjal, Dattatraya Dalvi, Prashant
Anbhule, Shivajirao Patil, Govind Kolekar, Fluorescence‐based sensor for selective
and sensitive detection of amoxicillin (Amox) in aqueous medium: Application to
pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis.
Luminescence, 32 (2017) 1- 6 (IF = 2.46).
21. Vidya V. Mokashi, Laxman S. Walekar, Prashant V. Anbhule, Sang H. Lee, Shivajirao
R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, Study of energy transfer between riboflavin (vitamin B2)
and AgNPs.
Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 16 (2014) 2291-2298 (IF = 2.25).
22. Vishwas D. Suryawanshi, Anil H. Gore, Laxman S. Walekar, Prashant V.Anbhule,
Shivajirao R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, Solvatochromic fluorescence behavior of 2-
amino-6-hydroxy-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-pyrimidine-5- carbonitrile: A sensitive
fluorescent probe for detection of pH and water composition in binary aqueous solutions.
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 184 (2013) 4–9 (IF = 6.63).

23. Uttam R. Kondekar, Laxman S. Walekar, Anil H. Gore, Prashant V. Anbhule, Sung
H. Han, Shivaji R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, Ultrasensitive, highly specific, colorimetric
recognition of sulphide ions [S2-] in aqueous media: applications to environmental analysis.
Analytical Methods, 7 (2015) 2547-2553 (IF = 3.53).
24. Santosh S. Undare, Navanath J. Valekar, Ajinkya A. Patravale, Dattatraya K. Jamale,
Sunil S. Vibhute, Laxman S. Walekar, Govind B. Kolekar, M. B. Deshmukh, Prashant
V. Anbhule, Synthesis, anti-inflammatory, ulcerogenic and cyclooxygenase activities of
indenopyrimidine derivatives.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 26 (2016) 814–818 (IF =2.94).

25. Santosh S. Undare, Navanath J. Valekar, Ajinkya A. Patravale, Dattatraya K. Jamale,

Sunil S. Vibhute, Laxman S. Walekar, Govind B. Kolekar, M. B. Deshmukh, Prashant
V. Anbhule, One-pot synthesis and in vivo biological evaluation of new pyrimidine
privileged scaffolds as potent anti-inflammatory agents.
Research on Chemical Intermediates, 42 (2016) 4373-4386 (IF = 3.13).
26. Vishwas D. Suryawanshi, Laxman S. Walekar, Anil H. Gore, Prashant V. Anbhule,
Govind B. Kolekar, Spectroscopic analysis on the binding interaction of biologically
active pyrimidine derivative with bovine serum albumin.
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 6 (2016) 56–63 (IF = 14.02).
27. Samadhan P. Pawar, Laxman S. Walekar, Uttam R. Kondekar, Dattatray B. Gunjal,
Anil H. Gore, Prashant V. Anbhule, Shivajirao R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, A quantum
dot-based dual fluorescent probe for recognition of mercuric ions and N- acetylcysteine:
“On–Off–On” approach.
Analytical Methods, 8 (2016) 6512-6519 (IF = 3.53).
28. Samadhan P. Pawar, Laxman S. Walekar, Uttam R. Kondekar, Dattatray B. Gunjal,
Anil H. Gore, Prashant V. Anbhule, Shivajirao R. Patil, Govind B. Kolekar, CdS
nanocrystals as fluorescent probe for detection of dolasetron mesylate in aqueous
solution: Application to biomedical analysis.
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 6 (2016) 410–416 (IF = 14.02).
29. Kirti T. Patil, Laxman S. Walekar, Santosh S. Undare, Govind B. Kolekar, Madhukar
B. Deshmukh, Prafull B. Coudhari, Prashant V. Anbhule, Selective synthesis of 10, 11-
dihydrochromeno [4, 3-b]chromene-6, 8 (7H, 9H)-dione using copper oxide
nanoparticles for potential inhibitors of β-ketoacyl-[acyl-carrier- protein] synthase III of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Indian Journal of Chemistry, 55 (2016) 1151-1159 (IF = 0.42).
 30. Sambhaji R. Mane, Balaji J. Walekar, Anil K. Salunkhe, Laxman S. Walekar, Popatrao
N. Bhosale, Novel Synthesis and Characterization of Substituted 3, 4-
Dihydropyrimidin-2(1h)–One (Dhpm) Derivatives and their Antibacterial Activities.
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry, 3(1), (2015),
39-45 (IF = 2.99).

 REFERENCES:
1) Dr. G. B. Kolekar 2) Dr. P. V. Anbhule
Professor, Professor,
Department ofChemistry, Department of Chemistry,
Shivaji University Shivaji University,
Kolhapur-416004, Kolhapur-416004
Mob: 9423281085. Mob: - 9423717717
Email: gbkolekae@gmail.com Email: pvanbhule@gmail.com

Aforesaid information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Dr. Laxman S. Walekar
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 FUTURE RESEARCH PLAN:

 Textile industries utilize various types of organic dyes to

color the fabrics which cause the pollution of the water

bodies nearby the city. Therefore, societal problem related

projects such as photocatalytic degradation of the dyes

from industrial effluents over transition metal oxide

semiconductor surface will be undertaken in near future.

 H2 generation from water as cheap and cleaner future

fuel for fuel cell driven vehicles is also the topic our

research interest.