Dr. A. J. Varma                                                                         

Divisional Chair, Cheif Scientist, PSE                                                                                     

Research Interest:                                                                            

Cellulose Chemistry, Carbohydrate Polymers, Biomass Technologies, and Biodegradable Polymers                                                                        

Professional Experience                                                                              

Current- Chief Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India                                                                                                                            

Ph.D. (New York and Syracuse)                                                                             

Editorial Board of "Carbohydrate Polymers"(Elsevier Press) and "Trends in Carbohydrate Chemistry" (web journal); Expert Group Member of ICS-UNIDO (Italy); President - Society of Polymer Science India (Pune Chapter)                                                                              

Selected Publications:                                                                                                                                                                      

Towards biodegradable elastomers : green synthesis of carbohydrate functionalized styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer by click chemistry - R.Singh and A.J.Varma, Green Chemistry, 14, 348-356 (2012). 

Enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose by partial modification of its chemical structure - H.M. Shaikh, M. G. Adsul, D. V. Gokhale and A. J. Varma, Carbohydrate Polymers (86(2), 962-968 (2011)                   

Metal complexes of crosslinked chitosans : correlations between metal ion complexation    values and thermal properties, K.D.Trimukhe and A.J.Varma , Carbohydrate Polymers, 75(1), 63-70 (2009)                         

Sugar-linked biodegradable polymers : regio-specific ester bonds of glucose hydroxyls in their reaction with maleic anhydride functionalized polystyrene and elucidation of the polymer structures formed - P.Galgali, M.Agashe,  A.J.Varma, Carbohydr. Polym., 67(4), 576-585, 2007                                                                          

Synthetic Polymers Functionalized by Carbohydrates: A Review - A.J.Varma, P.Galgali, and J.F.Kennedy, Carbohydr. Polym. 56(4), 429-446, (2004)                                                                                  

Towards biodegradable polyolefins : stratedy of anchoring minute quantities of monosaccharides  and disaccharides onto functionalized polystyrene, and their effect on facilitating polymer  biodegradation - P. Galgali, A.J.Varma, U.S.Puntambekar, and D.V.Gokhale,  ChemComm, 23, 2884-2885 (2002)