Virender Sharma#
| Membership Number: | 7147 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | https://people.miami.edu/profile/f585741b0eca714518175bb1ced20b52 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5980-8675 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharma-virender-3506a6b8/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2025 - present Professor Practice, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
- 2023 - 2024 Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor, College Station, Texas
- 2014 - 2024 Professor at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- 2017 - 2019 Visiting Professor, Western Sydney University, Australia.
- 2016 - 2024 Director, Program of the Environment and Sustainability, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- 2015 - 2016 Director, Water Sustainability and Public Health Program, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, Texas
- 2010 - 2013 Director, Center of Ferrate Excellence, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.
- 2005 - 2013 Professor of Chemistry at Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.
- 1999 - 2005 Associate Professor of Chemistry at Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.
- 1997 - 1999 Associate Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas.
Fields of Scholarship
- Aquatic arsenic
- Cyanides remediation
- High-Valent metal species in energy and environmental applications
- Advanced oxidation processes
- Ferrate properties and applications
- Natural nanoparticles
- Pharmaceuticals
- Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance bacteria
- Green synthesis - nanoparticles and their toxicity
- Microplastics and nanoplastics
- Natural organic matter
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Humboldt Research Award, The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2024 American Chemical Society (ACS) Southwest Regional Award
- 2024 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize For Water (PSIPW) for its Alternative Water Resources Category
- 2022 - 2024, 2020 Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%) – Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science
- 2023 Fellow- European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)
- 2022 Fellow - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2021 Fellow - American Chemical Society (ACS)
- 2018 Fellow - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- 2020 Fellow-International Association of Advanced Materials
- 2020 Steven K. Dentel AEESP Award for Global Outreach - Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
- 2019 Bush Excellence Award for International Research - George H W Bush Presidential Library Foundation
- 2019 Sigma Xi Outstanding Distinguished Scientist Award – Texas A&M University Chapter of Sigma Xi
- 2017 President Initiative International Fellowship – Chinese Academy of Science
- 2016 - 2020 Member at Large - Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society
- 2008 Faculty Excellence in Research Award – Florida Institute of Technology
- 2006 Outstanding Chemist Award – Orlando Section, American Chemical Society
- 1996 Member - Advisory Committee, EPA Pollution Prevention Project
- 2024 Environmental Science & Technology Excellence in Review Award – American Chemical Society Publications
- 2024 Outstanding Reviewer for Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology – Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2023 ACS ES&T Water Excellence in Review Award – American Chemical Society Publications
- 2023 ACS ES&T Engineering Excellence in Review Award – American Chemical Society Publications
