Dharmjeet Madhav, an Indian fellow who did his bachelor’s studies in polymer science at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee (India), joined the Erasmus Mundus European master’s program in membrane engineering (EM3E-4SW) right after his graduation in 2018. He successfully completed the master's degree, while smoothly adapting to four different European countries where each semester was held.

University of Montpellier II (France) and University Paul Sabatier III (Toulouse, France) introduced him to the fundamentals of materials science and chemical engineering. Next, the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (Czech Republic), laid the foundations of membrane process modeling and technologies. Finally, University of Zaragoza (Spain), allowed for a specialization in nanoscience and nanotechnology. His curiosity guided him to conduct his master’s thesis with the membrane technology group at KU Leuven (Belgium), led by prof. Ivo Vankelecom.

Preliminary to his thesis, Dharmjeet has always seized opportunities to do research: he synthesized and characterized cation and anion exchange membrane for his bachelor’s thesis, later at the university of Zaragoza, he synthesized the nanoparticles of zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-94 using inorganic deprotonators. He has been awarded with several scholarships and awards including merit cum means scholarship for his bachelor’s studies at IIT Roorkee, Erasmus Mundus scholarship for his master’s in membrane engineering, and a travel grant award from the European membrane society to attend EMS summer school 2019 in the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Dharmjeet aspires to carry on his research career in the field of polymer science and technology, while always serving his surrounding and reaching out to new cultures.