Abhimanyu Raj Shekhar
The Dow Chemical Company| The Dow Chemical Company | |
| Midland, United States | |
| Member ID | 3577 |
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| Member since | Mar 14, 2023 |
| Status | Active |
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Aiming to integrate systems thinking, industrial ecology, and advanced data science to design impactful solutions for global industrial sustainability challenges. Passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams to turn complex sustainability challenges into actionable, data-driven strategies that shape a more resilient and circular future, for a better Earth.Details
Abhimanyu Shekhar is a Senior Research Specialist at The Dow Chemical Company and an industrial ecology researcher whose work focuses on developing quantitative methods for understanding and improving material, resource, and environmental flows within complex industrial systems. His research lies at the intersection of industrial ecology, process systems engineering, material flow analysis, circular economy, and data-driven decision-making, with a particular interest in translating systems-level sustainability concepts into methods that can be applied to real industrial networks.Abhimanyu earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University, where his doctoral research focused on developing process-informed approaches for analyzing interconnected chemical manufacturing systems. His work investigated how detailed process engineering information can be integrated with economy-wide material flow analysis and physical input-output frameworks to better represent material exchanges, production dependencies, resource requirements, and waste generation across industrial networks. A major focus of his research has been the development of physical input-output and material-flow models for networks of chemical manufacturing processes. He developed an industrial network centered around pharmaceutical manufacturing network that integrates process simulation data with physical supply and use tables, material flow accounting, and input-output analysis. The framework connects individual chemical production processes through their physical inputs and outputs, enabling the study of direct and indirect material requirements, circular economy synergies, and waste quantification throughout the production network.
Across these research areas, Abhimanyu is particularly interested in bridging traditionally separate scales of sustainability analysis, from individual chemical processes and industrial facilities to interconnected supply networks and economy-wide material systems. His broader research goal is to develop transparent, reproducible, and computationally scalable approaches that enable industries to identify opportunities for resource efficiency, industrial symbiosis, circular material use, and more sustainable production.