2023
- Our recent work, in collaboration with experimental researchers from A*STAR Singapore, elucidates
how the presence of water alters the activity of popular metal oxide
catalysts in activating and converting methane/natural gas. Here is the link for the paper published in one of the topmost Catalysis journals, Catalysis Science & Technology. (October 2023)
- Congratulations Jose for publishing his recent work in the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry journal Reaction Chemistry & Engineering!
In this work, we demonstrated how and why the choice of solvent model
alters the computed energetics of acid catalysed biomass reactions. Here is the link for the paper. (October 2023)
- Heartiest Congratulations to two group members,
Jose and Arul, for succefully defending their PhD theses! Best wishes
for your future career! (September 2023)
- Welcome Eduardo to the research
group! Eduardo Romero Montalvo has a PhD in Chemistry from the
Univesity of British Columbia and will be joining our group as a
postdoctoral fellow. (September 2023)
- Welcome Mahesh to the research group! T Sai
Venkata Mahesh joins our research group as a thesis-based Master's
student. Mahesh has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering
from NIT, India and also has 3+ years of research experience. (August
2023)
- Mr. Sourav Paul from India joins the research
group under the Overseas Visiting Doctoral fellowship scheme of the
Government of India. (August 2023)
- Congratulations Shang for publishing you work, in collaboration with Prof. Zhi Li, in the most pretigious Energy & Environment Science journal! Here is the link for the paper. (July 2023)
- Our review paper on catalysts for bio-oil hydrodeoxygenation published in the special issue of Catalysis Today! Here is the link for the paper. (July 2023)
- Dr. Mushrif gave an invited talk in the "Theory guided discovery of Energy Materials" Symposium at the Canadian Chemistry Conference 2023 in Vancouver. (June 2023)
- Congratulations Arul for publishing his work in the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry journal Sustainable Energy & Fuels!
In this work, we revealed for the first time how the presnce of lignin
alters decomposition kinetics of the cellulosic component of biomass. Here is the link for the paper. (June 2023)
- Research Group Members presented their work at
the 27th International Symposium for Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 27)
in Quebec city, Canada. Their talks and poster presentation received excellent reception and
students also networked with acaemic and industry researchers from all over the world. Here is the picture from the conference. (June 2023)
- Congratulations Seth for publishing his work in the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry journal Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry! In this work we revealed a novel pathway for the polymerization of lignin in biomass, leading to its branched structure. Here is the link for the paper. (May 2023)
- Heartiest Congratulations Seth Beck for winning
one of the topmost graduate scholarships in the country, the NSERC
CGSD! (May 2023)
- PhD student in the Group, Jose Calderon, won the
Best Teaching Assistant Award in the Faculty of Engineering! Heartiest
Congratulations Jose! (May 2023)
- Our group, in collaboration with Prof. Gavin
Chen, won one of the most competitve NFRF-Exploration grant for
cutting-edge, interdisciplenary research combining quantum mechanical
modeling with genetic engineering! (April 2023)
- Our recent work in collaboration with CNRS France
(Dr. Prince Amaniampong and Dr. Francois Jerome) got accepted for
publication in the prestigious Catalysis Science & Technology
journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. In this work, we
demonstrated the novel demethylenation chemistry using a combination of
ultrasound technology and an earth abundant metal oxide catalyst! Here is the link for the paper. (April 2023)
- Mushrif research group was awarded 5+ million Core-hours on the Digital Research Alliance Supercomputing cluster for performing state of the art molecular simulations to develop novel processses for the transformation of alternate feedstock! Heartiest
Congratulations to all group members! (March 2023)
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
of India grants fellowship to Mr. Saurav Paul and to Prof. Uttam Ghorai
from the Department of Industrial Chemistry & Applied Chemistry
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandirain India to work on a collaborative
project with Dr. Mushrif. (Feb. 2023)
- Congratulations Shang for publishing his latest work in PhysChemChemPhys!
In this work, we show how experimental XPS data can be used to improve
DFT predictions and how DFT, in turn, can assist in identifying
adsorpbates corresponding to observed XPS shifts on popular transition
metal oxide catalysts. Here is the link for the paper. (Feb. 2023)
2022
- Research Group Members presented their work at
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 2022 Annual
Meeting
in Phoenix, Arizona. Their talks received excellent reception and
students also networked with researchers from all over the world. Here is the picture from the conference. (Nov. 2022)
- Congratulations Sagar for publishing his
work in one of the world's topmost Catalysis journals, ACS Catalysis!
This project was in collaboration with the experiemtnal team of Prof.
Serge Kaliaguine from the University of Laval. Combining theory and
experiments, we revealed how doping a metal carbide catalyst can
enhance its ability to deoxygenate biomass derived bio-oil. Here is the link for the paper. (Nov. 2022)
- Congratulations Jose for publishing his work in ACS Omega! Using high level quantum mechanical calculations, we revealed the mechanism for humins formation in biomass transformation. Here is the link for the paper. (Nov. 2022)
- Congratulations Seth for publishing his
article elucidating the importance of physico-chemical interactions in
biomass in developing deconstruction methods and technologies, in the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry
(UK) journal Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. Here is the link for the paper. (Oct. 2022)
- Congratulations Shang for succesfully defending
your Master's thesis! Shang will be starting his PhD in the group soon.
(September 2022)
- PhD students from IIT Indore (from Prof.
Sanjay Singh's research group) Bhanu Priya and Ankit Kumar visiting our
research group.
Ankit and Bhanu will learn molecular modeling and will get hands-on
experience running those simulations on supercomputing clusters.
(September 2022)
- Congratulations Seth for winning the prestigious
Dr William Youdelis Graduate Scholarship in Engineering at the
University of Alberta. (September 2022)
- Congratulations Seth for publishing his work on
LCC linkages in biomass in the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry
(UK) journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics! Here is the link for the paper. (August 2022)
- Dr. Mushrif received the Canada Foundation for
Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund Grant for setting up one of
the most unique integrated reactor analytical system to investigate
bio-oil synthesis and catalysis. (June 2022)
- Sagar Bathla and Jose Calderon won the North
American Catalysis Society (NACS) Best Oral Presentation Award at the
Canadian Catalysis Conference. (June 2022)
- Graduate students Jose Calderon, Sagar Bathla and Shang Jiang presented their research at the 26th Canadian Catalysis Symposium in Vancouver. (May 2022)
- Jose Calderon selected for the Sustainability
Scholar Program (from 100+ applicants) at the University of Alberta.
Jose will do a project with Enerflex Canada for 4 months under this
program. (May 2022)
- To increase the awareness about Chemical and
Materials Engineering (CME) in the society and research and education
in CME for the development of sustainable energy/chemicals and novel
materials, Dr. Mushrif launched a YouTube channel for CME. Here is the link for the YouTube channel. (April 2022)
- Dr. Mushrif to give a Workshop on "Next Gen Fuels" under the SICI scheme (Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute). (March 2022)
- Congratulations Arul for publishing his work on condensed phase pyrolysis chemistry in the prestigious journal Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. Here is the link for the paper. (January 2022)
2021
- Dr. Mushrif promoted to the highest academic
rank of Full Professor (effective July 2022) at the University of
Alberta! (December 2021)
- Our research group members Sagar Bathla, Seth
Beck, Jose Calderon and Arul Padmanathan present their work at the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting in
Boston. (November 2021)
- Our collaborative work with Prof. Alexei lakin
from Cambridge University on solvent effects in the assembly of 2-D MOF
superstructures published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C! Here is the link for the paper (October 2021)
- Congratulations Ojus for publishing two papers back to back in prestigious catalysis journals ChemCatChem and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C! Here are the links for Paper-1 and Paper-2. (May 2021)
- Congratulations Nilesh for succesfully defending his Master's thesis! (April 2021)
- Dr. Mushrif gets the Shastri Institutional
Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG) with Prof. sanjay Singh from IIT
Indore, India (January 2021)
- Congratulations Dr. Ojus Mohan for succesfully defending his PhD Thesis! (January, 2021)
2020
- Our collaborative work, in collaboration with Monash University in Australia accepted for publication in the prestigious Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters! Here is the link for the paper. (December 2020)
- Our collaborative work with experimental team of
Prof. Serge Kaliaguine from University of Laval, on developing novel
catalysts for bio-oil upgrading, is published in Energy & Fuels! Here is the link for the paper (December 2020)
- Welcome Shang Jiang and Seth Beck to the group!
Shang joined as thesis based Master's student and Seth as PhD student!
(September 2020)
- PhD student Seth Beck awarded the Captain Thomas
Farrell Greenlagh Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Gerald J Maier/NOVA
chemicals corporation graduate recruitment award and the doctoral
recruitment scholarship by the University of Alberta (September 2020)
- PhD student Seth Beck won the National level
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's (by
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) and the
Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship by the University of Alberta
(September 2020)
- PhD student Jose Calderon won the Travel award by
the Catalysis Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada, to attend
the International Catalysis Congress in San Diego (June 2020)
- Dr. Mushrif invited to give a seminar at the
Computational Materials Education and Training program (CoMET) at Penn
State University, USA (March 2020)
2019
- Congratulations Jose
and Katherine for wining the Travel award by the Catalysis
Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada, to attend the
International Catalysis Congress in San Diego in June 2020! (Dec. 16,
2019)
- Congratulations Shang
Jiang and Xuebin Feng on being selected for the 2019/2020 Dean's
Research Award (undergraduate)! (Oct. 18, 2019)
- Congratulations Jose for
wining the BAL-UNAM Earth Sciences Award 2018-2019 in Mexico! He
received this award for his undergraduate thesis work at UNAM. (Oct.
04, 2019)
- Welcome Sagar Bathla to the University of Alberta!
Sagar is from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore) in India
and joins our research group as a PhD student. (Sep. 20, 2019)
- Congratulations Katherine and Ojus for publishing a review paper on methane reforming catalysts in the Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering journal. Here is the link for the paper! (Sep. 19, 2019)
- Our recent collaborative work
with Prof. Dion Vlachos from the University of Delaware on molten salt
hydrate is accepted for publication in the prestigious ACS Catalysis journal. Here is the link for the paper! (Sep. 12, 2019)
- Our recent collaborative work with the University of Strathclyde in the UK is accepted for publication in the prestigious Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters!
Using multiscale molecular modeling, we explored different
conformations of silk fibroin and also simulated the binding and
release of the drug molecule. Here is the link for the paper! (July 22, 2019)
- Our recent work
is accepted for publication in Molecular Simulation! In this benchmarking studies, we demonstrated how all the commonly used popular DFT functionals fail to predict CO2 and CO adsorption energies on transition metal surfaces and we provided a correction to solve the problem. Here is the link for the paper! (June 27, 2019)
- Our recent work
is accepted for publication in a special Biomass issue of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS)!
Using carefully designed experiments and inputs from modeling, we
developed a reaction network/map for the pyrolytic decomposition of all
three biomass comenents, viz., cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Here is the link for the paper! (June 06, 2019)
- Our recent work
is accepted for publication in Catalysis Science & Technology!
Using a combined experimental and quantum mechanical modeling approach,
we showed for the first time the effect of all naturally occuring salts
on biomass pyrolysis chemistry. Here is the link for the paper! (May 29, 2019)
- Congratulations Katherine for winning the
prestigious national level Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate
Scholarship, awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (NSERC)! Katherine was also awarded the Walter H.
Johns Graduate Fellowship by the University of Alberta.(April 01, 2019)
- Congratulations Kartavya for succesfully defending his PhD Thesis! (Feb. 21, 2019)
- We are on the front cover of the prestigious Reaction Chemistry & Engineering journal! Here is the link to see the cover page. (Feb. 04, 2019)
- Congratulations Jose for winning the Captain Thomas Farrell Greenlalgh Memorial
Graduate Scholarship. (Feb. 01, 2019)
- Welcome Jose Calderon to the University of
Alberta and to our research group! Jose is from UNAM Mexico and he
joins the University of Alberta as a PhD student. (Jan. 07, 2019)
2018
- Our recent work
is accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis! Using a unique,
integrated computational-experimental approach (combining multiscale
molecular simulations with NMR and catalysis data), we explained the
contribution of metal-metal oxide catalysts and solvent environment in
selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to a high value added chemical. Here is the link for the paper! (Dec. 10, 2018)
- A review article
summarizing key solvent effects on chemical reactivity is accepted for
publication in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. Here is the link for the paper! (Nov. 23, 2018)
- Congratulations
Katherine for winning the Captain Thomas Farrell Greenlalgh Memorial
Graduate Scholarship for academic excellence at the University of
Alberta. (October 30, 2018)
- Dr. Jyotsna Arora joins the Global Innovation team of Diversey Care as a Research Scientist, in India . (Oct. 23, 2018)
- Welcome Katherine,
Nilesh and Arul to the University of Alberta and to our research group!
Katherine is from the University of Ottawa in Canada, Nilesh is
from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) in India and Arul is
from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in India. (Sep. 12, 2018)
- Congratulations Kartavya and Thang for publishing their latest work in J. Phys. Chem. C!
In this work, we revealed how theory (DFT) and experiments (XPS) can be
used synergistically to investigate metal oxide catalysis. Here is the link for the paper. (Sep. 12, 2018)
- Congratulations Jyotsna for publishing her latest work in the J. Phys. Chem. A!
In this work, we revealed the kinetic effect of alkali and alkaline earth metals on the key initial pyrolysis reactions. Here is the link for the paper. (Sep. 04, 2018)
- Congratulations Arghya for publishing his latest work in the J. Phys. Chem. C!
In this work we elucidated multiple pathways for the hydrodeoxygenation
of furfural, model bio-oil compound, on the popular Ni catalyst and
explained the experimentally observed trends in conversion and
selectivity. Additionally, we predicted how boron doping can enhance
the activity of the catalyst. Here is the link for the paper. (July 23, 2018)
- Congratulations Kartavya for wining the Post-graduate students' All-Round Excellence Award 2018! (July 18, 2018)
- Congratulations Jithin for publishing his work in Chemical Physics Letters! In this work, we elucidated the novel mechanism of coupling induced dissociation of methane and its tranformation to C2 hydrocarbons. Here is the link for the paper. (July 06, 2018)
- We are on the cover page of the prestigious Green Chemistry journal! Here is the link to see the cover page. (June 20, 2018)
- Our group received the NSERC Discovery
Grant Award to develop novel solvents and catalysts for biomass
conversion! (May 25, 2018)
- Our recent work on biomass conversion is accepte for publication in Green Chemistry (Impact factor 9.12).
Using an integrated modeling (Thang and Jithin from our group) and
experimental (Dr. Amaniampong from Prof. Francois Jerome's group in
France) approach, we developed a stable and sustainable process to
convert glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel, to highly valued
dicarboxylic acids. Here is the link for the article. (May 09, 2018)
- Congratulations Khursheed for publishing his recent work on biomass pyrolysis in Energy & Fuels! In this paper we revealed how transport limitations affect the yeild and composition of pyrolysis derived bio-oil. Here is the link for the article. (April 30, 2018)
- Congratulations Spandan and Sukriti on your new
job! Spandan finished his Master's and got a job offer from Micron,
Singapore and Sukriti is going to join Nanometrics, Singapore. (April
10, 2018)
- Mushrif Research Group moved to the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta! (April 01, 2018)
- Jithin is going to start his independent academic
career soon at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Chennai, India! Congratulations Jithin for the faculty position
and wish you great success. (March 29, 2018)
- Congratulations Sukriti for publishing her recent
work in Electrochimica Acta!
In this paper, using a novel and computationally inexpensive molecular
simulation toolbox, we reveal the key interactions that stablize
vanadium ions in the vanadium redox flow battery electrolyte. Here
is the link for the article (March 03, 2018)
2017
- Jithin, Thang, Kartavya and Samir gave talks at
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 2017 Annual
Meeting in Minneapolis. Khursheed and Samir also gave talks at the
Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers (CSChE) Annual meeting in
Edmonton. Here is the picture of the group
members at the AIChE. (Oct 30 - Nov. 2, 2017)
- Arghya finished his postdoc and found a permanent
position as a Scientist in the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) Laboratory in India. Good luck for your new life and
career in India! (Oct. 20, 2017)
- Congratulations Kartavya for publishing his
recent
work in J. Phys. Chem. C! In
this
paper, we revelaed that DFT parameters benchmarked using bulk
properties of metal oxides are inappropriate to simulate surface
catalyzed reactions. We also developed a novel methodology to estimate
parameters that can predict energetics of surface reactions accurately.
Here is the link
for the article (September 14, 2017)
- Samir features on the NTU College of Engineering
Newsletter. Click here for
accessing the newsletter and here
is the clipping on Samir's teching. (August 23, 2017)
- Congratulations Jithin for winning the "Best PhD
Thesis Award" at the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Hooding Ceremony and Convocation-2017. Here
is the picture of the award winner. (August 03, 2017)
- Congratulations Jithin for publishing his recent
work in J. Phys. Chem. C! In
this
paper, we demonstrated how the presence of defects and Lithium doping
can enhance the activity of metal oxide catalysts. Here is the link
for the article (August 02, 2017)
- Congratulations Arghya for publishing his recent
work in ChemCatChem! In this
paper, we developed a comprehensive reaction network for the
hydrodeoxygenation of furfural (a model bio-oil compound) on Ruthenium
catalyst. Here is the link
for the article (March 02, 2017)
- Samir wins the School
of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Education Award 2016 (Gold)
(Jan 15, 2017)
- Congratulations Thang and Arghya for publishing
their recent work in JPCC! Using DFT calculations, we predicted a novel
Boron-doped Copper catalyst which is stable and is active and selective
towards methane coupling. Here is the link
for the article (Jan 04, 2017)
2016
- Jithin defended his PhD thesis and is now Dr.
Jithin! Congratulations and well done. (Dec. 01, 2016)
- Congratulations Thang for winning the "Best
Poster Award" during the mid-term review of the Cambridge CREATE
program! (July 15, 2016)
- Spandan Gautam from BITS Pilani (India) and Ojus
Mohan from NIT Calicut (India) join our group as PhD students.
Welcome guys and wish you both great success! (July 08, 2016)
- Congratulations Jithin for winning the 2016
AIChE-SLS Best Postgraduate Thesis Award. The award will be
presented
to him during the 15th International Conference on Sustainable Energy
Technologies (SET 2016) in NUS on 20th July. (July 04, 2016)
- Congratulations Thang for publishing his
recent work in Catalysis
Science and Technology. Using DFT calculations, we
elucidated the mechanism of tar decomposition on Ni catalyst. We also
predicted that Boron doping in Ni catalyst can significantly enhance
the activity and selectivity of the catalyst. Here is the link
for the article. (May 03, 2016)
- Congratulations Sukriti for publishing your
recent work in the Journal of
Molecular Liquids. In this work, we developed the force-field
parameters for vanadium ions so that large scale molecular simulations
can be performed to design and develop novel electrolyte systems for
vanadium redox flow battery. Here is the link
for the article. (Janury 27, 2016)
- Congratulations Jithin and Thang for publishing
your recent work in Catalysis
Science and Technology. Using DFT calculations, we
predicted active facets of CuO for methane dissociation and explained
the activation mechanism. Here is the link
for the article. (January 11, 2016)
2015
- Samir appointed on the Editorial Board of ChemistrySelect, the latest in
the family of journals from ChemPubSoc, Europe, published by Wiley-VCH.
Link
(December 02, 2015)
- Congratulations Chethan for publishing his recent
work in the Journal of Molecular
Catalysis A: Chemical. Using
density functional theory calculations, we predict novel catalysts for
rare sugars production. Here is the link
for the article. (Sep. 09, 2015)
- Our research group won the prestigious Academic
Research Fund (AcRF) Tier-2 Grant by the Ministry of Education,
Singapore
(August 05, 2015)
- We are on the frontpage of Angewandte Chemie. Communications!
Here is the link.
(July 30, 2015)
- URECA student, Katrin Natalia Salim,
won the Catalysis Gold Medal and Cash Award in Chemical and
Biomolecular
Engineering. Congratulations Katrin! (July 30, 2015)
- Congratulations Thang for publishing his recent
work in the Journal of Physical
Chemistry C. We reveal and explain how important it is to use
appropriate functional in density functional theory calculations to be
able to predict adsorption configurations of cellulosic biomass
substrates on transition metals. We also also evaluate the
catalytic activity of transition metals for different biomass
reactions. Here is the link
for the article. (July. 13, 2015)
- Our recent work in the area of biomass conversion
is accepted for publication in the prestigious Angewandte Chemie journal. Using
an integrated modeling (performed by Dr. Thang in our group) and
experimental
(performed by Mr. Amaniampong in Prof. Yang's group) approach, we
explained the crucial role
of lattice oxygen in catalyzing biomass reactions. Here is the link
for the article. (May 20, 2015)
- Congratulations Chethan and Thang for winning
awards in the poster competition of the Southeast Asia Catalysis
Conference 2015 in NUS, Singapore. Here is the picture of the winners!
(May 15, 2015)
- Congratulations Jithin for publishing his recent
work in the Journal of Chemical
Physics. In this comprehensive study, we revealed how methane
dissociation and coupling on Cu is governed by the complex interplay of
collision dynamics, geometric and electronic effects. Here is the link
for the article. (Apr. 29, 2015)
- Congratulations Vallabh for publishing
his recent work in the
Journal of Molecular Liquids. We suggested novel force-field
parameters for a very commonly used solvent called DMF so that
molecular dynamics simulations can be used to investigate its
interactions with a variety of biomass and pharmaceutical related
compounds. Here is the link
for the article. (Mar. 02, 2015)
- Congratulations Vallabh for publishing
his recent work in RSC
Advances. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated
the solvation of glucose in multiple solvents and suggested how
solvation can affect glucose chemistry. Here is the link
for the article. (Feb. 17, 2015)
- Our article in Chemical
Engineering Science features in the list of most downloaded
articles of the journal within 90 days of publication. Here is the link.
(Feb 06, 2015)
- Congratulations to Chethan for publishing
his recent work in the Journal
of Catalysis. Using density functional theory, we revealed how
co-operative catalysis of zeolites and borate salts can promote rare
sugars formation. Here is the link
for the article. (Feb. 01, 2015)
- Quantum mechanical simulations performed by Dr.
Thang in our group explain the aggregation induced emission effect
in indigoid molecules. The work, in collaboration with Prof. Mingfeng
Wang, is now accepted for publication in Chem. Comm. Here is the link
for the article (Jan 13, 2015)
- Our recent work revealing the effect of solvent
dynamics and non-equilibrium solvation on biomass reactions is
accepted for publication in Phys.
Chem. Chem. Phys. Here is the link
for the article. (Jan 08, 2015)
Archive
- Our paper in the special issue of Chemical Engineering Science,
focused on molecular simulations is now available online. Here is the link
(Aug 18, 2014)
- One of the top NTU graduates from the 2014 batch
talks about Samir's teaching in the recent issue of the NTU HEY
magazine. Here is the link
(Aug 04, 2014)
- Former URECA student of the group, Hong Pei Wen,
won the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal in Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering. Congratulations Pei Wen! Here is the link
(Aug 01, 2014)
- Our work revealing the mechanism of Cr(III)
catalyzed isomerization of glucose to fructose in water is now
published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. Here is the link
for the paper. (July 01,
2014)
- Our work on carbon nanotubes separation using
organic polymers, in collaboration with Prof. Chen Yuan, is now
published in Chemistry: An Asian Journal. Here is the link
for the paper. (December 20,
2013)
- Welcome to our two new group members, Sukriti
Gupta and Venkatesh Boddu. Sukriti did her B.Tech. from VNIT,
India and Venkatesh is a graduate of IISc. Bangalore. (August 20,
2013)
- Samir receives the Academic Research Fund (AcRF)
Tier 1 grant by the Ministry of Education, Singapore. (July 18,
2013)
- Lim Yu Ding and Hong Pei Wen are awarded
scholarships for the Yonsei International Summer School, organized by
Yonsei University in Korea. Yu Ding and Pei Wen are the only two
students in NTU to receive this award. (May 14, 2013)
- Welcome to our two new group members, Dr.
Bharathi Natarajan
and Dr. Chethana B. K. Bharathi is a PhD from Université de
Grenoble, France and Chethana is a PhD from Kuvempu University,
India
and they both will be joining the group as post-doctoral fellows.
(April 18, 2013)
- Samir's recent work on Cr catalyzed isomerization
of glucose to fructose in water, in collaboration with UDel and BNL,
published in JACS. Here is the link for the
paper. (March 12, 2013)
- Welcome to our new group member, Mr. Vallabh
Vasudevan. Vallabh is a graduate of the National Institute of
Technology, Trichy (India) and has recently joined our group as a PhD
student. (Jan 21, 2013)
- Welcome to our new group members Jithin, Kejin,
Pei
Wen and Yu Ding. Jithin joined as a PhD student in fall 2012 and Kejin,
Pei Wen and Yu Ding joined as URECA project students. (Aug. 30, 2012)
- Samir's recent work on fructose-water-DMSO
interactions published in J.
Phys. Chem. B. Here is the link
for the article. (Aug. 15, 2012)
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