Dr. Putla Sudarsanam

About

Dr. Putla Sudarsanam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Hyderabad. Prior to joining IITH, Sudarsanam was a Scientist at CSIR-NCL, Pune. He obtained his MSc degree (Chemistry, 2009) from IIT Madras, India and Ph.D. degree (Chemistry, 2015) from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India. He was a post-doctoral fellow at KU Leuven (Belgium, 2017-2019), Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT, Germany, 2017), and RMIT University (Australia, 2014–2016).
His research focuses on developing advanced heterogeneous catalysts for energy and environmental applications (60+ publications, 4 edited books, 5 book chapters, h-index 34, and more than 3500 citations). His notable awards/fellowships include The Australian Alumni Award-2021, The Young Scientist Award to participate at the 67th Nobel Laureate Meeting-2017 (Germany), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellowship-2017 (Belgium), Leibniz-DAAD Postdoc Fellowship-2016 (Germany), Best Ph.D. Thesis Award-2015 (The Catalysis Society of India), EuropaCat Ph.D. Student Award-2013 (XIth European Congress on Catalysis, France), and Endeavour Research Fellowship-2013 (Australia). He is an Editorial Board Member of the ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Journal (IF: 8.198) and Catalysis Communications (Elsevier, IF: 3.626).

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Assistant Professor
  2022 - Present
• National Chemical Laboratory CSIR Scientist
  2020 - 2022
• KU Leuven Marie Curie Individual Postdoc Fellows
  2017 - 2019
• Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse eV Postdoc Research Fellow
  2017 - 2017
• RMIT University City Campus Postdoc Research Fellow
  2014 - 2016
• Ruhr-Universität Bochum DST-DAAD Exchange Research Fellow
  2011 - 2011

Education

• Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Ph.D.
  2009 - 2014
• Indian Institute of Technology M.Sc.
  2007 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (101)

• Amorphous Cobalt‐Rich Trimetallic Boride‐Based Electrocatalyst for Efficient Water Oxidation
  ChemCatChem 2026 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.70997
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• Hierarchical porous 2D α-Al2O3 nanosheet catalyst for aminolytic upcycling of PET plastic waste
  NPG Asia Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41427-026-00666-3
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• Efficient biomass valorization to fuel additives using a self-assembled rod-morphology SnO2 acid catalyst
  Materials Today Chemistry 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2026.103618
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• Supported CuO–SnO2 Nanocatalysts for In situ Oxidation and Aldol Condensation of Toluene With C2 and C3 Alcohols
  ChemCatChem 2026 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.70791
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• A porous lignin carbon-supported RuNi nanocatalyst for hydrogenolysis of benzyl phenyl ether and lignin
  Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6QI01335J
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• Morphology-dependent catalytic performance of Co3O4 nanomaterials in the oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydroquinolines
  Nanoscale 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5NR04947D
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• Additive-Free, Selective Synthesis of N-Heteroaromatics Using Morphology-Engineered Hollow CeO2 Nanocatalyst
  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c10285
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• Chemical Recycling of Mixed-Color Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic Waste Using a Colorant-Tolerant, Reusable Magnetic MnOx/Fe3O4 Nanocatalyst
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c04216
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• Hierarchical Porous 2D α-Al2O3 Nanosheet Catalyst for Aminolytic Upcycling of PET Plastic Waste
  2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7956009/v1
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• Functionalized Biomass-Waste-Derived Porous Carbon Catalyst for Selective Synthesis of Biomass-Derived Fuel Additives
  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c03588
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