Dr. Abhinav Kumar

About

Abhinav Kumar possesses a strong foundation in heterogeneous catalysis, specializing in the design and fabrication of solid acid catalysts, including metal phosphates, metal oxides, and metal-free catalysts such as graphitic carbon nitride. His doctoral research concentrated on advancing solid heterogeneous catalysts tailored for biomass and CO2 conversion through both thermal and photocatalytic methods.

After completing his degree, Abhinav took on a role as a research fellow in a project funded by HPCL, where he gained valuable experience in synthesizing mesoporous and microporous zeolites with diverse morphologies.

In June 2022, he joined Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel as a postdoctoral researcher where he further polished his skills and knowledge in heterogeneous catalysis for lignocellulose biomass conversion.

Currently serving as a Research Associate at the department of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. Here, Abhinav's research focuses on sorbents materials design and synthesis with an emphasis on direct air carbon dioxide capture.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Research Associate
  2024 - Present
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem Postdoctoral Researcher
  2022 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Project Fellow under HPCL funded project
  2022 - 2022

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Ropar PhD
  2016 - 2021

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Simultaneous Pd Nanoparticle Deposition and Enhancement in the Surface Oxygen Vacancy of Bi2MoO6 Nanoflakes for Room Temperature Vanillin Hydrodeoxygenation
  Energy & Fuels 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c04189
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• Pd Nanoparticle-Decorated Bi2MoO6 Nanoflakes with Surface Oxygen Vacancies for Selective Room-Temperature Furfural Hydrogenation and Benzyl Phenyl Ether Hydrogenolysis
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c02823
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• Ni-nanoparticles decorated CePO4 for the selective hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol
  Molecular Catalysis 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112712
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• Modulation of Ru and Cu nanoparticle contents over CuAlPO-5 for synergistic enhancement in the selective reduction and oxidation of biomass-derived furan based alcohols and carbonyls
  Catalysis Science & Technology 2021 DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00593f
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• Metal phosphate catalysts to upgrade lignocellulose biomass into value-added chemicals and biofuels
  Green Chemistry 2021 DOI: 10.1039/d1gc00376c
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• Metal and solvent-dependent activity of spinel-based catalysts for the selective hydrogenation and rearrangement of furfural
  Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2021 DOI: 10.1039/d1se00439e
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• An Account of the Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Carbohydrate-Derived Renewable Platform Chemicals over Non-Precious Heterogeneous Metal Catalysts
  ChemCatChem 2021 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202001415
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• Graphitic Carbon Nitride Modified with Zr-Thiamine Complex for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Insertion to Epoxide: Comparison with Traditional Thermal Catalysis
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c00887
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• Pd-Decorated CePO4 Catalyst for the One-Pot, Two-Step Cascade Reaction to Transform Biomass-Derived Furanic Aldehydes into Fuel Intermediates
  Energy & Fuels 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c01596
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• Rose-like Bi2WO6 Nanostructure for Visible-Light-Assisted Oxidation of Lignocellulose-Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Vanillyl Alcohol
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01679
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