Ram Kumar

About

I am a researcher with in-depth knowledge and research interest in Materials Chemistry. The current research is primarily focused on low CO2 footprint process technologies materials for strategic Indian industries and economy. Materials Science, solid-state chemistry, catalysis, spectroscopy, advanced TEM techniques (typically aberration-corrected atomic-resolution STEM/TEM, in situ imaging, EELS, etc.) and electrochemistry are my research expertise. I conceive and elaborate original materials synthesis methodologies and experimental methods to achieve the desired phases with required functional attributes. The objectives of these research efforts are to achieve new materials with enhanced performances, lower CO2 footprint, energy consumption and production costs.

When not at work I enjoy workout, meditation and music. I also enjoy reading about the impact of Science and Technological Advancement on the economy and the rise of nations/civilizations. I enjoy reading articles on the economy as my hobby.

Employment

• Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute Scientist
  2023 - Present
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram SERB-Govt. of India-Ramanujan Faculty Felow (PI)
  2023 - 2023
• University of California Berkeley Postdoctoral Research Scholar-Employee
  2021 - 2023
• Collège de France, Paris Postdoctoral Research Scholar
  2017 - 2019
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Ph.D. Graduate Researcher
  2013 - 2017
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research M.S. Research Student
  2010 - 2013

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Ph.D.
  2013 - 2017
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research M.S. in Materials Science
  2010 - 2013
• Regional Institute of Education - Bhubaneswar B.Sc.
  2004 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (25)

• Reversible Intrapore Redox Cycling of Platinum in Platinum-Ion-Exchanged HZSM-5 Catalysts
  ACS Catalysis 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c06325
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• Molten Salts‐Driven Discovery of a Polar Mixed‐Anion 3D Framework at the Nanoscale: Zn4Si2O7Cl2, Charge Transport and Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202303487
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• Molten Salts‐Driven Discovery of a Polar Mixed‐Anion 3D Framework at the Nanoscale: Zn4Si2O7Cl2, Charge Transport and Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting
  Angewandte Chemie 2023 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202303487
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• Uniform titania-supported Ce(iii) carbonate cluster catalysts for degradation of reactive oxygen species
  RSC Advances 2023 DOI: 10.1039/D3RA03801G
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• Tandem Catalytic Antioxidant Nanoparticles Comprising Cerium Carbonate and Photoactive Metal Oxides
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c02128
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• A straightforward approach to high purity sodium silicide Na4Si4
  Dalton Transactions 2021 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03203h
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• Phase selective synthesis of nickel silicide nanocrystals in molten salts for electrocatalysis of the oxygen evolution reaction
  Nanoscale 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR04284F
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• High-Pressure Melting Curve of Zintl Sodium Silicide Na4Si4 by In Situ Electrical Measurements
  Inorganic Chemistry 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01108
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• Non-Covalent Synthesis as a New Strategy for Generating Supramolecular Layered Heterostructures
  Chemistry of Materials 2017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03531
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• Synthesis, characterization and novel properties of nanocomposites comprising covalently linked MOFs, graphene, BN and CNTs
  2017
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