Sonu Kumar

About

Exploring materials and molecules for catalyst design and thermoelectrics.

Key interests: catalysis (heterogeneous and homogeneous), chemical reactions, thermoelectrics, thermal transport, defects, and programming using Fortran and Python, along with software development (EStA).

Employment

• Hokkaido University Mitsui Project Postdoc
  2023 - 2025
• Hokkaido University Postdoc
  2022 - 2023
• Hokkaido University Postdoc
  2019 - 2022
• Indian Institute of Science Postdoc
  2018 - 2019
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Post-Doctoral Fellow
  2015 - 2017
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Post-Doctoral Fellow
  2014 - 2015
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi PhD studemt
  2008 - 2013
• Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Assistant Professor

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (25)

• Strong antibonding states relevant to Raman-active phonons in Sc2Pt2O7 pyrochlore
  Computational Materials Science 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2025.114239
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• Hydrogen‐Assisted Ring Opening of Methylcyclohexane on Pt(111) and Ir(111): A Comparative Theoretical Study of the Reaction Mechanism
  ChemCatChem 2026 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202501862
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• Theoretical design of nanocatalysts based on (Fe2O3)n clusters for hydrogen production from ammonia
  The Journal of Chemical Physics 2025 DOI: 10.1063/5.0242310
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• Connecting dielectric response to dominant vibrations and tolerance factors in pyrochlore oxides
  Materials Today Communications 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108415
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• Theoretical Design and Synthesis of Caged Compounds Using X‐Ray‐Triggered Azo Bond Cleavage
  Advanced Science 2024 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306586
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• Superior Multielectron‐Transferring Energy Storage by π‐d Conjugated Frameworks
  Small 2022 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202861
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• Quantum confinement effect on defect level of hydrogen doped rutile VO2 nanowires
  Journal of Applied Physics 2022 DOI: 10.1063/5.0095834
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• Catalytic Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes over Oxygen Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride
  ChemistrySelect 2022 DOI: 10.1002/slct.202103795
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• Structural Characterization of Nickel-Doped Aluminum Oxide Cations by Cryogenic Ion Trap Vibrational Spectroscopy
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c07156
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• Boron nitride for enhanced oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene
  Journal of Energy Chemistry 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.03.027
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