C.Ravikumar

About

Dr. C. Ravikumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Dharwad. His research focuses on colloids and interface science, nanoparticle synthesis, mechanisms, modeling and simulation, catalysis, drug delivery, process design, and water treatment.
Before joining IIT Dharwad, he worked as an Assistant Professor at VNIT Nagpur, an Associate Professor at SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, and a Research Scientist at Battelle Science and Technology, Pune. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay and received the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from his department. He also pursued postdoctoral research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, USA.
Dr. Ravikumar has published several research papers in international journals and conferences and has filed two patents. He has received the Best Oral and Poster Presentation Award at the 4th Asian Particle Technology Symposium, the Best Oral Presentation Award at IIT Bombay’s Research Scholar Symposium, and the Best Employee Award at Battelle Science and Technology, Pune.
He is a reviewer for various international journals, including Crystal Growth and Design, Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Powder Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Applied Nanoscience, and Indian Chemical Engineer. Dr. Ravikumar has received research grants from government agencies and industries and has organized several workshops, seminars, conferences, and outreach activities.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad Associate Professor
  2025 - Present
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Assistant Professor
  2015 - 2024

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Ph.D

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Graphene-silver hybrid nanoparticle embedded phase change materials for enhanced thermal management of lithium-ion batteries
  RSC Advances 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5RA09895E
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• Tuning the Morphology of Heterostructured Palladium/Magnetite Nanoparticles for Enhanced Catalytic Electro-oxidation of Formic Acid
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02612
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• Evaluation of tamoxifen analogues as potential estrogen receptor alpha inhibitors for breast cancer treatment: A computational approach
  Journal of Molecular Liquids 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.126209
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• Mechanism of Nanoparticle Formation in the Liquid-Phase Thermal Decomposition Method
  Langmuir 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00676
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• Influence of the Molecular Weight of Poly (Ethylene Glycol) on the Aqueous Dispersion State of Magnetic Nanoparticles: Experiments and Monte Carlo Simulation
  Journal of Cluster Science 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s10876-022-02360-0
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• A thermodynamic model to predict the minimum energy required for engulfment of linearly aggregated spherical nanoparticles by tubular vesicles
  Materialia 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101663
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• Integrated computational approach towards identification of HSPG and ACE2 mimicking moieties for SARS-CoV-2 inhibition
  Journal of Molecular Liquids 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120566
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• Mechanistic Insights into the Formation and Growth of Anisotropic-Shaped Wüstite-Spinel Core-Shell Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in a Coordinating Solvent
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c05606
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• Meloxicam encapsulated nanostructured colloidal self-assembly for evaluating antitumor and anti-inflammatory efficacy in 3D printed scaffolds
  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A 2020 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37135
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• Computation of adsorption parameters for the removal of dye from wastewater by microwave assisted sawdust: Theoretical and experimental analysis
  Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2017.01.014
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