Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Ionic liquids
- Sustainable Energy
- Biomass valorisation
- Selective Hydrogenations
- Oxidations, Alkylations and Esterification processes
- Batch and continuous flow processes
Current Research Opportunities
- Novel 3D printed photocatalytic technologies for continuous flow synthesis
- Ionic Liquids as a Sustainable Platform for Cascade Engineered Reactions
Public outreach & key achievements
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Chair of Organising committee for UK Catalysis Conference 2020.
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Journal Editor, Modern Concepts in Material Science (MCMS), Iris Publishers.
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Member of International Advisory Committee for 70th IIChE Chem. Eng. Congress (CHEMCON 2017) Haldia, India.
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Queen’s Teaching Award 2016 for Excellence in teaching awarded to the Queen’s Energy team for developing the ‘Living Lab concept’.
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Appointed on EU’s REA Funding review Panel for Individual Marie Curie Actions programme.
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Elected as ‘Secretary ascending’ to RSC Surface Reactivity and Catalysis special Interest Group, January 2019 and as Secretary from January 2020.
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The recent paper, on the use of tetraalkylphosphonium based ionic liquids for selective reduction published in ChemistrySelect, appeared on the cover page of the journal. The artwork is as shown below. The paper also attracted a lot of attention on social media.
Research students
| PhD title | Adding Value to Bio-glycerol for production of renewable fuels and chemicals |
| Years of study | 2018-2021 |
| Country | UK |
| PhD title | Production of biofuels and fuel additives using electrocatalysis |
| Years of study | 2018-2021 |
| Country | UK |
| PhD title | Catalytic conversion of biomass derived feed stocks to value added products |
| Years of study | 2017-2021 |
| Country | UK |
| PhD Title | Conversion of Biomass into liquid transportation fuel additives |
| Years of study | 2019-2023 |
| Country | UK |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD title | Understanding Liquid-phase Heterogeneous Catalysis |
| Years of study | 2014-2017 |
| Country | UK |
| Current Position | Research Fellow, University of Manchester |
| PhD title | Selective Hydrogenation of Carboxylic acids and vegetable oils under mild reaction conditions using Pt/TiO2 and Pt-Re/TiO2 catalysts. |
| Years of study | 2013-2016 |
| Country | UK |
| Current Position | Lecturer, University of Kuala Lumpur |