• Hydrogen storage and production, CO2 utilization, ammonia production, corrosion study

• Chemical Reaction Engineering- I and II Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering Heterogeneous Catalysis: Fundamentals and Applications Analytical Characterization Labs

• Postdoctoral Researcher (May, 2014-July, 2016) at OIST, Okinawa, Japan

• Honorary Membership, National Academy of Inventors, USA Recipient of Young Scientist Research Award, Department of Atomic Energy, BRNS, India, 2019. Recipient of Early Career Research Award, SERB, 2017.

• Catalysis Society of India Life Membership (CSI LM member: LM1091)

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• Recent Publications:

  1. Shreya Singh, Raushan Kumar, Kamal K. Pant, Sushant Kumar, Dhavalkumar Joshi, Pratim Biswas, Mechanistic Exploration in Controlling the Product Selectivity via Metals in TiO2 for Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Energy, 2024, Impact factor=22.1
  2. Pintu Kumar Roy, Sushant Kumar*, Electron transfer from yttrium hydride to Mo-carbonitride boosts low-temperature ammonia synthesis, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, Accepted, Impact Factor= 7.2
  3. Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar*, Tailoring the surface acidity of catalyst to enhance nonthermal plasma-assisted ammonia synthesis rates, Journal of Molecular Catalysis. A, Chemical, accepted 2024, Impact Factor =4.6
  4. Kanhaiya Chawla, Govind Sharma, Abhinav Bajpai, Pintu Kumar Roy, Sushant Kumar, I.P. Jain, Chhagan Lal, Enhancement of the hydrogen storage properties and sorption kinetics of Mg ‒ La28.9Ni67.5Si3.6 nanocomposites, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 57(2024) 1253-1262, Impact Factor= 7.2
  5. Abhinav Bajpai, Shweta Mehta, Kavita Joshi, Sushant Kumar*, Hydrogen from Catalytic Non-thermal Plasma-assisted Steam Methane Reforming Reaction, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(2023) 24328-24341, Impact Factor= 7.2
  6. Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar*, Non-thermal Plasma Assisted CO2-H2O Conversions over NiO and Co3O4 supported on CeO2, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 46(2023) 1485-1493, Impact Factor=2.2
  7. Noohul Alam, Niwesh Ojha, Sushant Kumar, Debajit Sarma, Self-Templated Conversion of A Self-healing Metallogel into Active Carbon Quasiaerogel: Boosting Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction by Water, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11 (2023) 2658-2669, Impact factor=8.4
  8. Pintu Kumar Roy, Sushant Kumar*, Dual Active Sites for Ammonia Synthesis at Ambient Pressure, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (2023) 109097, Impact factor=7.7
  9. Niwesh Ojha, Kavita Thakkar, Abhinav Bajpai, Kavita Joshi, Sushant Kumar*, Photoinduced CO2 and N2 Reductions on Plasmonically Enabled Gallium Oxide, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 629 (2023) 654-666, Impact factor=9.9
  10. Kanhaiya Chawla, Kumar Deepak Yadav, Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar, I.P. Jain, Chhagan Lal, Effect of PdCl2 catalyst on the hydrogenation properties and sorption kinetics of Mg, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 51(2022) 101981, Impact factor=8.0
  11. Niwesh Ojha, Atanu K. Metya, Sushant Kumar*, Influence of plasmonic metals (Ag, Cu) on overall CO2 photoreduction activity of β-Ga2O3, Applied Surface Science, 580 (2022) 152315, Impact factor= 6.7
  12. Niwesh Ojha, Sushant Kumar*, Tri-phase photocatalysis for CO2 reduction and N2 fixation with efficient electron transfer on a hydrophilic surface of transition-metal doped MIL-88A (Fe), Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 292(2021) 120166, Impact factor=22.1
  13. Niwesh Ojha, Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar*, Enriched oxygen vacancies of Cu2O/SnS2/SnO2 heterostructure for enhanced photocatalytic reduction of CO2 by water and nitrogen fixation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 585(2021) 764- 777, Impact factor=9.9
  14. K Chawla, Kumar Deepak Yadav, Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar, Chhagan Lal, Hydrogenation properties and kinetic study of MgH2 - x wt.% AC nanocomposites prepared by ball milling, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(2021) 3872-3879, Impact factor= 5.8
  15. Pintu Kumar Roy, Sushant Kumar*, Strong Interfacial Electronic Interaction in Transition Metal/Mo2C Catalyst for Enhanced Ammonia Synthesis at Ambient Pressure: Shift of the Rate Determining Step, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(2020) 7167-7179, Impact factor=6.4
  16. Niwesh Ojha, Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar*, Enhanced and Selective Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 by H2O over Strategically Doped Fe and Cr into Porous Boron Carbon Nitride, Catalysis Science & Technology, 10(2020) 2663-2680, Impact factor= 5.0
  17. Niwesh Ojha, Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar*, Visible light-driven enhanced CO2 reduction by water over Cu modified S-doped g-C3N4, Catalysis Science & Technology, 9(2019) 4598-4613, Impact factor=5.0
  18. Sushant Kumar, T. Pavloudis, V. Singh, H. Nguyen, S. Steinhauer, C. Pursell, B. Clemens, P. Grammatikopoulos, M. Sowwan, Hydrogen flux through size selected Pd nanoparticles into underlying Mg nanofilms, Advanced Energy Materials, 170132 (2017), Impact factor= 27.8

• (Invited Talk) “CO2 reduction and N2 fixation on transition-metal-doped MIL-88A (Fe)”, 2nd International Conference on Materials Genome (ICMG-II) ACCMS-Theme Meeting, SRM University, (24-25 March 2022). (Invited Talk) “Tri-phase photocatalysis for CO2 reduction and N2 fixation with efficient electron transfer on a hydrophilic surface of transition-metal-doped MIL-88A (Fe)”, 2nd ICRE-2022, International Conference on Renewable Energy, University of Rajasthan, (February 25-27, 2022) “Hydrogenation of Mg nano films using size-selected Palladium Nanoparticles” at Nanocluster Synthesis, Characterization and Applications (OIST, May 15- May 20, 2016). “Site-selective hydrogen absorption in Mg thin films using Palladium Nanoparticles” at Gordon Research Conference (Hydrogen-Metal Systems Boston, July 11- July 17, 2015). “Role of NaOH for hydrogen production” at SMEC (Miami- Puerto Rico-St. Thomas St. Maarten-Miami, March 23- March 30, 2013). “Post-combustion CO2 capture using metal oxides” at SMEC (Miami- Puerto Rico-St. Thomas-St. Maarten-Miami, March 23- March 30, 2013). “Mineral Carbonation using MgO” at MCARE, (Hilton clear water beach, Florida, February 26-March 1, 2012). “Zero Carbon emission methods for hydrogen Production” at SMEC, (Miami- BelizeMexico-Miami, March 27- April 2, 2011). “Combining Carbon dioxide sequestration and hydrogen production” at FESC (Orlando, Florida, September 28-29, 2010). (Invited Talk) “CO2 reduction and N2 fixation on transition-metal-doped MIL-88A (Fe)”, 2nd International Conference on Materials Genome (ICMG-II) ACCMS-Theme Meeting, SRM University, (24-25 March 2022). (Invited Talk) “Tri-phase photocatalysis for CO2 reduction and N2 fixation with efficient electron transfer on a hydrophilic surface of transition-metal-doped MIL-88A (Fe)”, 2nd ICRE-2022, International Conference on Renewable Energy, University of Rajasthan, (February 25-27, 2022) “Hydrogenation of Mg nano films using size-selected Palladium Nanoparticles” at Nanocluster Synthesis, Characterization and Applications (OIST, May 15- May 20, 2016). “Site-selective hydrogen absorption in Mg thin films using Palladium Nanoparticles” at Gordon Research Conference (Hydrogen-Metal Systems Boston, July 11- July 17, 2015). “Role of NaOH for hydrogen production” at SMEC (Miami- Puerto Rico-St. Thomas-St. Maarten-Miami, March 23- March 30, 2013). “Post-combustion CO2 capture using metal oxides” at SMEC (Miami- Puerto Rico-St. Thomas-St. Maarten-Miami, March 23- March 30, 2013). “Mineral Carbonation using MgO” at MCARE, (Hilton clear water beach, Florida, February 26-March 1, 2012). “Zero Carbon emission methods for hydrogen Production” at SMEC, (Miami- Belize-Mexico-Miami, March 27- April 2, 2011). “Combining Carbon dioxide sequestration and hydrogen production” at FESC (Orlando, Florida, September 28-29, 2010).