Dr. Srinivasarao Kancharla

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions.

• Design and synthesis of novel ionic liquids.

• Estimating physicochemical properties of ionic liquids.

• Sustainable materials processing in ionic liquids.

• Mechanism understanding of ionic liquid based application processes.

• Preparation of novel non-aqueous colloidal solutions using greener solvents.

• Application of microemulsions in improving solubility of poorly soluble active compounds

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India ( June 2009 - October 2014). Research Advisor: Dr. Arvind Kumar (Principal Scientist)

• Thesis title: “Synthesis and Self-Assembly of surface active ionic liquids (SAILs) in aqueous and ionic liquid media.” Grade (Course work) : GPA: 8.85/10

• M.Sc., Chemistry from AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India (June 2007 - April 2009 ). Grade: First Class with distinction (GPA: 5.36/7)

• B.Sc., Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics from GCKVN Degree College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India (June 2003 – April 2006). Grade: First Class (73%)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Worked as project assistant in a DST sponsored project entitled “solute-solvent interaction of ionic liquids with ethylene glycol and its derivatives.” June 2009 - April 2012

• CSIR-Senior Research Fellow, worked for a project entitled “synthesis and self-assembling behavior of surfactant like ionic liquids in aqueous and ionic liquid medium.” June 2012 - October 2014.

• Postdoc Researcher at Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea for a project entitled “Understanding the molecular interactions responsible for the LCST behavior of Phosphonium based ionic liquid aqueous solutions.” November 2014 – October 2015

• Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Madras, India.February 2016- March 2017

• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyushu University, Japan. April 2017 – March 2019

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Synthesis and characterization of novel surfactants.

• Synthesis and characterization of novel ionic liquids.

• Characterization of self-assembly of surfactants in aqueous and ionic liquid medium.

• Preparation of colloidal solutions like micelles, vesicles and microemulsions.

• Nanoparticle synthesis in colloid solution medium.

• Preparation of ionogel and nanocomposite ionogel.

• Also, I can independently handle Isothermal titration calorimeter (ITC), Tensiometer, Rheometer, dynamic light scattering, UV-Vis, fluorescence, optical microscope, viscometer and aware of using NMR, FTIR, LC-MS, DSC, XRD, SEM and TEM

FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS

• Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Department of Science and Technology to work in a DST sponsored project during June 2009 – April 2012.

• Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for two years (one year extendable) from April 2012 to October 2014.

• Best oral presentation award, National Chemical Constellation Cheminar held at NIT-Jalandhar, Punjab during August 20-21, 2011.

• Young researcher participant in 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, dedicated to Chemistry held at Lindau, Germany during 30th June – 5th July 2013.

• DFG invitation to visit various research institutions and universities in Germany 6 to 13th July 2013.

• Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship IIT Madras 2016-2018.

• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. Keiko Sasaki, Kyushu University, Japan (2017 – 2019).

• FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. Joao A P Coutinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal (2017-2022).

• Guest Researcher, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO), Australia during 21st February – 27 February 2017

SYMPOSIA / CONFERENCES / SEMINAR

• Presented a poster in 13th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry and 5th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium in Chemistry held at NISER, Bhubaneswar, during February 4-6, 2011.

• Given oral presentation in National Chemical Constellation Cheminar held at NIT-Jalandhar, Punjab during August 20-21, 2011.

• Young researcher participant in 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, dedicated to Chemistry held at Lindau, Germany during 30th June – 5th July 2013.

• Given an oral presentation in 5th Asian Conference on colloid and interface science held at North Bengal University, Dargeeling, India, during November 20-23, 2013.

• Presented a poster in 6th International Conference on Ionic Liquids (COIL-6) held at Jeju, South Korea, during June 16-20, 2015.

• Presented a poster at Chemistry in House Symposium (CiHS) held by Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India during Aug, 2016.

• Attended a seminar on instrumental methods held by Thermo Fisher Scientific at Chennai on 29th April 2016.

PUBLICATIONS

1. K. Srinivas Rao, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Hariom Gupta, Markus Drechsler and Arvind Kumar* Sodium Bromide Induced Micelle to Vesicle Transitions of Newly Synthesized Anionic Surface Active Ionic Liquids Based on Dodecylbenzenesulfonate. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 4263-4274.

2. K. Srinivasa Rao, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Tushar J. Trivedi, and Arvind Kumar* Self-assembly of AOT derived anionic surface active Ils in aqueous media. J. Colloid. Interface. Sci., 2014, 428, 267.

3. K. Srinivasa Rao, Soonyong So and Arvind Kumar,* Vesicles and Reverse Vesicles of an Ionic Liquid in Ionic Liquids. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 8111.

4. K. Srinivasa Rao, Tushar J Trivedi, Arvind Kumar,* Aqueous-Biamphiphilic Ionic Liquid Systems: Self-Assembly and Synthesis of Gold Nanocrystals/Microplates. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 14363.

5. K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, Tushar J. Trivedi and Arvind Kumar,* Aggregation Behavior of Amino Acid Ionic Liquid Surfactants in Aqueous Media. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2011, 115, 13847.

6. K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar,*Aqueous-Mixed Ionic Liquids System: Phase Transitions and Synthesis of Gold Nanocrystals. Langmuir, 2011, 27, 9261.

7. K. Damarla, P. Bharmoria, K. Srinivasa Rao, P. S. Gehlot, Kumar, A. Illuminating Microemulsions: Ionic Liquid-CdS Quantum Dots Hybrid Materials as Potential White Light Harvesting Systems. Chem. Commun. 2016 ,52, 6320-6323.

8. Praveen Singh Gehlot, K. Srinivas Rao, Hariom Gupta, Markus Drechsler and Arvind Kumar*, Spontaneous Formation of Multi-Architecture Vesicles of [C8mim][Br] + [Na][DBS] in Aqueous Medium: Synergetic Interplay of Electrostatic, Hydrophobic and π-π stacking Interactions. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119 (49), pp 15300–15309.

9. Tushar J Trivedi, K. Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar,* Facile preparation of agarose-chitosan hybrid materials and nanocomposite ionogels using an ionic liquid via dissolution, regeneration and sol-gel transition. Green Chemistry, 2014, 16, 320.

10. Pankaj Bharmoria, K. Srinivasa Rao, Tushar J Trivedi, and Arvind Kumar,* Biamphiphilic Ionic Liquid Induced Folding Alterations in the Structure of Bovine Serum Albumin in Aqueous Medium. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 118, 115.

11. Tejwant Singh, K. Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar,* Effect of Ethylene Glycol and Its Derivatives on the Aggregation Behaviour of an Ionic Liquid 1-Butyl-3-methyl Imidazolium Octylsulfate in Aqueous Medium. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 1612.

12. Tushar J. Trivedi, K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, Subir Mandal, Narottam Sutradhar, Asit Baran Panda and Arvind Kumar*, Task Specific, Biodegradable Amino Acid Ionic Liquid Surfactants. ChemSusChem, 2011, 4, 604.

13. Tejwant Singh, K. Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar,* Polarity Behaviour and Specific Interactions of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids in Ethylene-Glycol. ChemPhysChem, 2011, 12, 836.

14. Manjinder Kaur, K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, V. P. Mohandas and Arvind Kumar* Effect of Ethylene Glycol and its Derivatives on the Solubility Behavior of CaSO4·2H2O in the Aqueous NaCl System and Physicochemical Solution Properties at 35 0C. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2010, 55, 4704.

15. Bhupinder Kumar, Tejwant Singh, K. Srinivasa Rao, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar,* Thermodynamic and spectroscopic studies on binary mixtures of imidazolium ionic liquids in ethylene glycol. J. Chem Thermodyn., 2012, 44, 121.

16. K. Srinivasarao, Dosoek Kim* Spectroscopic Investigation on LCST Behavior of Tetrabutylphosphonium Trifluoroacetate Ionic Liquid in Aqueous Medium. (Manuscript Submitted)

Invited Book Chapter:

K. Srinivasa Rao, Pankaj Bharmoria, Tushar J Trivedi, Arvind Kumar, (2015) Chapter 8. “Self-assembly of surface active ionic liquids in aqueous medium.” In (Eds) B.K. Paul, S. P. Moulik, Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactant Self-Assemblies: Formulation, Characterization, and Applications. (Wieley) ISBN: 978-1-118-83419-0.