Email : sudarsanam.putla@chy.iith.ac.in Google Scholar: https://lnkd.in/eRifk2z (citations: ~5200, h-index: 41)
Biography
Dr. Sudarsanam Putla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Hyderabad (IITH), India. Before joining IITH (April 2022), Sudarsanam was a Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (Feb 2020- March 2022). He obtained his M.Sc. degree from IIT Madras and Ph.D. degree from CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad (Guide: Dr. B. Mahipal Reddy). From 2014 to 2019, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at RMIT University (Melbourne), Leibniz Institute of Catalysis (Germany), and KU Leuven (Belgium). His research group is mainly working in the area of Heterogeneous Catalysis, focusing on the development of advanced catalytic materials and sustainable catalytic processes for plastic waste recycling, biomass valorization, and diverse nitrogenous chemicals. He has been bestowed with several awards/fellowships: The Australian Alumni Award-2021, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship-2016 (Belgium), Participation at the 67th Nobel Laureate Meeting-2017 (Germany), Leibniz-DAAD Fellowship-2016 (Germany), and Endeavour Research Fellowship-2013 (Australia). He has authored 75+ publications in high-impact journals (h-index: 41 and ~5200 citations), 5 book chapters, and serves on numerous Editorial Boards of peer-reviewed journals: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Catalysis Communications, Molecular Catalysis, and Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.Recognitions
2024 - Associate Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences
2022 - Early Career Board Member of Molecular Catalysis Journal (Elsevier, IF: 5.062)
2021 - The Australian Alumni Award, The Australian Government
2021 - Editorial Board Member of Catalysis Communications Journal (Elsevier, IF: 3.626)
2021 - Editorial Board Member of Biomass Conversion & Biorefinery Journal (Springer, IF: 4.987)
2020 - Early Career Board Member of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Journal (IF: 9.224)
2017 - Participation at the 67th Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry), Lindau, Germany
2017 - Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, European Commission, Horizon 2020, Belgium
2016 - Visiting Research Scientist, Nanocat Centre, University of Malaya, Malaysia
2016 - Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship, DAAD, Germany
2015 - Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, The Catalysis Society of India
2013 - Best Senior Research Fellow Award, CSIR-IICT (Hyderabad)
2013 - Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australia
2013 - Ph.D. Student Award, XIth European Congress on Catalysis Conference, France
2012 - Young Researcher Award, ICONSAT Conference, DST-ARCI, Hyderabad, India
Editorial Activities
Editorial Board Member of Catalysis Communications Journal (Elsevier, IF: 3.51) https://lnkd.in/eYMTdKer
Editorial Board Member of Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Journal (Springer, IF: 4.05) https://www.springer.com/journal/13399/editors
Early Career Editorial Board Member of Molecular Catalysis Journal (Elsevier, IF: 5.062) https://lnkd.in/eiKd54R3
Early Career Editorial Board Member of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Journal (ACS, IF: 9.224) https://lnkd.in/eyj5QJK
Guest Editor for a SI "Supported Nanoparticles and Single-Atoms for Catalysis: Energy and Environmental Applications", ChemCatChem Journal (Wiley, IF: 5.686)
Guest Editor for a SI ‘’Catalytic Biomass Valorization – Status and Perspectives”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Journal (Springer, IF: 4.05)
Guest Editor for a SI “Analysis of solid-liquid interfaces in heterogeneous catalysis” Catalysis Communications journal (Elsevier, IF: 3.51)
Teaching
IC1040: Thermodynamics-1 BTech (2022, 23, 24)
CY1010: Environmental Chemistry BTech (2022, 23)
CY1031: Chemistry Lab BTech (2023, 24)
IC3030: Chemical Kinetics and Surface Chemistry BTech (2023)
IC3070: Heterogeneous Catalysis BTech (2024)