Marching with the vision of sustainable environment!
Karthikeyan Sekar
Research Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry,
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
|The Royal Society-Newton and JSPS-UK Alumnus|
Experience:
May 2023- Research Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Chemistry, SRMIST, India.
October -November 2023, Visiting Faculty, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Jan 2021- May 2021-Specially Appointed Researcher, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Nov 2018-Dec 2020-JSPS Fellow: Earth Resources Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan.
Jun 2018-Nov 2018-PDRA: Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Aston University, United Kingdom.
Jun 2016-May 2018-The Royal Society-Newton International Fellow: Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Aston University, United Kingdom.
Jan 2016-May 2016-Post-Doc: Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
March 2012 to April 2015-Senior Research Fellow (CSIR): Environmental Technology Division, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India.
June 2009 to March 2012- Project Assistant (CSIR-CLRI): Environmental Technology Division, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute and Chennai, India.
Education:
2018: PGCert., Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education in Aston University, UK.
2017: ILTP., Introduction to Learning & Teaching practice, Aston University, UK.
2015: Ph.D., (Chemistry): University of Madras, Chennai, India.
2009: B.Ed., Institute of Advanced Study in Education (IASE), Chennai. India, 78%.
2008: M.Sc., (Chemistry): Bharathidhasan University, Tamil Nadu, India, 71.80%.
2005: B.Sc., (Chemistry): Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, India, 76.57%.
Currently, the lab's key study areas include photocatalysis- hydrogen production, electrocatalysis- hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution, and oxygen reduction processes. We want to develop effective catalysts for light-driven chemical processes like splitting water to produce hydrogen. The work of the lab has the potential to advance greener technology and sustainable energy sources. In future lab has aim to focus towards reduction of Carbon dioxide, which is the alternate for future fuel.