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Principle Investigator

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Dr. A. Muthukrishnan

Associate Professor

School Of Chemistry
IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Email: muthukrishnan@iisertvm.ac.in
Phone: +91(0)471-2778104

Vidwan_ID: 94166
Orcid_ID: 0000-0001-9971-0093
Google Scholar_ID: UHL2zU4AAAAJ
 

Professional experience​

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  • Associate Professor (2025 - till date): School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram,​ India.

  • Assistant Professor (2017-2025): School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, India.

  • Assistant Professor (2017): School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India.

Education

  • Post-doc. (2017): Carbon alloy catalysts lab, Department of Materials science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (Professor Takeo Ohsaka and Dr. Yuta Nabae).

  • Post-doc. (2012): Professor Lin-Chi Chen Lab, Department of Bio-industrial and Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Ph.D. (2010): Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, under the guidance of Professor. M.V. Sangaranarayanan.

  • M.Sc. (2005): Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

  • B. Sc. (2003): Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.

  Awards and fellowships

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  • Gold medal for the top rank in B. Sc. (chemistry) awarded by Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.​

  • Qualified in the National Level Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India for the Junior Research Fellowship.​

  • Qualified in the Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India with 97.99% (All India rank: 71)​

  • Awarded Langmuir Prize for the best doctoral thesis for the year 2011 in the Physical Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry section by Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Research Projects​

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  • Exploring the active sites of nitrogen and boron-containing/doped materials: N-C-B and N2-C-B type active sites for electrocatalytic 4-electron oxygen reduction reaction sponsored by Department of Science (DST), India (DST/TMD/HFC/2k-24). Amount: Rs. 50,83,120 (Completed) .

  • Electrochemical Routes to Synthesis the 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid from Biomass-Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Sponsored by MoE (STARS), India (MoE-STARs/STARS-2/2023-0368) Amount: Rs. 40,00,000 (ongoing).

Contact 

Contact Address

Dr. A. Muthukrishnan

Associate Professor  

School of Chemistry  IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala, PO: Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram - 695551, Kerala, India.

Email: muthukrishan@iisertvm.ac.in 

Phone: +91(0)471-2778104

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Office

CSB-3111B 

School of Chemistry

IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Maruthamala P.O., Vithura

Kerala, 695551​

Laboratory

CSB-3111A and 2203

School of Chemistry

IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Maruthamala P.O., Vithura

Kerala, 695551​

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