Research Interests: Dr. Venkata D. B. C. Dasireddy (m) (Research Associate, Department of Catalysis and Chemical Engineering) received his PhD in Applied Catalysis in 2013 at University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. He has been working at NIC for 3 years (a member of NIC since May 2015). He started his career as a teacher in chemistry (2006-2007) and then a research assistant in a pharmaceutical industry (2008) and in Indian Institute of chemical technology (2008). He worked as a tutor for undergraduate students (BSc and BTech) at University of KwaZulu Natal from 2009-2012. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the University of KwaZulu Natal from 2013-2015. His expertise lies mainly in Green Chemistry and Heterogeneous nano-catalysis. During his PhD years, his research is focused on activating of C-H bonds through heterogeneous catalysis. After PhD, his research is focused in heterogeneous catalysis for green chemistry applications, chemical (process) engineering and reactor design. He published over 41 scientific research papers (28 as the first author) up to now and has an h-index of 8 (221 citations). He published his results with his co-workers in the Applied Catalysis A and Applied Catalysis B as an original research article and wrote two books on his research area. He also served as a Reviewer for various journals like Applied Catalysis A, ChemcatChem, Fuel, Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Energy Technology, and Catalysis Letters. He presented his results in Gordon Research Conference and Seminar, a highly prestigious conference series in the USA, as well as in European Catalysis Conference, EUROPACAT and other international conferences in Europe, India, Australia, and USA. Dr. Venkata D. B. C. Dasireddy will be responsible for heterogeneous catalysis materials.
Teaching Interests: I have taught a number of courses since 2006 as a tutor, lab technician, Demonstrator and Lecturer. These courses included (a) Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, (b) Analytical Chemistry (both quantitative and qualitative analysis with labs), (c) Instrumentation Analysis (with lab work), (d) Physical Chemistry (with lab work), (e) Chemical Literature and (f) Lab preparation and demonstration of Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation Analysis. I would feel very comfortable to teach the following courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels: (a) Analytical Chemistry (lab work), (b) Instrumental Analysis (lab work), (c) Physical Chemistry or Inorganic Chemistry, (d) Chemical Literature. I could also teach Heterogeneous Catalysis which is my main research interest.
