Sagar Sourav

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Phone: +91 44 2257 4194

Email: souravs@iitm.ac.in

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Experience

Feb 2024 – To Present: Assistant Professor

Research Areas

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • In-situ and Operando Spectroscopic Characterization of Catalysts
  • Transient Kinetics and Reaction Studies
  • Catalytic Hydrocarbon Conversion and Valorization
  • Carbon Circular Economy (Sustainable Energy and Chemical Production)

Selected Journal Publications

Sourav, Y. Wang, D. Kiani, J. Baltrusaitis, R. R. Fushimi and I. E. Wachs; ā€œResolving the Types and Origin of Lattice Oxygen Species present in supported Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2Ā Catalysts for Oxidative Coupling of Methaneā€,Ā ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 10288
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Sourav, Y. Wang, D. Kiani, J. Baltrusaitis, R. R. Fushimi and I. E. Wachs; New Mechanistic and Reaction Pathway Insights for Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM) over Na2WO4/SiO2Ā catalysts,Ā Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 60, 21502
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Sourav,Ā D. Kiani, Y. Wang, J. Baltrusaitis, R. R. Fushimi and I. E. Wachs; Molecular Structure and Catalytic Promotional Effect of Mn on supported Na2WO4/SiO2 Catalyst for Oxidative Coupling of Methane Reaction,Ā Catalysis Today, 2023, 416, 113837

Kiani,Ā S. Sourav, J. Baltrusaitis and I. E. Wachs; ā€œOxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM) by SiO2-Supported Tungsten Oxide Catalysts Promoted with Mn and Naā€,Ā ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 5912

Wang,Ā S. Sourav, K. Yu, Y. Kwak, W. Zheng, D. G. Vlachos; Green Syngas Production by Microwave-Assisted Dry Reforming of Methane on Doped Ceria Catalysts,Ā ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023, 11, 36, 13353

Wu,Ā S. Sourav, A. Worrad, J. Zhou, S. Caratzoulas, G. Tsilomelekis, W. Zheng, D. G. Vlachos; Dynamic Formation of BrĆønsted Acid Sites over Supported WOx/Pt on SiO2Ā Inverse Catalystsā”€Spectroscopy, Probe Chemistry, and Calculations,Ā ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 11, 7371

Yu,Ā S. Sourav, W. Zheng, D. G. Vlachos; Dynamic electrification steers the selectivity of CO2Ā hydrogenation,Ā Chemical Engineering Journal,Ā 2024, 481, 148528

Research Projects

  • Development of tunable catalysts for sustainable energy and chemical production.
  • Catalyst development for conversion of CO2 to fuel and value-added chemicals.
  • Chemical looping catalysis for process intensification and decarbonization

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Awards & Recognitions

  • Winner of the Catalysts 2021 Best PhD Thesis Award.
  • Honored with the Graduate Fellowship Award from the Idaho National Laboratory, spanning from 2019 to 2021.
  • Recognized with the Dean’s Doctoral Student Assistantship Award from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University, covering the academic year 2016-2017.
  • Winner of the Academic Excellence Award from IIT Kanpur in 2016.