Dr. Ram Kumar

• SERB Ramanujan Faculty Fellow – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM, Feb – Sept 2023)
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar – Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering- University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA (Jan 2021 – Jan 2023)
• Research Affiliate at the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM)- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA, USA (Feb 2021 – Jan 2023)
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar – Collège de France, Paris (Prestigious 1530 Grand Research Establishment of French Govt.); Lab: Le Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP- UMR7574, CNRS (May 2017 – Nov 2019)
• Ph.D. in Materials Science (Integrated Ph.D.) – Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru (May 2017)
• M.S. in Materials Science (Integrated Ph.D.) – Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru (Aug 2013)

• Solid-State and Materials Chemistry
• Materials Synthesis Methodologies Development
• Process Chemistry
• Advanced and in situ TEM Techniques
• Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials
• Materials Characterization

Selected Publications:

1. Ram Kumar, Y. Song, A. Ghoridi, P. Boullay, G. Rousse, C. Grevais, C. Coelho Diogo, H. Kabbour, C. Sassoye, P. Beaunier, V. Castaing, B. Viana, M. L. R. Gonzalez, J. G. Calbet, C. L. Robert and D. Portehault, “Molten Salts-Driven Discovery of a Polar Mixed-Anion 3D Framework at the Nanoscale: Zn4Si2O7Cl2, Charge Transport and Photoelectrocatalysis” Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 2023, e202303487 (IF = 16.6).
2. Ram Kumar, M. Bahri, Y. Song, F. Gonell, C. Thomas, O. Ersen, C. Sanchez, C. L. Robert and D. Portehault, “Phase selective synthesis of nickel silicide nanocrystals in molten salts for electrocatalysis of the oxygen evolution reaction” Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 15209 (IF = 6.7).
3. Ram Kumar, K. Jalani, S. J. George and C.N.R. Rao “Non-covalent synthesis as a new strategy for generating supramolecular layered heterostructures” Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29, 9751 (IF = 8.6).
4. Ram Kumar, D. Raut, U. Ramamurty and C.N.R. Rao “Remarkable improvement in the mechanical properties and CO2 uptake of MOFs brought about by covalent linking to graphene” Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7857 (IF = 16.6).
5. Ram Kumar, K. Gopalakrishnan, I. Ahmad and C.N.R. Rao, “BN–graphene composites generated by covalent cross-linking with organic linkers” Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25, 5910 (IF = 19.9).

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