Education

Degree	University	Year	Specialisation
BSc	Kannur University	2006	Chemistry
MSc	Kannur University	2008	Chemistry
CSIR-JRF, NET	CSIR	2008	Chemical Science
PhD	CSIR-National chemical Laboratory, Pune	2009-2015	Lignin depolymerization to value added chemicals

Experience

Sl No.	From	To	Worked At	Designation
1	January 2015	June 2015	CSIR-National chemical Laboratory, Pune	PA-III
2	2015	2016	Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel	Post Doc Fellow
3	2016	2017	West Virginia University, USA	Associate Engineering Scientist (Post Doc))
4	2016	2017	West Virginia University, USA	Teaching Assistant
5	2021	Present	Pazhassi Raja NSS College, Mattanur	Assistant Professor (On contract)

Seminars/ Webinars Attended

Sl No.	Title of Seminar/ Webinar	Organising Institution	Venue	Duration	Level
1	Seminar on Nanotechnology	School of Chemical Science & School of Chemical Physics, Kannur University	Offline	-	State
2	20th National Symposium on Catalysis	IIT Madras	Offline	-	National
3	Current trends in Industrial catalysis	CSIR-NCL, Pune	Offline	-	National
4	2nd International Indo German Symposium on Green Chemistry and Catalysis for Sustainable Development	UDCT, Mumbai	Offline	-	International
5	21st National Symposium on Catalysis	IICT, Hyderabad	Offline	-	National
6	16th International Symposium on Homogeneous & Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC-16)	Hokkaido University, Japan	Offline	-	International
7	Post conference of ISHHC-16	Hokkaido University, Japan	Offline	-	International
8	National Science Day celebration	CSIR-NCL, Pune	Offline	-	National
9	AICHE -2017 Annual meeting USA	Global Chemical Engineers	Offline	-	International

Workshops Attended

Sl No.	Title of Workshop	Organising Institution	Venue	Duration
1	NCL-IISER Chemistry Workshop for school students for International year of Chemistry	CSIR-NCL and IISER, Pune	Offline	-
2	Workshop on Industrial Catalysis & Catalysis Processes (Indus CaP)	CSIR-NCL, Pune	Offline	-
3	Workshop on Size exclusion chromatography/Gel Permeation Chromatography	NCL-Venture Centre, Pune	Offline	-
4	Internship training on “Opportunities in petrochemical sector and its technical concepts	CIPET-CSTS, Mysuru	Offline	-

Paper Presentations

Sl No.	Paper Title	Conference name	Organiser	Date	Level	Mode
1	Synthesis, Characterization & Catalysis of Sulfonated Mesoporous Silica	20th National Symposium on Catalysis	IIT, Madras		National	Offline
2	Depolymerization of lignin using heterogeneous catalysts	Current trends in Industrial catalysis	CSIR-NCL, Pune		National	Offline
3	Heterogeneous catalysts in the conversion of lignocelluloses	2nd International Indo German Symposium on Green Chemistry and Catalysis for Sustainable Development	UDCT, Mumbai		International	Offline
4	Heterogeneous catalysts in the conversion of lignocelluloses	Workshop on Industrial Catalysis & Catalysis Processes	CSIR-NCL, Pune		National	Offline
5	Heterogeneous catalysts in the conversion of lignocelluloses	21st National Symposium on Catalysis	IICT, Hyderabad		National	Offline
6	Heterogeneous catalysts in the depolymerization of lignin to aromatic monomers and their further hydrodeoxygenation	16th International Symposium on Homogeneous & Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC-16)	Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan		International	Offline
7	Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin derived aromatic monomers using supported metal catalysts”	Post conference of ISHHC-16	Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan		International	Offline
8	Catalytic Decomposition of Methane into COx Free Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes over Mono and Bimetallic Ni, Fe, Co Catalysts	AICHE -2017 Annual meeting USA.	AICHE		International	Offline

Research Publications

Sl No.	Title	Books / Journal Name	Publisher	ISSN/ISBN	Volume	Issue	Pages	DOI	Year
1	Solid acid catalysed depolymerization of lignin into value added aromatic monomers	RSC Advances	Royal Society of Chemistry	-	4	25	12625-12629	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra47818a	2014
2	Lignin depolymerization into aromatic monomers over solid acid catalysts.	ACS Catalysis	Americal Chemical Society	-	5	1	365-369	https://doi.org/10.1021/cs501371q	2015
3	Function of metals and supports on the hydrodeoxygenation of phenolic compounds.	Chem Plus Chem	Wiley-VCH	-	79	11	1573-1583	https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201402145	2014
4	Value addition to lignocellulosics and biomass-derived sugars: An insight into solid acid based catalytic methods.	J. Chem. Sci.	Indian Academy of Sciences	-	126	-	373- 385.	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-014-0574-3	2014
5	Pollutant abatement of UAN alternative fuel over mono, bimetallic Pt and Ru catalysts	ACS Omega	Americal Chemical Society	-	2	11	8273–8281	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b01344	2017
6	Methane decomposition to tip and base grown nanotubes and COx free H2 over mono and bimetallic 3d transition metal catalysts	Catalysis Science and Technology	Royal Society of Chemistry	-	8	3	858-869.	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cy01927k	2018
7	Methane Pyrolysis for Carbon Nanotubes and COx-FreeH2 over Transition-Metal Catalysts.	Energy Fuels	American Chemical Society	-	33	1	197–205	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b03502	2019

Area Of Interests

Sl No.	Interests
1	Design, characterization and activity study of heterogeneous catalysts
2	Valorization of biomass into fuels and chemicals
3	Lignin depolymerization into value added chemicals
4	Hydrodeoxygenation studies of lignin derived aromatic monomers
5	Catalytic study over the pollutant reduction of nitrogen based-alternative fuel
6	Catalytic study on the natural gas (shale gas) conversion

Subjects Handled

Sl No.	Subjects
1	Bio Inorganic Chemistry
2	Green Chemistry and Green methods
3	Organic reaction Mechanism
4	Carbohydrates
5	Chemical kinetics
6	Thermodynamics
7	Forensic Chemistry
8	Cosmetics
9	Safe Laboratory Practices
10	Recent advances in Chemistry

Examinership Duties Performed

Sl No.	Duties
1	Invigilator
2	Additional Examiner
3	Practical Examiner
4	Project Evaluation
5	-

Memberships

Sl No.	Name of the Institution	Membership No.	Type	Year	Responsibilities Undertaken	Responsibility/Position	Committee/Cell	Duration
1	Catalysis Society of India	TIN-Csi-22067876	Lifetime	2025	-	-	-	-

Responsibilities Undertaken

Sl No.	Responsibilities
1	Question Bank preparation Panel (FYUGP)

Duties Performed

Sl No.	Duties
1	Examination Duty
2	University Valuation

Awards and Honours

Sl No.	Name of Award	Awarding Agency Level	Date/Year	Purpose
1	DST-JSPS granted funding	International	2013	To attend 16th International Symposium on Homogeneous & Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC-16) held at Sapporo, Japan
2	DST, India granted funding	National	2013	To attend 7th International Conference on Acid Base Catalysis (ABC-7), Tokyo, Japan
3	University Rank holder	University	2006	BSc Chemistry Exam
4	Most Read Article Published in the journal RSc Advances	International	2014	Solid acid catalysed depolymerization of lignin into value added aromatic monomers. A. K. Deepa and Paresh L. Dhepe, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 12625-12629.
5	Most Read Article Published in the journal ACS Catalysis	International	2015	Lignin depolymerization into aromatic monomers over solid acid catalysts. A. K. Deepa and Paresh L. Dhepe, ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 365–379.
6	Got listed in ACS catalysis highlights of most cited papers from around the globe: India in ACS Catal.	International	2020	Lignin depolymerization into aromatic monomers over solid acid catalysts. A. K. Deepa and Paresh L. Dhepe, ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 365–379.

Any Other Information

Sl No.	Title	Description
1	Technical Skills	Very conversant with High pressure reactors (Parr autoclaves), fixed bed (plug flow reactors) GC (FID, TCD), GC-MS, HPLC, MALDI-TOF, GPC, UV, FT-IR, powder XRD, TGA-DTG, HR-SEM-EDAX, HR-TEM, N2-adsorption study, solid state NMR, NH3-TPD, H2 chemisorption
2	Citations of publications	Total citations = 1024, i-10 index = 7, h index = 7