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ravikumar@nitsri.ac.in
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118, Department of Chemistry, Main Faculty Block, NIT Srinagar - 190006, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Dr.Ravi Kumar

Assistant Professor

Synthetic Porphyrin Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Catalysis, Non-Linear Optics

Education

Degree Institute CGPA Year Subject Description
Postdoctoral Kangwon National University SouthKorea 2017 Expanded Porphyrins Expanded Porphyrins and Supramolecular Chemistry
Postdoctoral Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 2016 Synthetic Porphyrin Chemistry Research on Porphyrinoid Materials
Ph. D. IIT Roorkee 2015 Synthetic Porphyrin Chemistry Synthesis and Applications of ß- and Meso-Substituted Porphyrins
M.Sc. University of Jammu 2011 Chemistry Organic Chemistry
UGC-NET UGC-CSIR 2010 Chemical Sciences Chemical Sciences

Publications Journal

Month-Year Authors Paper Title Volume PageNo DOI Impact Factor Type Journal Name
MAY 2023 W. Arif and R. Kumar Regioselective 2, 3-Disubstituted Porphyrins: Synthesis, Spectral, Structural and Electrochemical Properties 47 10541-10551 3.925 SCI New Journal of Chemistry
DEC 2022 I. A. Lone and R. Kumar Exploring the Electronic Influence of ß-Br Substitutions in CuTPP on Electrochemical Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline Medium 7 e202202765 2.3 SCI Chemistry Select
DEC 2021 M. Verma, I. Lee, S. Sharma, R. Kumar, V. Kumar, H. Kim Simultaneous removal of heavy metals and ciprofloxacin micropollutants from wastewater using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-functionalized ß-cyclodextrin-chitosan adsorbent 6 34624-34634 4.13 SCI ACS Omega
MAR 2021 M. Singh, D. Vaya, R. Kumar, B. Dass Role of EDTA capped cobalt oxide nanomaterial in photocatalytic degradation of dyes 86 327 1.1 SCI J. Serb. Chem. Soc.
JUL 2020 M Verma, A Kumar, KP Singh, R Kumar, V Kumar, CM Srivastava Graphene oxide-manganese ferrite (GO-MnFe2O4) nanocomposite:One-pot hydrothermal synthesis and its use for adsorptive removal ofPb2+ions from aqueous medium 315 113769 6.6 SCI Journal of Molecular Liquids
JUL 2019 S.-J. Hong, R. Dutta, R. Kumar, Q. He, V. M. Lynch, J. L. Sessler, C.-H. Lee Meso-Alkylidenyl Dibenzihexaphyrins: Synthesis and Protonation Studies 55 9693-9696 6.2 SCI Chemical Communications
MAY 2018 R. Kumar, V. Sudhakar, K. Prakash, K. Krishnamoorthy and M. Sankar Tuning the Photovoltaic Performance of DSSCs by Appending Various Donor Groups on trans-Dimesityl Porphyrin Backbone 1 2793-280 6.96 SCI ACS Applied Energy Materials
JUN 2018 N. Grover, R. Kumar, N. Chaudhri, R. J. Butcher and M. Sankar ß-Heptasubstituted Porphyrins: Synthesis, Structural, Spectral and Electrochemical Properties 2018 3338-3343 2.55 SCI European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
JAN 2018 X. Ke, R. Kumar, M. Sankar and Karl M. Kadish Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry of Cobalt Porphyrins with p-Extending and/or Highly Electron-Withdrawing Pyrrole Substituents. In Situ Electrogeneration of s-Bonded Complexes 57 1490-1503 5.4 SCI Inorganic Chemistry
MAY 2017 R. Kumar, P. Yadav, A. Saxena, R. J. Butcher and M. Sankar ß-Trisubstituted 'Push-Pull' Porphyrins: Synthesis, Structural, Photophysical and Electrochemical Redox Properties 2017 3269–3274 2.55 SCI European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
JUL 2017 X. Ke, P. Yadav, L. Cong, R Kumar, M. Sankar and K. M. Kadish Electrogeneration of Porphyrin Trianions and Tetraanions in Nonaqueous Media 56 8527-8537 5.4 SCI Inorganic Chemistry
2017 R. Dutta, D. Firmansyah, R. Kumar, J. Yoo, E. Mulugeta, H. Jo, K. M. Ok and C.-H. Lee BF2-Complexes of Carbazole-Benzimidazole Conjugates: Synthesis, Structures and Spectroscopic Properties 38 1163–1168 1.24 SCI Bull. Korean Chem. Soc
JAN 2016 R. Kumar, V. Sudhakar, K. Krishnamoorthy and M. Sankar Synthesis and Characterization of Simple Cost-effective Trans-A2BC-porphyrins with Various Donor Groups for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 40 5704-5713 3.9 SCI New Journal of Chemistry
2016 R. Kumar, A. Saxena and M. Sankar Mixed ß-Bromo/Cyano Tetrasubstituted-meso-tetraphenylporphyrin Cu(II) Complexes: Synthesis and Electrochemical studies 20 1420-1425 1.9 SCI Journal of Porphyrins and Pthalocyanines
APR 2015 R. Kumar, N. Chaudhri and M. Sankar, Ratiometric and Colorimetric “naked eye” Selective Detection of CN? ions by Electron Deficient Ni(II) Porphyrins and their Reversibility Studies 44 9149-9157 4.6 SCI Dalton Transactions
APR 2015 R. Kumar, P. Yadav, A. Kumar and M. Sankar Facile Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies of Diethoxyphosphorylphenyl Substituted Porphyrin and its metal complexes 44 914-916 1.8 SCI Chemistry Letters
SEP 2015 R. Kumar, N. Chaudhary, M. Sankar and M. R. Maurya Electron Deficient Nonplanar ß-Octachlorovanadylporphyrin as a Highly Efficient and Selective Epoxidation Catalyst for Olefins 44 17720-17729 4.57 SCI Dalton Transactions
SEP 2015 R. Kumar, P. Yadav, P. Rathi and M. Sankar Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Electrochemical redox, Solvatochromism and anion binding properties of ß-Tetra- and -Octaphenylethynyl Substituted meso-Tetraphenylporphyrins 5 82237-82246 4.03 SCI RSC Advances
SEP 2015 R. Kumar, P. Yadav, P. Rathi and M. Sankar, Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Electrochemical redox, Solvatochromism and anion binding properties of ß-Tetra- and -Octaphenylethynyl Substituted meso-Tetraphenylporphyrins 5 82237-82246 4.03 SCI RSC Advances
JUL 2015 K. Praksh, R. Kumar and M. Sankar, Mono- and Tri-ß-Substituted Unsymmetrical Metalloporphyrins: Synthesis, Structural, Spectral and Electrochemical Properties 5 66824-66832 4.03 SCI RSC Advances
NOV 2014 R. Kumar and M. Sankar Synthesis, Spectral and Electrochemical Studies of Electronically Tunable ß-Substituted Porphyrins with Mixed Substituent Pattern 53 2706-12719 5.4 SCI Inorganic Chemistry

Publications Conference

Month-year Authors Type Identifier Title Conference Name
APR 2016 Electrogeneration and Electrochemistry of Sigma-Bonded Cobalt Porphyrins with Pi-Extended Systems and/or Highly Electron-Withdrawing Pyrrole Substituents Electrogeneration and Electrochemistry of Sigma-Bonded Cobalt Porphyrins with Pi-Extended Systems and/or Highly Electron-Withdrawing Pyrrole Substituents http://ma.ecsdl.org/content/MA2016-01/13/851.short
APR 2015 Asymmetrically Î’-Substituted Porphyrins: Synthesis, Photophysical, and Electrochemical Redox Properties Asymmetrically Î’-Substituted Porphyrins: Synthesis, Photophysical, and Electrochemical Redox Properties http://ma.ecsdl.org/content/MA2015-01/11/972.short
FEB 2015 Selective Cyanide ion Detection by ß-Substituted Electron Deficient Metalloporphyrins poster presented at the 17th National Symposium in Chemistry organized by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), February 6-8, 2015 at NCL, Pune.
DEC 2013 Synthesis of ß-substituted ‘Push-pull’ Porphyrins for Nonlinear Optical (NLO) Applications” R. Kumar and M. Sankar, “Synthesis of ß-substituted ‘Push-pull’ Porphyrins for Nonlinear Optical (NLO) Applications” poster presented at the 15th national symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XV), December 13-16, 2013 at IIT Roorkee, India

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Any Other Professional or Extra-curricular Achievements

Type Achievement Date Desciption
Extra-Curricular Invited Speaker on “Porphyrin Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to Harvest Inexhaustible Solar Energy” at National Conference “Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environment: Challenges and Remedies (CRESE-2018)” organized by School of Energy Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Univerisity (SMVDU), Katra, J&K on April 24-25, 2018.
Extra-Curricular Act as Chairperson for one of technical session at National Conference “Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environment: Challenges and Remedies (CRESE-2018)” organized by School of Energy Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Univerisity (SMVDU), Katra, J&K on April 24-25, 2018.
Extra-Curricular Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) at Kangwon National University, SouthKorea with Korean Chemical Society President Prof. Chang Hee Lee
Extra-Curricular Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) at Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica Taiwan
Extra-Curricular Recipient of SPP Student Assistance Grant to attend the Eighth International Conference of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-8), June 22-27, 2014, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Extra-Curricular Qualified CSIR-NET with all India Rank 72 in the very first attempt during third semester of M.Sc.

Research Funded Projects / Consultancy

Type Project Title PI/CI Funding Agency Duration Year Amount
RFP Molecular Engineering on Porphyrin Skeleton to Develop Novel Nanotweezers Dr. Ravi Kumar DST-SERB 03 Y 2022 3920063

Work Experience

Designation Organization From Date To Date Remark
Head of Department of Chemistry J & K Higher Education Department 28-05-2017 20-11-2017
Assistant Professor J & K Higher Education Department 21-04-2017 12-10-2018
Postdoctoral Researcher Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica Taiwan 14-06-2016 18-04-2017