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Dr. K S Nagabhushana
Director - Research
Education
• Ph.D. Chemistry - Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation, University of Mysore, India (1998)
• M.Sc., Organic Chemistry - Bangalore University, India (1989-1991)
• B.Sc., Chemistry - Bangalore University, India (1986-1989)
Research Interests
• Natural Product Chemistry and Organic Synthesis
• Green Chemistry and Catalysis Nanomaterial
• Synthesis and Applications Nano- and Electro-catalysis
•Organometallic Chemistry
Professional Experience
• Chief Operating Officer, IITB-Monash Research Academy, India (2016-2021)
• Senior Scientist, TATA Chemicals Limited’s Innovation Centre (TCL-IC), India (2010-2016)
• Manager, Green Chemistry and Catalysis Division, (TCL-IC), India (2008-2010)
• Associate Professor, Manipal Institute of Technology, India (2007)
• Scientific In-charge, ITC-CPV, Karlsruhe/Heidelberg University, Germany (2005-2007)
• Senior Research Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany (2002-2004)
• Postdoctoral Fellow: Rhodes University, South Africa (2000-2001)
• Postdoctoral Fellow: University of the Western Cape, South Africa (1998-2000)
• Lecturer, PES College, Bangalore, India (1991-1992)
Biography
Dr. K.S. Nagabhushana is a distinguished researcher with nearly 27 years of experience in Natural Products Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Biotechnology, Nanomaterials, Food Chemistry, and Catalysis. He began his career as a Ph.D. candidate (CSIR fellow) at VMSRF, Mysore University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of the Western Cape and Rhodes University in South Africa. His international experience includes senior research positions at the Max-Planck Institute for Coal Research and as Scientific In-charge at ITC-CPV, Karlsruhe/Heidelberg University. He served as an Associate Professor at the Manipal Institute of Technology and was a lead researcher at TATA Chemicals Limited’s Innovation Centre. Before joining Prayoga, he was the Chief Operating Officer at the IITB-Monash Research Academy. Dr. Nagabhushana has published over 25 international journal articles, contributed to eight book chapters, and holds 15 patents, with significant achievements in commercial product development and technology transfers.
Ongoing Research Projects
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Representative Publication
Efficient Process for the Production of Alkyl Esters, RA Nagarkar, KS Nagabhushana, P Chaudhari, NK Mal, SE Dapurkar, ACS omega, 2022, 7 (32), 28129-28137. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c02247
Combined in situ EXAFS and electrochemical investigation of the oxygen reduction reaction on unmodified and Se-modified Ru/C, Konstantin N. L., Vladimir V. Kriventsov, Kyatanahalli S. Nagabhushana, Helmut Boennemann, Dimitrii I. Kochubey, Elena R. Savinova, Catalysis Today, 147, 3–4, 260-269, (2009) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2009.01.019
Reductive annealing for generating Se doped 20 wt% Ru/C cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction, Nagabhushana, K.S., Dinjus, E., Bönnemann, H. et al. J Appl Electrochem 37, 1515–1522 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-007-9423-0
Inhibition of Soybean and Potato Lipoxygenases by Bhilawanols from Bhilawan (Semecarpus anacardium) Nut Shell Liquid and Some Synthetic Salicylic Acid Analogues, Nagabhushana, K. S., Umamaheshwari, S., Tocoli, F. E., Prabhu, S. K., Green, I. R., & Ramadoss, C. S.. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 17(4), 255–259 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1080/1475636021000006243
Wet chemical synthesis of nanoparticles, Nagabhushana, K. S., & Bönnemann, H. (2004), In Zhou, B., Hermans, S., Somorjai, & G. A. (Eds.), Nanotechnology in Catalysis (pp. 51-82). https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000F-97C9-7
Awards/Honours/Affiliation/Membership
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