Nirmal Kumar

Dr. Nirmal Kumar

Assistant Professor, Amity University Noida, India, 201313

+91-9259553548, Email: nkumar22@amity.edu; nirkatiyar@gmail.com

Alma mater: Dr Kumar completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur India in 2018. Dr Kumar joined LSBU as a PDRA and moved from Israel where he was working as Kreitman Post-Doctoral Fellow at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva. His academic preparation (Master’s) studies were based at AMU, Aligarh in India, 2011.

Research portfolio: Dr Nirmal Kumar is an Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Applied Science, Amity University Noida, UP His thematic research is on “Nanomaterial’s preparation and their functional application”. To date, he has published 55+ Journal papers with ~2200 citations (Google scholar). He is currently working development of catalytic materials, and thermal spray coating of High entropy alloys for different applications and their theoretical modelling by Molecular dynamics (MD). The High entropy alloys are endowed with exceptional properties for catalytic activity and structural application, etc. His devotion is towards the development of nature-inspired materials for eco-friendly sustainable development.

Research achievements:

1.     Newton Fellowship (2019-2023): London South bank University, London, UK awarded by Royal Society UK ((NIF\R1\191571))

2.     PBC (Planning and Budget Committee) (2019-2021) Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Higher Education Society of Israel, Awarded by Council of Higher Education              Israel.

3.     Krietman Post-Doctoral fellowship Israel (2018-2019) completed at Ben Gurion University of Negev Beer Sheva Israel, awarded by BGU Israel

4.     Young Scientist, DST abroad Travel award (2017) ITS grant (utilized to present research articles in an international conference in Montana state university Leoben           Austria) awarded by DST India.

Funding

       1.  Multiscale study of a novel biomatter‑nanoparticle interaction mechanism for fast detection of viruses Funded by Royal Society UK, 2020‑2023, £ 140,000 (PI).

       2. Hubert Curien Alliance grant in 2021‑2022,funded by British Council, £10,000 (Co‑PI).

       3. Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ Early Career Researcher (2022-2023), £ 30,000 (PI)

Relevant Journal papers: Total published: 55+ with cumulative Scholar Google citations ~2200, h-index: 23

1.   Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Goel G, Hawi S and Goel S., “Nature inspired Materials: Emerging trends and prospects”, NPG Asia Materials, Nature Magazine, 13 (2021) 56,    10.1038/s41427-021-00322-y .

2. Nirmal Kumar Katiyar**,** Shikha Dhakar, Arko Parui, Pooja Gakhad, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Krishanu Biswas, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, and Sudhanshu Sharma, "Electrooxidation of Hydrazine Utilizing High-Entropy Alloys: Assisting the Oxygen Evolution Reaction at the Thermodynamic Voltage", ACS Catalysis, 11, 22, (2021) 14000–14007

3.   N. Kumar Katiyar, K. Biswas, J.-W. Yeh, S. Sharma, C. Sekhar Tiwary, A perspective on the catalysis using the high entropy alloys, Nano Energy 88 (2021) 106261.

4.   Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Krishanu Biswas, and C.S. Tiwary, Cryomilling as Environmentally Friendly Synthesis Route to Prepare Nanomaterials, International Materials     Reviews, DOI:10.1080/09506608.2020.1825175, 2020.

5.   Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, S. Nellaiappan et al., Formic acid and methanol electro-oxidation and counter hydrogen production using nano high entropy catalyst, Mater. Today Energy, 16, 100393 (2020).

6.   Subramanian Nellaiappan, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, (equal contribution) Ritesh Kumar et al., High-Entropy Alloys as Catalysts for the CO2 and CO Reduction Reactions‒Part II: Experimental Realization, ACS-Catalyst, 10 (6), 3658-3663, (2020).

7.   K.M.B. Urs, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, (equal contribution) R. Kumar, K. Biswas, A.K. Singh, C.S. Tiwary, V. Kamble, Multi-component (Ag–Au–Cu–Pd–Pt) alloy nanoparticle-decorated p-type 2D-molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) for enhanced hydrogen sensing, Nanoscale, 12, 11830-11841, (2020).

Board/Committees/Membership

1.  Life member of Electron Microscope Society (EMSI) of India, Membership No. LM-1146

2. Life member of Society for materials Chemistry (SMC) of India, Membership no. LM-2289

3. Chartered member of ICheM (CEng): Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)   

4. Editorial Board member of Journal "Biomaterials and Polymer Horizon"  Eurasia Academic Publishing Group (EAPG)     

5. Editorial Board member of Journal "Nanofabrication"  De Gruyter Publishing Group

6. Guest Editor of Special Issue in Materials "Newer Paradigms in Advanced Materials Characterisation" MDPI Publisher

7. Guest Editor special issue Discover Sustainability, Springer Nature. -"Advancing Sustainable Chemistry, Materials, Energy, and Waste Management,