Dr. Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

Curriculum Vitae:gopinath

2000-present: Scientist at NCL.

1997-2000: Post Doctoral Fellow at University of California at Riverside with Prof. Francisco Zaera on molecular beam studies  of three way catalytic converter reactions on Rh(111) surfaces.

1995-1997: AvH fellow  at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany with Drs. N. Nücker and S. Schuppler on Angle resolved  photoemission studies of one and two dimensional materials.

1993-1995: Research Associate at RSIC, IIT Madras.

1989-1993:PhD at RSIC, IIT Madras with Prof. S. Subramanian. Thesis Title 'Photoelectron  spectroscopic studies of high Tc cuprate superconductors.

1987-1989: Project Associate at Dept of Chemistry, IIT Madras.

1984-1986: M.Sc. Chemistry(Physical Chemistry special) Madurai Kamraj University.

1981-1984: B.Sc. Chemistry, Madurai Kamraj University.

Full CV in pdf format.

 
Awards:
Dr. S.S. Deshpande National Award, Holkar College, Indore.
Fellow of the Indian  Academy of Science, Bangalore from 2011.
Council Member of the Chemical Research Society of India 2011-14.
Visiting CNRS  Professor at UCCS, Univ. Lille1, Lille, France between Sept. - Nov. 2010
Bronze medal from CRSI on 11th National Symposium in Chemistry at NCL,Pune, Feb.  2009.
Scientist  of the year Award at National Chemical Lab., Pune for 2006.
Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellowship from AvH  Foundation, Germany on 1995.
Dr.  T.P. Meenakshisundaranar GoldMedal for securing the First rank in M. Sc. (Chemistry) at Madurai Kamaraj University on 1986.
 
Affiliation:
 
Life Member of the Chemical Research Society of India.
Life Member of the Catalysis Society of India.
 
Recent Invited Talks:
 
1) 241st ACS National  Meeting, Anaheim, California on March 27-31, 2011 on (a) Electronic  decoupling of surface layers and its influence in oxidation catalysis: More  wine in old bottle, and (b) Combustion  synthesis to incorporate Nitrogen in ZnO and TiO2 and their  applications in solar energy harvesting.
2) Simple  Synthesis Strategy to Incorporate Nitrogen in ZnO and TiO2 and Their  Applications in Solar Energy Harvesting, 3rd International symposium  on materials chemistry, BARC, Mumbai, Dec. 7-11, 2010 .
3) Development  of New Materials for Solar Energy Harvesting: Nitrogen doped ZnO and TiO2,  Solid solution of GaN in ZnO, Mesoporous TiO2, Van't Hoff Institute of Molecular Sciences, Univ. Amsterdam,  Nov.15, 2010.
4) Band Gap  Engineered ZnO-based Multifunctional Solid Solution Materials for Visible Light  Photocatalysis,Development of novel  materials for hydrogen production and photocatalysis  (DNHP-2010), 26-27th March, 2010 at IMMT, Bhubaneswar (Invited).
5) A Revisit to CO Oxidation on Palladium Surfaces: A  Molecular beam study, 4th Mid-Year CRSI symposium in Chemistry, Indore, July 23-24, 2009
6)Electronic decoupling of surface layers  from bulk and its influence in carbon monoxide oxidation catalysis: A Molecular  beam study, Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, June 17, 2009.
7) Influence of  subsurface oxygen on Palladium towards oxidation catalysis, Science and  Technical Univ. Lille, France, June 15, 2009.
8) Electronic decoupling of surface layers from bulk and  its influence in CO oxidation catalysis: A Molecular beam study, 2nd  Intern. Conf. Physics at Surfaces and Interfaces, Puri, Feb. 2009
9) Synthesis, electronic structure and catalytic studies  of multifunctional ZnO1-xNx and Zn1-zGazO1-xNx  materials, 11th CRSI NSC,  NCL, Pune, Feb. 6-8, 2009. (Bronze Medal Lecture)
10) Influence of subsurface oxygen on palladium surfaces  towards CO oxidation at high temperatures, CATWORKSHOP-2008, IMMT,  Bhubaneshwar, Feb. 17-20, 2008
 
Review/Chapter in Books:
 
1) M. Vijayaraj, T. Mathew and C.S. Gopinath,*  Selective alkylation of organic substrates on spinels, Heterogeneous  Catalysis Research Progress, Ed. Mathias B. Gunther, pp. 145-191, (2008),  Nova Science, New York.
2) S. Nagarajan and C.S. Gopinath,* Diffusion of  chemisorbed oxygen into Pd-sub-surfaces and its influence in catalysis, J.  Indian Institute of Science, Vol. 90, 245-260 (2010) (Invited).
3) M. Mapa and C.S.Gopinath,*  Recent trends in materials towards visible light photocatalysis, Spl. Volume on  the occasion of Diamond jubilee of NCL on Chemistry of and Advanced Functional  Materials, Ed. by S.B. Ogale, 2010.
 
 
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