Siddhartha Sengupta

Biography

Research in our group is resting on understanding the catalytic activity and selectivity issues for supported metal and metal oxide and related heterogeneous catalyzed systems. Our current research interest is in the broad area of heterogeneously catalyzed reactions involving hydrocarbons for which the effects of various catalyst parameters were studied. A judicious choice of characterization techniques complimented with reactivity data assists in the understanding why some of the parameters do or do not have an effect on the catalytic activity and selectivity. Designing a catalyst using modifiers has also been undertaken and from the structure-reactivity relationships and statistical methodologies, an optimum catalytic composition was determined. Specifically, the reactions that are under consideration: (i) Dry Reforming of Methane to produce syngas and (ii) CO2 hydrogenation for the production of Methanol. Future studies will involve other hydrocarbon based reactions and the utilization of simultaneous in situ characterization and reaction techniques, coined as Operando spectroscopy, for the understanding of some heterogeneously catalyzed reactions.

Research Interest

Catalysis and reaction engineering ï‚· Supported metal and metal oxide catalysis : synthesis, characterization and reactivity ï‚· Membrane separation