Advanced Energy Materials Laboratory

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY  : 
 

Prof. Sangaraju Shanmugam obtained his doctorate in 2004 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. Thereafter, in 2005, he joined the Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Israel as a Postdoctoral Fellow, where he investigated “Sonoelectrochemical Synthesis of metal nanoparticles”. In late 2007, he joined as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Waseda University and continued his research in "Catalysis for energy applications". In 2011, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at DGIST and promoted to a Tenured Full Professor in 2019.

 

Shanmugam currently has 145 refereed publications to his credit, 5 Indian Patents, and filed 12 Korean patents. His technical contributions have been recognized by many awards, including JSPS Fellow from Japan, Samuel and Helene Soref Young Scientist from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and Prof. Langmuir Prize for the Best Thesis, IIT Madras.

 

Shanmugam’s current research interests focus on the development of cost-effective, durable electrode materials for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. His areas of research encompass synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and their applications towards energy conversion and storage, biosensors and biomedical applications. 

 

 

ACTIVITIES:

 

Teaching Experience:

 

• Electrocatalysis to Fuel Cells (ES 703) - Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2015.

 

• Materials for Fuel Cells (E S701)  - Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

 

• Special Topics I - Fuel Cells (ES 800) - Fall 2012.

 

• Energy Conversion and Storage (ES723) - Fall 2014, Fall 2015.

 

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS, AND HONORS:

  

• JSPS Invitation Fellowship Award (short term) from JSPS, Japan, 2021.                                                                                 

• JSPS Postdoctoral fellowship award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan, 2007.  

 

• Samuel and Helene Soref Young Scientist award, Research Authority, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 2005. 

 

• Prof. Langmuir Prize for the best thesis, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India 2005.  

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES :

 

• Member of the American Chemical Society.  

 

• Member of the Electrochemical Society.  

 

• Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 

• Member of International Society of Electrochemistry.

 

• Member of Royal Society of Chemistry.

 

 

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS :

 

 

• Developed a know-how process for the synthesis of biodegradable poly Lactic acid over solid acid catalysts and transferred it to the industry in Chennai, India. 

 

• A know-how process has been developed for the synthesis of multifunctional anaerobic adhesive esters over solid acid catalysts and transferred to industry in Chennai, India. 

 

• Developed a cost-effective alternate route for tungsten and molybdenum carbide nanostructures 

 

 

KEYNOTE/INVITED TALKS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/UNIVERSITIES :

 

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• 7th International conference on recent advances in materials chemistry (ICRAMC 2023), Feb.16-18, 2023, SRM IST, India.              

• 2nd International conference on Electrochemistry for industry, health and environment, Feb.7-11, 2023, BARC, India.                                                                                           

• 1st International conference on Nano-bio and advanced materials eng (Keynote talk)., Jan.7-8, 2023, Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.                                                                                   

• 11th Asian conference on electrochemical power sources (Keynote talk), Dec. 10-14, 2022, NUS, Singapore.             

• International Conference on Novel materials and technologies for energy applications, Feb. 18-19, 2022, BITs Hyderabad, India                                                         

• 2nd International conference on recent advances in material chemistry, Feb.14-1, 2018, SRM University, Chennai, Indian

 

• Recent advances in materials science and Biophysics, Jan. 23-25, 2018 Mangalore, India

 

• 1st World Conference on Solid electrolytes for advanced applications, Sep.5-9, 2017, Pondicherry, India

 

• IUMRS-ICAM 2017, 15th International Conference on Advanced Materials, Aug.27-Sep.01, 2017, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

 

• International Conference on Advanced Rechargeable Batteries & allied Materials, Mar. 8-10, 2017, Pune, India.

 

• The 18th International Symposium on Eco-materials processing and design, Feb. 17-20, 2017, Okinawa, Japan

 

• Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2017 (PACCON2017), Feb. 2-3, 2017, Bangkok, Thailand. 

 

• The International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016), Dec. 11-15, 2016, Bangalore, India 

 

• International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology (ISAEST-11), Dec.8-10, Chennai, India.

 

• The 7th International Symposium on Solar Energy Technology, Aug. 11, 2016, Yeungnam University, Korea.

 

• EMN Meeting on Power Sources Energy Materials Nanotechnology, Aug.2-6, 2016, Bali, Indonesia

 

• International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies for Smart and Clean Cities, July 27-29, 2016 Tirupathi, India

 

• International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Energy Applications (Eapp-2016), June 27-29, 2016, Sathyabama University, India

 

• International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials (NANOS 2015), Dec. 14-17, 2015, Visakhapatnam, India

 

• The 3rd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy-Related Materials (ENEFM), Oct. 19-12, 2015, Turkey.

 

• Energy Materials Nanotechnology East Meeting (EMN2015), April 20-23, Beijing, 2015, China                                

 

• 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2015), Feb. 4-7, 2015, Chennai, India                                                         

•  10th International Symposium on Electrochemical Micro & Nanosystem Technologies (EMNT2014), Nov. 5-8, 2014, Okinawa, Japan 

 

• IUPAC 10th International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis, Oct.11-15, 2014, Zhengzhou, China  

 

• The 248th ACS Meeting, Batteries, and Fuel Cell Technologies: Challenges and Solutions towards Global Stewardship, Aug.16-20, 2014, San Francisco, USA 

 

• 11th ISEAC International Discussion Meet on Electrochemistry and Its Applications (11th ISEAC-DM-2014), Feb.20-25, 2014, Amritsar, India  

 

• Asia-Pacific Conference on Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion (APEnergy2014), Feb. 5-8, 2014, Brisbane, Australia 

 

• 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources (ACEPS-7), Nov. 24-27, 2013, Osaka, Japan  

 

• IUPAC 9th International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis, Oct. 17-22, 2013, Shanghai, China     

 

• The 5th International Workshop on Advanced Electrochemical Power Sources, Nov.16-18, 2012, Kumamoto, Japan

 

• The 10th spring meeting of International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), April 15-18, 2012 Perth, Australia   

 

• The 11th International Symposium on Energy Storage & Biosensor for next generation, May 30-31, 2012, Chungbuk, Korea 

 

• 13th Asian Chemical Congress, Sep.14-16, 2009, Shanghai, China