Functional Materials Laboratory

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee

Sourabh


Research Interests

Chemical modification of cellulosic materials for catalytic applications

Academic Details

Joined as Research Scholar at IIT Roorkee in 2020

M.Sc. in Chemistry from MDU Rohtak, Haryana (2018)

B.Sc. in Chemistry from MDU Rohtak, Haryana (2016)

Current Research Area: Cellulosic materials for catalytic applications

The research is mainly focused on the synmodification of cellulosic materials using various conventional and nonconventional synthetic approaches. These modified cellulosic materials will be investigated as heterogeneous catalysts for various organic conversions.

Academic Achievements

1 Qualified GATE both in 2019 and 2020

2 Qualified CSIR-JRF in 2019

Publications

1. Sourabh Prajapati, Anuj Rawat, Sudiksha Aggrawal, Paritosh Mohanty, CuO Immobilized Cellulose Paper as a Green Catalyst for the Acid/Base-Free Synthesis of Imines via a Nonconventional Approach, ACS Applied Engineering Materials 2 (8), 2143-2151 1 (2024)