Arun Balachandran Kirali

I completed my PhD from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, in 2024. The topic of my thesis was "Biomass and Biomass-Derived Polyhydric Alcohols into Value-Added Products." My work primarily focused on the synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts for the selective conversion of biomass-derived polyhydric alcohols into glycols. I joined the Bio and Circular Economy Research Group as a postdoctoral researcher in December 2024.

Biomass conversion, Heterogeneous catalysis

Prof. Agnes Paul Best Oral Presentation Award- 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Analytical Chemistry (ICORTAC-2023), organized by University of Madras, June 26-28, 2023.  

The goal of my research is to develop a cost-effective process for converting biowaste into biofuels.

Biowaste management, Catalysis

•  Kirali, A.A.B.; Sreekantan, S.; Marimuthu, B. Fabrication of mesoporous carbon supported Ni–Mo catalysts for the enhanced conversion of glucose to ethylene glycol. New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 15958-15965.
•  Kirali, A.A.B.; Sreekantan, S.; Marimuthu, B. Ce promoted Cu/γ-Al2O3 catalysts for the enhanced selectivity of 1,2-propanediol from catalytic hydrogenolysis of glucose. Catal. Commun. 2022, 165, 106447.
•  Sreekantan, S.; Kirali, A.A.B.; Marimuthu, B. Enhanced one-pot selective conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol over NaZSM-5 supported metal catalysts. New J. Chem., 2021,45, 19244-19254.
•    Sreekantan, S.; Kirali, A.A.B.; Marimuthu, B. Catalytic conversion of sucrose to 1,2-propanediol over alumina-supported Ni–Mo bimetallic catalysts. Sustain. Energy Fuels, 2022, 6, 3681-3689.
• Sreekantan, S.; Sreedharan, S.; Kirali, A.A.B.; Yadav, P.; Marimuthu. B. One pot catalytic conversion of sucrose to 1,2 propanediol over titania supported Ni Ce metal catalyst under milder reaction conditions, Biomass Conv. Bioref., 2023, 1-12.
•   Patil, M. K.; Gaikwad, S. H.; Kirali, A.A.B.; Marimuthu, B.; Mukherjee, S.P. Ligand-Free One-Pot Synthesis of Ru/W18O49 Self-Assembled Hierarchical Coral-Like Nanostructures for Selective Conversion of Glucose into Glycols. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. Just accepted.
•   Kirali, A.A.B.; Narayanan, H.; Vishwanathan, B.; Yadav, P.; Marimuthu, B. Enhanced catalyst conversion of disaccharides to propylene glycol using metal supported on graphitic carbon nitride. Energy and Fuels., 2024, 38, 7005-7017.