Sr. Scientist
| BSc. (Medical) | 2009, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar |
| MSc. (Chemistry) | 2011, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar |
| PhD (Chemistry) | 2018, CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun |
| E Mail | kirtika.kohli@csir.res.in |
| Telephone No. | +91-1352525781 |
| Cell No. | – |
Research Interest
- Extraction-based technologies for separation of value-added chemicals
- Liquid-liquid extraction and extractive distillation for aromatics recovery
- Desulfurization and dearomatization of petroleum-based feedstocks
- Separation of value-added chemicals from coal and bio-based feedstocks
- Direct cracking of crude oils to chemicals
- Heavy crude oil and vacuum residue upgradation using slurry bed hydrocracking process
- Deasphalting and dewaxing of heavy crude oils
- Thermo-chemical conversions of renewable and non-renewable materials via catalytic process
- Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of plastics, biomass, and co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastics
- Catalytic CO2 conversion to value-added chemicals
Work Experience
| Sr. Scientist | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (March 2025-Till date) |
| Scientist | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (March 2021-March 2025) |
| Post Doctoral Researcher | PRI-Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2018 – 2021) |
Awards and Honours
Selected Publications
- Maximization of Kraft lignin depolymerization using synthetic mixed oxide catalysts under microwave exposure
Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Sarmila Katuwal, Jaemin Kim, Charles A. Mullen, Gary D. Strahan, Atanu Biswas, Brajendra K. SharmaIndustrial Crops and Products ,227, 2025, 120787 - Process for producing high-value aromatics from light cycle oil using a solvent extraction method
Kirtika Kohli, Prasenjit Ghosh, Vedant A. Joshi, Pooja Yadav, Deependra Tripathi, Raghuvir Singh, Samir K. Maity, Manoj Srivastava, Energy & Fuels ,2024, 37(17), 12811-12823 - Pyrolytic depolymerization mechanisms for post-consumer plastic wastes
Kirtika Kohli, Sriraam R. Chandrasekaran, Ravindra Prajapati, Bidhya Kunwar, Sultan Al-Salem, Bryan R. Moser, Brajendra K. Sharma, Energies , 2022,15(23),8821 - Hydrotreatment of supercritical carbon dioxide extract of hydrothermal liquefaction lignocellulosic biocrude
Nikolaos Montesantos, Kirtika Kohli, Brajendra K. Sharma, Marco Maschietti, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.,2022,61(41),15114-15124 - Slurry phase hydrocracking of heavy oil and residue to produce lighter fuels: An experimental review
Ravindra Prajapati, Kirtika Kohli, Samir K. Maity, Fuel,2021, 288, 119686 - Effective delignification of lignocellulosic biomass by microwave assisted deep eutectic solvents
Kirtika Kohli, Katuwal Sarmila, Atanu Biswas, Brajendra K. Sharma, Bioresource Technology,2020, 303, 122897 - Hydrocracking of heavy crude/residues with waste plastic
Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Samir K. Maity, Brajendra K. Sharma, Journal of Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis,2019, 140, 179- 187 - Deactivation of a hydrotreating catalyst during hydroprocessing of synthetic crude by metal bearing compounds
Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Samir K. Maity, Madhusudan Sau, Brajendra K. Sharma, Fuel,2019, 243, 579-589
Patents
- Process for upgradation of heavy crude oil/residue using waste plastic as hydrogen donating agent
US 10745629 B2 - Preparation method of slurry phase organic-inorganic fused hybrid catalysts use for residue hydroprocessing
US 10857532 B2 - Slurry phase organic-inorganic fused hybrid catalyst for residue hydroprocessing and process for catalyst preparation thereof
Patent (Indian) No. 343357 - A process for upgradation of heavy crude oil/residue using waste plastic as a hydrogen donating agent
Patent (Indian) No. 369819
Book Chapters
- Food loss reduction: The pathway towards sustainability. O.M. Olanya, A.K. Hoshide, D.O. Ukuku, S. Mukhopadhyay, Z. He, T.Z. Jin, B.K. Sharma, K. Kohli, O.A. Ijabdeniyi. Antimicrobial strategies in the food system: Updates, opportunities, challenges. Springer, Part I, pages 43-78
- Plastic waste to fuels and chemicals. Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Samir K. Maity, Sultan Al-Salem,Brajendra K. Sharma. Recent Developments in Plastic Recycling. Springer Link, 2021 (Chapter 11) Pages 283-309
- Recovery and recycling of polymeric and plastic materials. Ravindra Prajapati, Kirtika Kohli, Samir K. Maity, Brajendra K. Sharma. Recent Developments in Plastic Recycling. Springer Link, 2021 (Chapter 2) pages 1-13
- Natural oils as lubricants. Joseph M. Perez, Lesile R. Rudnick, Sevim Z. Erhan, Brajendra K. Sharma, Kirtika Kohli. Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants (Third Edition). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 (Chapter 23)
- Chemicals from vegetable oils, fatty derivatives, and plant biomass. Gobinda Karmakar, Pranab Ghosh, Kirtika Kohli, Brajendra K. Sharma, Sevim Z. Erhan. Innovative Uses of Agricultural Products and Byproducts. ACS Publications, 2020 (Chapter 1) pages 1-31
Complete List of Publications
Google Scholar link
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