Research Interest

• CO₂ to chemicals conversion
• Chemicals from waste plastic
• Petrochemical production from conventional and non-conventional feed-stocks
• Design and synthesis of multifunctional heterogeneous catalysts,
• Crystal-face selective catalysis.
• Valorization of biomass derived compounds
• Bi-functional composite materials, Mixed oxides, solid acid, solid base, Zeolite

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Awarded “The Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) fellowship for outstanding post-doctoral fellows in Energy for the year 2017-2018.
• Awarded “Post-doctoral fellowship from the faculty of chemical Engineering, Israel Institute of technology, Technion, Israel in Feb 2016
• Awarded with the ‘SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP’ (Scientists’ Pool Scheme) by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research in Feb 2019

Patents 

•  PRODUCTION OF SUGAR ALCOHOLS, XYLITOL AND ARABITOL USING BIMETALLIC SUPPORTED METAL CATALYSTS
  ANUP TATHOD, PARESH DHEPE, IN 0017/DEL/2014, GRANTED PATENT NUMBER :333758
• A SINGLE-STEP CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKYLATED AROMATICS USING CO2,
  ANUP PRAKASH TATHOD, ANJAN RAY, NAGABHATLA VISWANADHAM, SELVAMANI ARUMUGAM, IN-20231 10202 20 
• A SINGLE-STEP CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKYLATED AROMATICS USING CO2,
  ANUP PRAKASH TATHOD, ANJAN RAY, NAGABHATLA VISWANADHAM, SELVAMANI ARUMUGAM, US-18/613,733. 
• METHOD FOR PRODUCING RENEWABLE HYDROCARBONS FUEL FROM CRUDE BYPRODUCT OF ANIMAL WASTES FAT OIL BIODIESEL PROCESS.  ARUMUGAM SELVAMANI, NAGABHATLA VISWANADHAM , ANJAN RAY, ANUP TATHOD, SIVASAMY ARUMUGAM, KALARICAL JANARDHANAN SREERAM. IN 202311086231
• METHOD FOR PRODUCING RENEWABLE HYDROCARBONS FUEL FROM CRUDE BYPRODUCT OF ANIMAL WASTES FAT OIL BIODIESEL PROCESS. ARUMUGAM SELVAMANI, NAGABHATLA VISWANADHAM , ANJAN RAY, ANUP TATHOD, SIVASAMY ARUMUGAM, KALARICAL JANARDHANAN SREERAM.US 18/981,153

Selected Publications

• Cascade Process for Coupling Molecular H2-free Hydrogenation of CO2 with Alkylation of Aromatics Using a Single-Bed Catalytic System,

  Anup Prakash Tathod,* Anjan Ray, Selvamani Arumugam, Megha Rawat, Tuhin Suvra Khan,and Nagabhatla Viswanadham*ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 33, 12584–12595
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c04219

• Structure–Property Relationship in the Lanthanum Grafted Zeolite and Its Application as an Efficient Acido-Basic Catalyst for C–C/C–O Bond Formation Reactions, Bhavna Saini, Anup Prakash Tathod*, Jitendra Diwakar, Selvamani Arumugam, Deependra Tripathi, and Nagabhatla Viswanadham, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2023, 11, 12, 4555-456710.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05340
• Tailored Nickel-Tungsten Interface on ZSM-5 as Bi-functional Catalyst for the Single-pot Conversion of Furfural to Renewable Alkyl Levulinates; Bhavna Saini, Anup Prakash Tathod,* Jitendra Diwakar, Jyotishman kaishyop, Selvamani Arumugam, and Nagabhatla Viswanadham* ChemCatChem-2023.
• Highly Versatile, Non-noble Metal-based Catalytic Process for the Production of Green Aromatics and High-octane Fuel from Bio-derived Hydrocarbon Mix , Mahesh Kumar, Anup Prakash Tathod,* Vijendra Singh, Selvamani Arumugam,. Nagabhatla Viswanadham* Chemistry select 2024
• Hybrid Nanocomposite Comprising Mg–Al Hydrotalcite Nanocrystals on ZSM-5 Zeolite for Production of Renewable Fuel Additives from Furfural
  Anup Tathod*, Bhavna Saini, Selvamani Arumugam and Nagabhatla Viswanadham
  ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c05349
• Biodiesel-Derived Waste Glycerol as a Green Template for Creating Mesopores in the ZSM-5 Catalyst for Aromatics Production Applications, Mahesh Kumar, Vijendra Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Anup Prakash Tathod, Selvamani Arumugam and Nagabhatla Viswanadham*. Langmuir, 2024, 40, 5, 2686–2697 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03210
• Nickel nano-particles confined in ZSM-5 framework as an efficient catalystfor selective hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived monomers
  Bhavna Saini, Anup Tathod*, Jitendra Diwakar, Selvamani Arumugam and Nagabhatla Viswanadham *
  Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022, 157, 106350
• Sustainable Upgrade of Bioderived Glycerol to Solketal through Acetalization over Metal-Free Mordenite Catalysts
  Bhavna Saini, Anup Tathod*, Sandeep Saxena, Selvamani Arumugam and Nagabhatla Viswanadham*
  ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng, 2022, 10, 1172- 1181
• Elucidating the effect of solid base on the hydrogenation of C5 and C6 sugars over Pt–Sn bimetallic catalyst at room temperature,  Anup Tathod*, Paresh Dhepe, Carbohydrate Resarch, 2021, 108341
• Mediating interaction strength between nickel and zirconia using a mixed oxide nanosheets interlayer for methane dry reforming
  Anup Tathod, Naseem Hayek, Dina Shpasser, David Simakov and Oz M. Gazit
  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 249,106-115
• Fundamental Insights into the Nucleation and Growth of Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxides Nanoparticles at Low Temperature
  Anup Tathod, Oz Gazit
  Crystal Growth & Design, 2016, 16 (12), 6709–6713
• Efficient method for the conversion of agricultural waste into sugar alcohols over supported bimetallic catalyst
  Anup Tathod, Paresh Dhepe
  Bioresour. Technol., 2015, 178, 36-44
• Towards efficient synthesis of sugar alcohols from mono- and poly-saccharides: role of metals, supports & promoters
  Anup Tathod, Paresh Dhepe
  Green Chem., 2014, 16, 4944-4954
• Solid base supported metal catalysts for the oxidation and hydrogenation of sugars
  Anup Tathod, Tanushree Kane, E.S. Sanil, Paresh L. Dhepe
  J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2014, 388–389, 90–99
• Sustainable production of aromatics-rich gasoline stock from bio-glycerol over hierarchically porous Zn-decorated HZSM-5 catalyst, Vijendra Singh, Selvamani Arumugam*, Anup Prakash Tathod, Kuldeep Kuldeep, Bhanu Prasad Vempatapu, Nagabhatla Viswanadham* Renewable Energy, 2023.
• Renewable p-Xylene Production by Catalytic Conversion of Crude Bioglycerol (GTA-pX Process)
  Vijendra Singh, Selvamani Arumugam*, Mahesh Kumar, Anup Prakash Tathod, and Nagabhatla Viswanadham*
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023, 62, 1788-1796
• CeO2–TiO2 Nanoparticle-Grafted gC3N4 Sheets as an Efficient Catalyst for the Oxidation of Cyclohexane to KA oil
  Selvamani Arumugam*, Vijendra Singh, Anup Prakash Tathod, Santhanaraj Daniel, and Nagabhatla Viswanadham*
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023, 61, 18371-18381
• Conversion of bio-derived crude glycerol into renewable high-octane gasoline-stock
  Vijendra Singh,   Selvamani Arumugam,   Anup Prakash Tathod and  Viswanadham Nagabhatla*
  Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 4873-4876
• Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Enhanced Carbon Conversions and Alky-Aromatics Production in Crude Bio-glycerol Methanol Processes
  Vijendra Singh,   Selvamani Arumugam,   Anup Prakash Tathod and  Viswanadham Nagabhatla*
  ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng, 2022, 10, 5323-5332
• Mesoporous titanium-aluminosilicate as an efficient catalyst for selective oxidation of cyclohexene at mild reaction conditions
  Jitendra Diwakar, Selvamani Arumugam, Bhavna Saini, Anup Prakash Tathod, Nagabhatla Viswanadham*
  Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 55, 257-265
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