Dr Raghu V M Ganesh
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Discipline Coordinator – Chemistry
PhD, Iowa State University
Dr Raghu Ganesh is a materials chemist who works on the development of thermally robust inorganic composites and their application towards sustainable energy. He completed his PhD from Iowa State University, where he synthesized and evaluated encapsulated nanomaterials for applications in heterogeneous catalysis. Following his time at Iowa State, he held research positions at Breathe Applied Sciences Pvt Ltd, and at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). At both institutions, he focused on the direct and indirect utilisation of carbon dioxide as a feedstock for the synthesis of value-added fuels such as alcohols and dimethyl ether. Additionally, he has also worked with industrial entities such as Saudi Aramco, a primary partner at KAUST via the KAUST Catalysis Centre.
At Iowa State, he also taught various chemistry courses as both a teaching assistant and a course instructor, catering to a diverse range of students. In his role as a senior teaching assistant, he assisted course instructors in designing coursework and laboratory sessions, provided one-on-one tutoring to students, and trained junior colleagues in effective teaching methods. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he mentored undergraduate research students and hosted DOE-sponsored research internship students from other institutions in the US.
Research
Dr Raghu Ganesh’s research will continue to focus on the development of inorganic materials, specifically multicomponent nanomaterials, and their applications for heterogeneous catalysis. He hopes to explore current green energy initiatives encompassing carbon capture, utilisation, and storage, as well as hydrogen-based energy initiatives.
Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Google Scholar ID: Raghu Maligal Ganesh – Google Scholar
- Maligal-Ganesh, R.V.; Xiao, C.; Goh, T.W; Wang, L.-L.; Gustafson, J.; Pei, Y.; Qi, Z.; Johnson, D. ; Zhang, S.; Tao, F.; Huang, W.; A Ship-in-a-Bottle Strategy to synthesize encapsulated intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts: Exemplified for furfural hydrogenation, 2016, ACS Catalysis, 6, 1754−1763
- Maligal-Ganesh, R.V.; Brashler, K.; Luan, X.; Goh, T.W.; Gustafson, J.; Wu, J.; Huang, W.Y.; Enhanced chemoselectivity in Pt-Fe@mSiO2 bimetallic nanoparticles in the absence of surface modifying ligands, 2018, Topics in Catalysis, 61, 940-948
- Maligal-Ganesh, R.V.; Pei, Y.; Xiao, C.; Chen, Minda; Goh, T.W.; Weijun, S.; Wu, Jiashu; Huang, W.Y. Sub-5 nm Intermetallic Nnaoparticles Confined in Mesoporous Silica Wells for Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene to Ethylene, 2020, ChemCatChem, 12, 3022-3029
- Zhao, E.W.; Maligal-Ganesh, R.V.; Xiao, C.; Goh, T.-W.; Qi. Z.; Pei,Y.; Hagelin-Weaver, H.E.; Huang, W.; Bowers, C.R.; Silica-Encapsulated Pt-Sn Intermetallic Nanoparticles: A Robust Catalytic Platform for Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization of Gases and Liquids, 2017, Angewandte Chemie, 129, 3983-3987
- Zhao, E.W.; Maligal-Ganesh, R.V.; Du, Y.; Zhao, T. Y.; Collins, J.; Ma, T.; Zhou, L.; Goh, T.-W.; Huang, ; Bowers, C.R.; Surface-mediated hyperpolarization of liquid water with parahydrogen, 2018 Chem, 5, 1235-1247
- Pei, Y.; Maligal-Ganesh, R. V.; Xiao, C.; Goh, T.-W.; Brashler, K.; Gustafson, J. A.; Huang, W.; An inorganic capping strategy for the seeded growth of versatile bimetallic nanostructures, 2015, Nanoscale, 7, 16721-16728
- Xiao, C.; Maligal-Ganesh, R. V.; Li T; Qi Z; Guo Z; Brashler KT; Goes S; Li X; Goh TW; Winans RE; Huang W; High-Temperature-Stable and Regenerable Catalysts: Platinum Nanoparticles in Aligned Mesoporous Silica Wells, 2013, ChemSusChem, 6,1915-1922.
- Guo, Z.; Xiao, C.; Maligal-Ganesh, R. V.; Zhou, L.; Goh, T. W.; Li, X.; Tesfagaber, D.; Thiel, A.; Huang, W.; Pt nanoclusters confined within Metal–Organic Framework cavities for chemoselective cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation, 2014, ACS Catalysis, 4, 1340-1348
- Xiao, C.; Wang, L.-L.; Maligal-Ganesh, R. V.; Smetana, V.; Walen, H.; Thiel, P. A.; Miller, G. J.; Johnson, D. D.; Huang, W., “Intermetallic NaAu2 as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation, 2013, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135, 9592-9595.
