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Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri

Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri PhD Chemical Engineering (Jan-2012-dec-2014) Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy Contact: +39329147964 Skype: mouli.tsr Permanent address: 4/82, Golivarithota, Navuluru, , Guntur District, , . PIN: 522503

SUMMARY

OBJECTIVES: To actively work in research and development offering innovative, flexible and professional environment where my strong domain knowledge of biotechnology, nanotechnology and chemical engineering will help me to prove my mettle.

SPECIALTIES

Nanotechnology; Material science; Thin Films; Chemical engineering; Biotechnology; Prototype development and device testing.

SKILLS

Photo-catalysis; Nanotechnology; Biotechnology; Characterization; Physics; Thin Films; Sputtering; Thin films deposition techniques; SEM, UV-Vis, XRD, Raman, XPS, Photo-electrochemical analysis

Courses undertaken:

• Surface chemistry of Nanomaterials • Characterization of Materials by XRD, SEM, Spectroscopy. • Modeling and Simulation • Instrumental analysis • Structural Analysis of Nanomaterials • Nanobiotechnology • Recombinant DNA Technology • Immunology • Bioinformatics

EXPERIENCE

1. Politecnico di Torino 09 / 2011 - 12 / 2011 Research Assistant 2. Worked in the Project SOLHYDROMICS in synthesis of Photocatalyst for splitting water in to oxygen and hydrogen. 2 3. Worked as a team member of projects like ECo CO2, Artyp-Hyction. 4. Hands on experience on Double Magnetron Sputtering for a period of 6 months, funded by Marie Curie Funded Project PHOSCLEEN

EDUCATION

Politecnico di Torino Indian Institute of Technology St. Martins Engineering College 12/2011 – 12/2014 2008 - 2010 2004 - 2008 Doctor of Philosophy M.Tech , Nanotechnology B.Tech , Biotechnology (Ph.D.) , Chemical Engineering CGPA: 8.05/10 Grade or percentage: 70%

HONORS

MHRD Scholarship for pursuing Masters in IIT Roorkee

Scholarship from Chinese Academy of Sciences for Internship during masters in IIM, Hefei, Anhui (province), China.

Scholarship from Politecnico di Torino for pursuing my PhD in Chemical Engineering.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Chemical Communications A novel coral-like porous SnO2 hollow architecture: biomimetic swallowinggrowth mechanism and enhanced photovoltaic property for dye-sensitized solar cell application Jinyun Liu, Tao Luo, Sitaramanjaneya Mouli T, Fanli Meng, Bai Sun, Minqiang Lia and Jinhuai Liu

2. Journal of Materials Research Assembly, formation mechanism, and enhanced gas-sensing properties of porous and hierarchical SnO2 hollow nanostructures Jinyun Liu, Fanli Meng, Yu Zhong, Jinhuai Liu, Guangyu Chen, Yuteng Wan, Kai Qian and Sitaramanjaneya Mouli T. 3. Evaluation of the Parameters Affecting the Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Activity of Monoclinic BiVO4 for Water Oxidation Sitaramanjaneya Thalluri, Conrado Martinez Suarez, Murid Hussain, Simelys Hernandez, Alessandro Virga, Guido Saracco, Nunzio Russo

4. Elucidation of important parameters of BiVO4 responsible for photo-catalytic O2 evolution and insights about the rate of the catalytic process Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri,Conrado Martinez Suarez, Simelys Hernándezb, Samir Bensaida, Guido Saracco, Nunzio Russo

5. Green-Synthesized BiVO4 Oriented along {040} Facets for Visible-Light-Driven Ethylene Degradation Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, Murid Hussain, Guido Saracco, James Barber, and Nunzio Russo

6. Photo-catalytic activity of BiVO4 thin film electrodes for solar-driven water splitting Simelys Hernández, Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, Adriano Sacco, Samir Bensaid, Guido Saracco and Nunzio Russo: Applied catalysis- A (General): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.01.019

7. Chemical induced porosity on BiVO4 films produced by double magnetron sputtering to enhance the photo-electrochemical response Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, a,* Roberto Mirabal Rojas,b Osmary Depablos Rivera,b Simelys Hernández,a,c Nunzio Russoa and Sandra Elizabeth Rodil b : Accepted in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2015)

8. Doping of BiVO4 Powders Oriented along {040} Facets with Tungston and Molybdenum and Evaluation of their Performance by Photchemical and Photoelctro Chemical Characterization In the process of manuscript submitted

Conference proceedings:

1. 15th International Congress on Catalysis 2012, Munich, Germany. "Metal-organic frameworks as water splitting photocatalysts", S. Vankova, C. Pagliano, E. Celasco, M. Thalluri, S. Hernandez, D. Hidalgo, G. Saracco, B. Onida, J. Barber. poster and short oral presentation

2. 17th International Zeolite conference-Moscow, Russia "Electrochemical Synthesis of cobalt containing Metal-Organic frameworks" S.K. Vankova, M. Cataldo Hernandez, M. Thalluri, N. Russo, G. Saracco.

3. Poster contribution in JEP 2013: "European symposium on Photocatalysis" 25-27th September 2013, Portoroz, Slovenia. "Optimization of dip coating procedure aiming towards an efficient BiVO4 photoanode", Thalluri. S. R. M, Vankova. S, Marinez Suarez. C, Russo. N, Saracco. G.

4. 2013 4th international conference on chemical engineering and Applications(CCEA2013). Oral presentation: "Insights from crystal size and band gap on the catalytic activity of monoclinic BiVO4.", Thalluri M., Martinez-Suarez C., Virga A., Russo N., Saracco G. 5. Oral presentation in the symposium of “THIN FILMS” of the “VII International Conference on Surfaces, Materials and Vacuum 2014, Cancun, Mexico”."Synthesis and characterization of BiVO4 Thin films": Roberto Mirabal, Osmary Depablos- Rivera, Mouli Thalluri, Francoise LeMarrec, Sandra Rodil

6. Bismuth Vanadate thin films produced by dual magnetron sputtering, M Thalluri, R. Mirabal- Rojas, O. Depablos-Rivera, F. LeMarrec, S. E. Rodil, oral presentation at 16th International Conference on Thin Films, 2014, Croatia.

Device Prototypes for water oxidation studies

References

Prof. Dr. Nunzio Russo, Prof. Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Rodil, S Prof. Dr. Anil Kumar, DISAT, Plasmas and NanoMaterials Centre of Nanotechnology & Politecnico Di Torino, Research Group at the Department of Chemistry, Torino, Italy Material's Research Institute- Indian Institute of Technology [email protected] UNAM, Mexico Roorkee, Tel: 0110904710 [email protected] Roorkee- 247 667, Uttarakhand, Tel: 0110904710 India. mailto:[email protected] Telephone: +91-1332-285799