Curriculum Vitae

MUTHU KUMARAN GNANAMANI

Senior Research Scientist Center for Applied Energy Research University of Kentucky Lexington, KY- 40511, USA Tel: +1-859-257-0240 (O) Fax: +1-859-257-0302 muthu.gnanamani@uky.edu https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=wD4o1C8AAAAJ www.caer.uky.edu Personal details:

First name: Muthu Kumaran

Last name: Gnanamani

Date of Birth: 01-01-1979 (mm/dd/yyyy)

Citizenship: India

US visa type: Green Card holder (US permanent resident)

Married status: Married

Carrier Objectives

To pursue research in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, particularly energy conversions related to the production of liquid fuels and chemicals from syngas (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis), CO2 conversion, Catalysis in various petroleum conversion processes which include hydrotreating, hydrocracking and reforming.

Work Experience

Senior Research Scientist August 2012-present

Center for Applied Energy Research,

University of Kentucky, USA

Scientist-II September 2011-July 2012

Center for Applied Energy Research,

University of Kentucky, USA

Post Doctoral Fellow 2007- August 2011

Center for Applied Energy Research,

University of Kentucky, USA

Education

Ph.D: Chemistry August 2007

Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India

M.Phil: Chemistry, First class (65%) August 2002

University of Madras, Chennai, India

M.Sc: Chemistry, First class (69.1%) July 2001

University of Madras, Chennai, India

B.Sc: Chemistry, First class (65.5%) July 1999

University of Madras, Chennai, India

Honors and awards

National Eligibility Test (NET) for CSIR-JRF, 2002, India

Best paper award for the paper entitled “Deuterium labeled ethanol tracer studies on Iron

catalyzed Fischer-tropsch synthesis” in AICHE, spring meeting-2010, March 21-26, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Co-chaired two sessions “Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Fischer-Tropsch

Hydrocarbons-I &II” in AICHE, spring meeting-2011, March 13-17, Chicago, IL, USA. Chaired a session “Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Fischer-Tropsch Hydrocarbons”

in AICHE, spring meeting-2012, April 1-5, Houston, TX, USA. Chaired a session “Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Fischer-Tropsch Hydrocarbons”

in AICHE, spring meeting-2013, April 28-May 2, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Invited lecture

Delivered a invited lecture on the topic of “Catalysis in Petroleum Refining and Gas to

Liquid Technology” at D.K.M college for women, Department of Chemistry on December 17, 2014 in a state level colloquium on Recent Trends in Physical and Chemical Sciences, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Delivered a invited lecture on the topic of “Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum” at C.A.H. college, Department of Chemistry on December 19, 2014, Melvisharam, Tamil Nadu, India

Professional Affiliation

Life member of Catalysis Society of India

Tri-state Catalysis Society, USA

Kentucky Academy of Science

Journals reviewed:

1. Journal of Catalysis

2. Catalysis Communications

3. Materials Chemistry and Physics

4. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

5. Applied Catalysis A: General

6. Topics on Catalysis

7. Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research

Research Experience:

Projects:

At CAER, University of Kentucky, USA

Proposal pending (PI)

1. Selective conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygenates using Fe-based bimetallic catalysts,

$50,000, 12 months, Agency: Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation,

Anticipated start state, if awarded July 2017.

Current projects

1. Selective conversion of carbon dioxide to higher alcohols using alkali promoted

transition metal carbides as catalysts (internal project). 2. Selectivie conversion of syngas to oxygenates using ceria supported cobalt catalysts (It is

a collaborative work between CAER and INT, Rio de janeiro, Brazil).

Completed projects

3. Fe-Co bimetallic catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation reaction. 4. Kinetics study and water addition effects on CO hydrogenation using Pt promoted

Co/Al2O3 catalysts funded by Chevron, Catalysis Research & Development, USA. (2007-2008)

5. Hydrogenation of Carbon dioxide using doubly promoted (K, Cu) Fe catalysts: The effect of process variables on Fischer-Tropsch synthesis activity and selectivity.

6. FT mechanisms study for CO and CO2 hydrogenation using Fe, and Co based catalysts: H2-D2 Kinetic Isotope Effect, funded by Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA. (2008-2009)

7. FT mechanisms study for CO hydrogenation using Fe, and Co catalysts: Isotopic tracer study of deuterium labeled linear 1-alkenes and alcohols co-feed to Iron and cobalt Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

8. Deuterium Kinetic Isotope study: Hydrogenolysis of ethyl butyrate over alumina supported cobalt and iron based catalysts.

9. Synthesis of alcohols from syngas using CeO2 supported Pt-Co catalysts.

10. Effect of biomass impurities (H2S, CS2, COS, NH3, K, Cl, As, Na, etc) on cobalt FT synthesis testing in a CSTR funded by TDA Inc. USA. (2011-2013)

11. Development of testing protocol for the selective conversion of phenol to diphenyl oxide using two-stage fixed-bed reactor operates at high temperature and atmospheric pressure funded by Eastman Co. USA. (2013)

Doctorate work with Dr. G Murali Dhar, IIP Dehradun, India

Thesis title: Studies on Microporous and Mesoporous materials supported Hydrotreating catalysts

1. Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous molecular sieves like SBA-15, SBA-16,

KIT-6, FSM-16 and their Al, Ti, Zr substituted materials. 2. Acidity measurements using microcalorimetric ammonia adsorption and DRIFTS

pyridine adsorption methods. Evaluation of acidity of various supported metal sulfide catalysts using in situ microcalorimetric ammonia adsorption method.

3. Preparation of Mo, CoMo, NiMo, W, NiW, CoW catalysts by incipient-wetness impregnation method using different supports like microporous zeolite and mesoporous silica.

4. Evaluation of various hydrotreating catalytic functionalities like Hydrodesulfurization, hydrogenation, and hydrocracking in a fixed-bed glass micro reactor operating at atmospheric pressure using model compounds (Thiophene, cyclohexene, cumene)

Technical skills

Catalyst synthesis for the conversion of various heterogeneous catalytic reactions in

particular catalysis related to fossil fuels.

Experience in preparing various supported and nanoparticle based catalysts by IWI, solgel, CVD, reverse micelle techniques, and template methods.

Surface area and BJH pore size distribution analysis (ASAP-2010, Micromeritics, USA)

Static volumetric high vacuum adsorption unit for studying low temperature oxygen

chemisorptions.

Temperature programmed reduction (TPD/TPR 2900, Micromeritics, USA)

Identifying crystalline phases on catalytic surfaces using X-ray diffraction (XRD Rigaku

D-Max 111B).

Interpretation of data obtained from ESCA and solid state NMR especially Si and Al nuclei.

Hands on experiences to work with laboratory scale micro fixed-bed and CSTR reactors for testing of Fe and Co based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts at high temperatures and pressures.

Gas chromatographic analysis of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products.

Estimation of deuterium contents in FT synthesis products using GC-MS.

Hands on experience with HR-TEM (Knowledge on HRTEM usage for the study of

metal particle dispersion)

Hands on experience with SEM (S4800, Hitachi) and EDX to study the morphology and elemental mapping for various Fe and cobalt FT catalysts.

Semi quantitative method of determining radio activity of 14C-labelled compounds using radio isotope detector.

Publications:

Communication

1. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, G. Jacobs, U.M. Graham, V.R.R. Pendyala, A. MacLennan,

Y. Hu, B.H. Davis, “Effect of P and Co addition over silica for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis” (Appl. Catal. A: Gen)

Accepted manuscript

2. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, H.H. Hamdeh, W.D. shafer, S.D. Hopps, G.A. Thomas,

B.H. Davis, “Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide over K-promoted FeCo bimetallic catalysts” ChemCatChem 2017.

3. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, G. Jacobs, W.D. Shafer, B.H. Davis, “Dehydration of 2-

octanol over Ca-doped CeO2” ChemCatChem 2016.

Published articles 2016 4. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, H.H. Hamdeh, G. Jacobs, Q. Dali, F. Liu, S.D. Hopps,

G.A. Thomas, W.D. Shafer, Q. Xial, Y. Hu, B.H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Effect of Cu, Mn and Zn addition on activity and product selectivity of cobalt ferrite” RSC Adv., 6 (2016) 62356-62367.

5. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, G. Jacobs, V.R.R. Pendyala, S.D. Hopps, G.A. Thomas, W.D. Shafer, D.E. Sparks, Q. Xiao, Y. Hu, B.H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: anchoring of cobalt particles in phosphorus modified cobalt/silica catalysts” Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 523 (2016) 146-158.

6. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, W.D. Shafer, R.A. Keogh, B.H. Davis, “Dehydrocyclization of C6 hydrocarbon with and without oxygen containing substituent over Pt/(Na)-Al2O3 catalyst” Catal. Lett. 146 (2016) 424-432.

7. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, H.H. Hamdeh, W.D. Shafer, F. Liu, S. Hopps, G.A. Thomas, B.H. Davis, “Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide over Co-Fe bimetallic catalysts” ACS Catal. 6 (2016) 913-927.

8. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, U.M. Graham, M.C. Ribeiro, W.D. Shafer, B.H. Davis, “Influence of carbide formation on oxygenates selectivity during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over Ce-containing Co catalysts,” Catal. Today 261 (2016) 40-47.

2015 9. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Robert A Keogh, Wilson D Shafer, Dennis

E Sparks, Shelley D Hopps, Gerald A Thomas, Burtron H Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Effect of pretreatment conditions of cobalt on activity and selectivity for hydrogenation of carbon dioxide”, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 499 (2015) 39-46.

10. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson D Shafer, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala,

DebanjanChakrabarti, Arno de Klerk, Robert A Keogh, Dennis E Sparks, Burtron H

Davis, “14C-Labeled Alcohol Tracer Study: Comparison of Reactivity of Alcohols over

Cobalt and Ruthenium Fischer–Tropsch Catalysts”, Topics in Catalysis 58 (4-6) (2015)

343-349.

11. Debanjan Chakrabarti, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson Shafer, Mauro Celso Ribeiro, Dennis E Sparks, Vinay Prasad, Arno de Klerk, Burtron H Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch mechanism: 13C18O tracer studies on a ceria-silica supported cobalt catalyst and a doubly promoted iron catalyst”, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 54 (2015) 6438-6453.

12. Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Gary Jacobs, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Yongfeng Hu, Aimee MacLennan, Burtron H Davis, “Selectivity control of Cu promoted iron-based Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by tuning the oxidation state of Cu to mimic K”, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 495 (2015) 45-53.

13. Debanjan Chakrabarti, Arno de Klerk, Vinay Prasad, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson D Shafer, Gary Jacobs, Dennis E Sparks, Burtron H Davis, “Conversion of CO2 over a Co-Based Fischer–Tropsch Catalyst” Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 54 (4) (2015) 1189-1196.

2014 14. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis, “Low

temperature water-gas shift reaction over alkali-I metal promoted cobalt carbide catalysts” Topics in Catalysis 57 (2014) 612-618.

15. Thani Jermwongratanachai, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D Shafer, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Wenping Ma, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Shelley Hopps, Gerald A Thomas, Boonyarach Kitiyanan, Syed Khalid, Burtron H Davis, “Fischer–Tropsch synthesis: TPR and XANES analysis of the impact of simulated regeneration cycles on the reducibility of Co/alumina catalysts with different promoters (Pt, Ru, Re, Ag, Au, Rh, Ir)” Catal. Today 228 (2014) 15-21.

16. Uschi M Graham, Gary Jacobs, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Stephen M Lipka, Wilson D Shafer, Christopher R Swartz, Thani Jermwongratanachai, Rong Chen, Fon Rogers, Burtron H Davis, “Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis: Higher Oxygenate Selectivity of Cobalt Catalysts Supported on Hydrothermal Carbons” ACS Catal. 4 (6) (2014) 1662-1672.

2013 17. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Hussein H. Hamdeh, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H.

Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Effect of potassium on activity and selectivity over

oxide and carbide Fe catalysts” Catalysis Letters 143(11) (2013) 1123-1131. 18. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis,

“Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Activity of metallic phases of cobalt supported on silica”

Catalysis Today 215 (2013) 13-17. 19. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Hussein H. Hamdeh, Wilson D. Shafer,

and Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: A Mössbauer investigation of Iron containing catalysts for Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide” Catalysis Today 207 (2013) 50-56.

20. M.C. Ribeiro, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, I.R. Azevedo, R.C. Rabelo-Neto, G. Jacobs, B.H. Davis, F.B. Noronha, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: studies on the effect of support doping with Si, Mn and Cr on the selectivity to alcohols in ceria supported cobalt catalysts” Topics in Catalysis 57 (2014) 550-560.

21. Dennis E Sparks, G Jacobs, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, V.R.R. Pendyala, Wenping

Ma, J Kang, W.D. Shafer, R.A. Keogh, U.M. Graham, P. Gao, B.H. Davis, “Poisoning of

cobalt catalyst used for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis” Catalysis Today 215 (2013) 67-72.

22. Pendyala, Venkat Ramana Rao; Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran; Jacobs, Gary; Ma, Wenping; Shafer, Wilson D.; Davis, Burtron H. “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: effect of ammonia impurities in syngas feed over a cobalt/alumina catalyst” Applied Catalysis, A: General 468 (2013) 38-43.

23. Peters, E. E.; Chakraborty, A.; Crider, B. P.; Davis, B. H.; Gnanamani, M. K.; McEllistrem, M. T.; Prados-Estevez, F. M.; Vanhoy, J. R.; Yates, S. W. “Level lifetimes in the stable Zr nuclei: effects of chemical properties in Doppler-shift measurements” Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics (2013), 88(2), 024317/1-024317/10.

24. Wenping Ma, G Jacobs, J Kang, D.E. Sparks, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, V.R.R. Pendyala, W.D. Shafer, R.A. Keogh, U.M. Graham, G.A. Thomas, B.H. Davis, “Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. Effect of alkali, bicarbonate and chloride addition on activity and selectivity”Catalysis Today 215 (2013) 73-79.

25. Thani Jermwongratanachai, G Jacobs, Wenping Ma, W.D. Shafer, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, P. Gao, B. Kitiyanan, B.H. Davis, J.L.S. Klettlinger, C.H. Yen, D.C. Cronauer, A.J. Kropf, C.L. Marshall, “Fischer–Tropsch synthesis: Comparisons between Pt and Ag promoted Co/Al2O3 catalysts for reducibility, local atomic structure, catalytic activity, and oxidation– reduction (OR) cycles” Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 464 (2013) 165-180.

2012 26. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, W.D. Shafer, B.H. Davis,

“Hydroisomerization of n-hexadecane over anion modified Pt/HfO2 catalysts” Catal. Lett. 142 (2012) 1180.

27. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson D. Shafer and Burtron H. Davis, “Deuterium

Exchange Study for Hydrogenation of D5-1-Pentene (4,4,5,5,5) Over Conventional

Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst” Catal. Lett. 142 (2012) 190. 28. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Mauro C. Ribeiro,

Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Wenping Ma, and Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Deuterium isotopic study for the formation of oxygenatges over CeO2 supported Pt-Co catalysts” Catal. Commun. 25 (2012) 12.

29. C.M. Masuku, W.D. Shafer, W. Ma, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, G. Jacobs, D. Hildebrandt, D. Glasser, and Burtron H. Davis, “Variation of residence time with chain length for products in a slurry-phase Fischer-Tropsch reactor” J. Catal. 287 (2012) 93.

2011 30. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson D. Shafer, Dennis E. Sparks, Burtron H. Davis,

“Effect of CO2 containing syngas over Pt promoted Co/γ-Al2O3 and K-promoted Fe catalysts” Catalysis Communications 12(11) (2011) 936.

31. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Dennis E. Sparks, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis, “Deuterium Kinetic Isotopic study for hydrogenation of carbon oxides over Fe and cobalt catalysts” Catalysis Letters 141 (2011) 1420.

32. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Mauro Ribeiro, Weinping Ma, Wilson D. Shafer, Gary Jacobs,Uschi M. Graham, Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer Tropsch synthesis: metal-support interfacial contact governs oxygenates selectivity over CeO2 supported Pt-Co catalysts” Applied Catalysis A: Gen. 393 (2011) 17.

33. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Bob R. Keogh, Wilson D. Shafer, Buchang Shi, Burtron H. Davis, “Deutero-1-pentene tracer studies for Iron and cobalt Fischer-tropsch synthesis” Applied Catalysis A: Gen. 393 (2011) 130.

34. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Bob R. Keogh, Burtron H. Davis, “Deuterium kinetic isotopic study for hydrogenolysis of ethyl butyrate” Journal of Catalysis 277(2011) 27.

35. Janet C. Mohandas, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Wenping Ma, Yaying Ji, Syed Khalid, Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Characterization and reaction testing of cobalt carbide, ACS Catalysis 1(11) (2011) 1581.

36. Weinping Ma, Gary Jacobs, Dennis E Sparks, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Chia H. Yen, Jennifer L.S. Klettlinger, Thomas M. Tomsik, Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer–Tropsch synthesis: Support and cobalt cluster size effects on kinetics over Co/Al2O3 and Co/SiO2 catalysts”, Fuel, 90 (2) (2011) 756-765.

2010 37. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Bob R. Keogh, Wilson D. Shafer, Buchang Shi, Burtron

H. Davis, “Deuterium labeled ethanol tracer studies on Iron catalyzed Fischer-tropsch

synthesis” Applied Catalysis. A: Gen. 385 (2010) 46. 38. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Uschi M. Graham, Weinping Ma, Venkat

Ramana Rao, Pendyala, Mauro Ribeiro, Burtron H. Davis, “Studies on KIT-6 supported cobalt catalyst for Fischer-tropsch synthesis”, Catalysis Letters 134 (2010) 37.

39. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Bob R. Keogh, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis, “Deutero-1-pentene tracer studies for Iron and cobalt Fischer-tropsch synthesis” Prepr. Pap.-Am.Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 55 (2) (2010) 449.

40. Venkat Ramana Rao, Pendyala; Gary Jacobs; Janet C Mohandas; Mingsheng Luo; Wenping Ma; Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani; Burtron H. Davis “Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Attempt to tune FTS and WGS by alkali promoting of iron catalysts” Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 389 (1-2) (2010) 131.

2009 41. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson D Shaffer, Heather D Willauer, Dennis R Hardy,

Frederick W Williams, Burtron H Davis, Prepr. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 2009 54(2) 935.

42. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Uschi Graham, Weinping Ma, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Burtron H Davis, Prepr. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 2009 54(2) 872.

2008

43. Weinping Ma, Gary Jacobs, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Uschi M Graham, Burtron

H Davis, ACS, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints, 53, 61-63, 2008. 44. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Shelu Garg, Kapil Soni, Manoj Kumar, J.K. Gupta, L.D.

Sharma, K.S. Rama Rao, G. Murali Dhar, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 114(1-3) (2008) 103-109.

45. Shelu Garg, Thallada Bhaskar, Kapil Soni, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Akinori Muto, Yusaku Sakata, G Murali Dhar, Chemical Communication 42 (2008) 5310.

46. Shelu Garg, Kapil Soni, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Rajaram Bal, Kinga Gora-Marek, J.K. Gupta, L.D. Sharma, G. Murali Dhar, Catalysis Today, 130 (2-4) (2008) 302.

47. T Chiranjeevi, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamni, Murali Dhar Gudimella, Petroleum

Science and Technology 26(6) (2008) 690-703. 48. Shelu Garg, Kapil Soni, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Manoj Kumar, J. K. Gupta,

L.D. Sharma Murali Dhar Gudimella, Catalysis Today 130(2-4) (2008) 302-308.

2007 49. Kumaran, G. Muthu; Garg, Shelu; Soni, Kapil; Kumar, Manoj; Sharma, L. D.; Rao, K.

S. Rama; Dhar, G. Murali. Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research 46(14) (2007) 4747-4754.

2006

50. Kumaran, G. Muthu; Garg, Shelu; Kumar, Manoj; Viswanatham, N.; Gupta, J. K.;

Sharma, L. D.; Dhar, G. Murali. Energy & Fuels 20(6) (2006) 2308-2313. 51. Kumaran, G. Muthu; Garg, Shelu; Soni, Kapil; Prasad, V. V. D. N.; Sharma, L. D.;

Dhar, G. Murali. Energy & Fuels 20(5) (2006) 1784-1790. 52. Kumaran, G. Muthu; Garg, Shelu; Soni, Kapil; Kumar, Manoj; Sharma, L. D.; Dhar, G.

Murali; Rao, K. S. Rama, Applied Catalysis A: Gen 305(2) (2006) 123-129. 53. Chiranjeevi, T.; Kumaran, G. Muthu; Gupta, J. K.; Dhar, G. Murali, Thermochimica

Acta 443(1) (2006) 87-92. 54. Dhar, G. Murali; Kumaran, G. Muthu; Kumar, Manoj; Rawat, K. S.; Sharma, L. D.;

Raju, B. David; Rao, K. S. Rama. Catalysis Today 99(3-4) (2005) 309-314. 55. Chiranjeevi, T.; Kumaran, G. Muthu; Gupta, J. K.; Dhar, G. Murali.

Catalsis Communications 6(2) (2005) 101-106. Book chapters:

1. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, H.H. Hamdeh, G. Jacobs, W.D. Shafer, D.E. Sparks, B.H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: activity and selectivity of -Fe5C2 and -Fe3C carbides,” in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Catalysts and Catalysis: Advances and Applications, (eds. B.H. Davis, M.L. Occelli), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2016, Ch. 2, pp. 15-30.

2. Hughes, N.A.; Gloriot, V.; Smiley, D.D., Jacobs, G.; Pendyala, V.R.R.; Graham, U.M.;

Ma, W.; Gnanamani, M.K.; Shafer, W.D.; Maclennan, A.; Hu, Y.; Khalid, S.; Davis,

B.H., “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: comparisons of Al2O3 and TiO2 supported Co catalysts

prepared by aqueous impregnation and CVD methods,” in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis,

Catalysts and Catalysis: Advances and Applications, (eds. B.H. Davis, M.L. Occelli),

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2016, Ch. 6, pp. 85-106.

3. Weinping Ma, Gary Jacobs, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Uschi M Graham, Burtron

H Davis, Advances in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Catalysts, and Catalysis, Vol 128,

(2010) 31.

4. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, and Burtron H. Davis “Hydrogenation of

carbon dioxide to liquid fuels” Green Chemistry: Advances in CO2 utilization, Wiley

publications, Chapter-4, 99 (2014).

Ph.D. Thesis reviewed:

1. Evaluation of Ph.D., thesis entitled “Synthesis, characterization, biological and catalytic

applications of copper and its oxide nanoparticles” by Mr. A. Dinesh Karthik,

Thiruvalluvar University, Tamil Nadu, India (August 2014).

2. Evaluation of Ph.D., thesis entitled “Synthesis, characterization, DNA cleavage and

antimicrobial studies of some novel Schiff base complexes of transition metal ions” by

Mr. D. Sathis Kumar, Thiruvalluvar University, Tamil Nadu, India (September 2016).

3. Evaluation of Ph.D., thesis entitled “Synthesis, characterization, biological, antimicrobial

activity and catalytic activity of some novel chitosan-schiff bases and their complexes

with Co(III) and Mo(VI)” by Mr. C. Mujeebur Rahman, Thiruvalluvar University, Tamil

Nadu, India (September 2016).

Total citations:

Total number of citations: 972 (till January 2017)

h-index 18, i10-index 31. Presentations in conference/symposium:

1. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, H.H. Hamdeh, G. Jacobs, W.D. Shafer, B.H. Davis,

“Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Effect of Cu, Mn, and Zn addition on activity and selectivity of

cobalt ferrite” 251st

ACS National meeting, San Diego, 2016. (poster presentation)

2. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, G. Jacobs, H.H. Hamdeh, F. Liu, S. Hopps, G.A. Thomas,

B.H. Davis, “Decomposition study of cobalt-iron bimetallic oxalates” 24th

NAM meeting,

Pittsburgh, PA June 17, 2015. (poster presentation)

3. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Hussein H Hamdeh, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D Shafer, Dennis

E Sparks, Robert A Keogh, Burtron H Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: activity and

selectivity of chi-Fe5C2 and circle minus-Fe3C carbides” 248th

ACS National meeting, San

Francisco, 2014. (poster presentation)

4. U.M. Graham, G. Jacobs, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, S. M. Lipka, W.D. Shafer, C.

Swartz, B.H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: High oxygenate selectivity of hydrothermal

carbon supported cobalt catalysts” 248th

ACS National meeting, San Francisco, 2014. (poster

presentation)

5. M.C. Ribeiro, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, I.R. Azevelo, R.C. R.-Neto, V.R..R.

Pendyala, G. Jacobs, B.H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Enhanced selectivity to n-

alcohols and olefins over transition metal oxide doped ceria supported cobalt catalysts” 248th

ACS National meeting, San Francisco, 2014. (oral presentation)

6. D. Chakrabarti, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, W.D. Shafer, M.C. Ribeiro, D.E. Sparks, V.

Prasad, A.D. Klerk, B.H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch mechanism: Studies of a Co/Ce0.75Si0.25

catalyst using CO-C13-O18” 248th

ACS National meeting, San Francisco, 2014. (oral

presentation)

7. K. Soni, S. Garg, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, J.K. Gupta, T. Bhaskar, Murali Dhar,

“Acidity and catalytic activity of sulfated ZrSBA-15” 245th

ACS National meeting, New

Orleans, April 10, 2013. (poster presentation)

8. V.R.R. Pendyala, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, W. Ma, G. Jacobs, W.D. Shafer, B.H.

Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Effect of ammonia impurities in syngas feed over cobalt

catalyst” 245th

ACS National meeting, New Orleans, April 10, 2013. (poster presentation)

9. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, G. Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis, “Low

temperature water-gas shift reaction over alkali-I metal promoted cobalt carbide catalysts”

245th

ACS National meeting, New Orleans, April 10, 2013 (oral presentation).

10. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, M.C. Ribeiro, I.R. Azevedo, R.C. Rabelo-Neto, G. Jacobs, B.H.

Davis, F.B. Noronha, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: studies on the effect of support doping with Si,

Mn and Cr on the selectivity to alcohols in ceria supported cobalt catalysts” 23rd

North

American Catalysis meeting, Louisville, KY, June 2013 (oral presentation).

11. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Hussein H. Hamdeh, Wilson D. Shafer, Wenping Ma,

V.R.R. Pendyala, Dennis E. Sparks, Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Effect of

pretreatment conditions on activity and selectivity of Fe catalysts” SynFuel 2012

International Symposium on Alternative Clean Synthetic Fuels, Munich, Germany June 29 &

30, 2012.

12. Dennis E. Sparks, Gary Jacobs, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, V.R.R. Pendyala, Wenping

Ma, J. Kang, Wilson D. Shafer, R.A. Keogh, U.M. Graham, P. Gao, Burtron H. Davis,

“Poisoning of cobalt catalyst used for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis” SynFuel 2012 International

Symposium on Alternative Clean Synthetic Fuels, Munich, Germany June 29 & 30, 2012.

13. K.K. Soni, S. Garg, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, T. Bhaskar, Murali Dhar,

“Hydrotreating catalytic functionalities of SBA-16 supported Mo, CoMo, and NiMo

catalysts” 243th

ACS National meeting, 2012. (poster presentation)

14. W. Ma, G. Jacobs, D.E. Sparks, J. Kang, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, V.R.R. Pendyala,

W.D. Shafer, R.A. Keogh, U.M. Graham, B.H. Davis, “Effect of alkali compounds in syngas

on Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis behavior of a precipated iron catalyst in a slurry reactor”

SynFuel 2012 International Symposium on Alternative Clean Synthetic Fuels, Munich,

Germany June 29 & 30, 2012.

15. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis,

“Hydroisomerization of n-hexadecane over anion modified Pt/HfO2 catalysts” AICHE Spring

meeting-2012, April 1-5, Houston, TX, USA.

16. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer-

Tropsch synthesis: Mechanism of oxygenate formation over CeO2 supported Pt-Co catalysts”

22nd

North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Detroit, MI, 2011.

17. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Mauro C. Ribeiro, Weinping Ma, Gary Jacobs, Uschi M.

Graham, Wilson D. Shafer, Burtron H. Davis, “Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Metal-support

interfacial contact governs oxygenates selectivity over CeO2 supported Pt-Co catalysts”

AICHE, Spring meeting-2011, March 13-17, Chicago, IL, USA.

18. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Bob R. Keogh, Wilson D. Shafer, Buchang Shi, Burtron H.

Davis, “Deutero-1-pentene tracer studies for Iron and cobalt Fischer-tropsch synthesis” 240th

ACS meeting-2010, Division of Fuel chemistry, August 22-26, Boston, MA, USA.

19. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Bob Keogh, Wilson D Shafer, Buchang Shi, Gary Jacobs,

Burtron H. Davis, “Deuterium labeled ethanol tracer studies on Iron catalyzed Fischer-

tropsch synthesis” AICHE, Spring meeting-2010, March 21-26, San Antonio, TX, USA.

20. Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Gary Jacobs, Janet Mohandas, Wenping Ma George, Muthu

Kumaran Gnanamani, Burtron H. Davis, “Effect of water addition on iron catalyzed

Fischer-tropsch synthesis”, AICHE, Spring meeting-2010, March 21-26, San Antonio, TX,

USA.

21. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson D Shaffer, Heather D Willauer, Dennis R

Hardy, Frederick W Williams, Burtron H Davis, “Inverse isotope effect in CO2 hydrogenation:

doubly promoted (Cu,K) Fe catalysts” 238th

ACS meeting, Division of Fuel chemistry, August

16-20, Washington, DC, 2009.

22. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Uschi Graham, Weinping Ma, Venkat Ramana

Rao Pendyala, Burtron H Davis, “Studies on KIT-6 supported cobalt catalyst for Fischer-

Tropsch synthesis” 238th

ACS meeting, Division of Fuel chemistry, August 16-20,

Washington, DC, 2009.

23. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Weinping Ma, Gary Jacobs, Burtron H Davis, "Comparison

of Pt and Cu promotional effects in CO2 Hydrogenation over Co/Al2O3," 21st

North

American Catalysis Society Meeting, June 7-12, San Francisco, CA, 2009.

24. Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Weinping Ma, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Burtron H

Davis, "Hydrogenation of carbon oxides over K-promoted Fe catalysts," Tri-State Catalysis

Society Symposium, Apr. 20, Lexington, KY, 2009.

25. Burtron H Davis, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Weinping Ma, "H2-D2 Kinetic Isotope

Effect in CO2 Hydrogenation over Pt-Co/Al2O3," 21st

North American Catalysis Society

Meeting, June 7-12, San Francisco,CA, 2009.

26. Weinping Ma, Gary Jacobs, Dennis E Sparks, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Venkat

Ramana Rao Pendyala, Burtron H Davis ; Gnanamani, M.K.; Pendyala, R.R.; Davis, B.H.

"Comparison of the Kinetics of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Reaction Between Alumina

and Silica Supported Cobalt Catalysts as a Function of Metal Loading," Gordon Research

Conference, Jan. 11-16, Ventura Beach, CA, 2009.

27. Ma, W.; Jacobs, G.; Sparks, D.; Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran.; Pendyala, R.R.; Davis,

B.H. "Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: support and cobalt cluster size effects on kinetics and

hydrocarbon selectivity over Co/Al2O3 and Co/SiO2 catalysts," Tri-State Catalysis Society

Symposium, Apr. 20, Lexington, KY, 2009.

28. Soni, Kapil Kumar; Kumaran, Gnanamani Muthu; Garg, Shelu; Kumar, Manoj; Gupta, J.

K.; Sharma, L. D.; Dhar, G. Murali. Preprints - American Chemical Society, Division of

Petroleum Chemistry (2007), 52(2), 23-26.

29. Dhar, G. Murali; Garg, Shelu; Kumaran, Gnanamani Muthu; Soni, Kapil; Prasad, V. V. D.

N.; Gupta, J. K. Preprints - American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry

(2006), 51(2), 288-290.

30. Shelu Garg, Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Manoj Kumar, J K Gupta, L.D. Sharma, G

Murali Dhar, “Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic activity of Sulfated Zirconia

supported over SBA-15” presented in 18th

National Symposium and Indo-US seminar on

Catalysis, IIP Dehradun, April 2007.

31. Shelu Garg, Kapil Soni, Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, V V D N Prasad, Manoj Kumar, K

S Rawat, L D Sharma, G Murali Dhar, “Hydrodesulfurization catalysis on SBA-15 supported

molybdenum catalysts by Homogeneous precipitation method” presented in 18th

National

Symposium and Indo-US seminar on Catalysis, IIP Dehradun, April 2007.

32. Kapil Soni, Shelu Garg, Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Manoj Kumar, J K Gupta, L

D Sharma, B N Srinivas, G Murali Dhar, “Hydrodesulfurization studies on SBA-16

supported Mo, CoMo, and NiMo catalysts” presented in 18th

National Symposium and Indo-

US seminar on Catalysis, IIP Dehradun, April 2007.

33. T V Rao, Manoj Kumar, Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, V V D N Prasad, B R Nautiyal, Y

K Sharma, S M Nanoti, Bir Sain, G Murali Dhar, M O Garg, “Effect of support in

Molybdenum containing catalysts for Oxidative Desulfurization of HDS Diesel” presented in

18th

National Symposium and Indo-US seminar on Catalysis, IIP Dehradun, April 2007.

34. Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Manoj Kumar, K.S. Rawat, J.K. Gupta, L.D. Sharma,

G. Murali Dhar, “Origin of Hydrocracking functionality in -zeolite supported tungsten

catalysts”presented in 7th

Petrotech 2007, New Delhi, Jan 15-19.

35. Shelu Garg, Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Manoj Kumar, K.S. Rawat, L.D. Sharma, G.

Murali Dhar, “ZrO2-SBA-15 Mesoporous Supported Molybdenum Hydrotreating Catalysts”

presented in 7th

Petrotech 2007, New Delhi, Jan 15-19.

36. Kapil Soni, Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Manoj Kumar, K.S. Rawat, L.D. Sharma,

G. Murali Dhar, “Effect of Si/Zr ratio of SBA-15 Support on Hydrotreating Catalytic

Functionalities of Mo, CoMo, and NiMo catalysts” presented in 7th

Petrotech 2007, New

Delhi, Jan 15-19.

37. Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Shelu Garg, Kapil Soni, Manoj Kumar, L.D. Sharma, G.

Murali Dhar, “Phyisco-chemical characterization and catalysis on beta zeolite supported

molybdenum hydrotreating catalysts” presented in National Workshop on Catalysis for

Energy, BHU Varanasi, Feb 2006.

38. Shelu Garg, Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Kapil Soni, Manoj Kumarn, L.D. Sharma, G.

Murali Dhar, “Physico-chemical characterization and catalysis on ZrO2 incorporated SBA-15

supported molybdenum hydrotreating catalysts” presented in National Workshop on

Catalysis for Energy, BHU Varanasi, Feb 2006.

39. Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, Manoj Kumar, L.D. Sharma, G. Murali Dhar, “Effect

of support composition on catalytic functionalities of Mo, CoMo, NiMo hydrotreating

catalysts”, presented in 17th

National Symposium on Catalysis, Jan. 18-20, 2005, CSMCRI

Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

40. Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran, N.S. Rao, G. Prabhakar, L.D. Sharma, G. Murali

Dhar, “Physico-chemical characterization and catalysis on beta zeolite supported tungsten

hydrotreating catalysts”, presented in 17th

National Symposium on Catalysis, Jan. 18-20,

2005, CSMCRI Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

References:

1. Professor Burtron H. Davis

Associate Director, CAER 2540 Research Park Dr Center for Applied Energy Research University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY-40511, USA Phone: 001 859-257-0251 Fax: 859-257-0302 burtron.davis@uky.edu

2. Professor Murali Dhar Gudimella

Senior professor Department of Chemical Engineering

Gayatri Vidya Parishad college of Engineering

Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra pradesh-530 041, India Phone: 011-91-9490451176 dhargm@gmail.com

3. Professor S. Sivasanker

Chair Professor National Centre for Catalysis Research Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Chennai - 600 036 Phone: 011-91-9840103865 ssivasanker@yahoo.com