Renewable Energy and Chemicals (REC) Research Group
Design of nanoscale materials with superior catalytic or electrocatalytic properties, essentially holds the key to success for developing renewable energy and chemicals. In our efforts, a bottom-up approach is applied, wherein quantum mechanical ab initio density functional theory (DFT) simulations of reactions occurring on the material surface are guiding the rational design of heterogeneous catalysts. The inherent design ideas vary and depend on the problem at hand. Overall, the ab initio level theoretical simulations provide us a mechanistic insight into the reaction, which in-turn offers us an opportunity to engineer the material itself. This is often implemented in experiments by changing the material surface, morphology and the characteristic length scales.
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M. Ali Haider
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
B. Tech. IIT Guwahati, 2006
M. S. & Ph.D University of Virginia (UVA), 2006-2011
Postdoctoral Research Associate, NSF-CBiRC, UVA, 2011-2013
Visiting Scholar, CCEI, University of Delaware, 2016-17
Co-investigator: Energy Storage Platform on Batteries &
CO2 Reduction
catalyst discovery
BiorenewableS
Platform Chemicals
Biofuels
Natural Gas to Aromatics
methane Activation
Water Purification
NOx Adsorbers
Single Atom Alloys
News
MAH joined Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Jyotsana received Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship to join Imperial College London in 2023
Ashutosh received DST-AWSAR Award 2022
Iqra received poster presentation award at Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker meeting in Germany
Ussama selected for SERB-OVDF Fellwoship at Purdue University
MAH organised computational catalysis workshop at the University of Porto
MAH presented a keynote talk, Chemical Engineering @ Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Symposium, 2022
Aman received BOSS award for his B.Tech. Project at the REC Lab
Dr. Shelaka Gupta recognised as India's 75 women in STEAM by the Office of Principle Sceintific Adviser to the Government of India
Dr. Shelaka Gupta received Distinction in Doctoral Research for her dissertation research at IIT Delhi
Dr. Ejaz Ahmad received Lovraj Kumar Memorial Trust Best PhD Dissertation Award
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering recognises MAH as Emerging Investigator
MAH selected for Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam HPC Award by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel
JMCA paper selected for Editor's Choice Collection on Machine Learning for Materials Innovation