Ojha, D.K.; Vinu, R. Fast co-pyrolysis of cellulose and polypropylene using Py-GC/MS and Py-FT-IR. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 66861-66870.
Suriapparao, D.V.; Pradeep, N.; Vinu, R. Bio-oil production from Prosopis juliflora via microwave pyrolysis. Energy Fuels 2015, 29, 2571-2581.
Nair, V.; Panigrahy, A.; Vinu, R. Development of novel chitosan-lignin composites for adsorption of dyes and metal ions from wastewater, Chem. Eng. J. 2014, 254, 491-502.
Vinu, R.; Broadbelt, L. J. A mechanistic model of fast pyrolysis of glucose-based carbohydrates to predict bio-oil composition, Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 9808-9826.
Vinu, R.; Broadbelt, L. J. Unraveling reaction pathways and specifying reaction kinetics for complex systems, Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng. 2012, 3, 29-54.
Vinu, R.; Madras, G. Kinetics of simultaneous photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds and reduction of metal ions with nano-TiO2, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 913-919.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, U.S.A., 2010 –2012
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 2012 onwards
AWARDS
Recipient of Prof. N. R. Kuloor Memorial Medal for the best doctoral thesis in Chemical Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Science, 2010-2011
International travel grants from Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, 2009
General Electric (G.E.) foundation scholarship for the best M.Sc.(Engg.) student. 2006 – 2008
Summer research fellowship from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India, 2005
AFFILIATIONS
IIT Madras,
National Centre for Combustion Research And Development.