FACULTY
Biography
Dr. Kishant Kumar is a chemical engineering graduate from Birsa Institute of Technology, Sindri in 2009. He completed post-graduation (M.Tech) in 2012 and doctoral studies (Ph.D) in 2018 from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has worked till July 2022, as an assistant professor at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor at IIT Ropar.
Education
- Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
- M.Tech. (Engg.) (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
- B.Sc. (Engg) Birsa Institute of Technology, Sindri
Teaching
- Heat Trasfer (B.Tech 4th Semester, 2019-2020)
- Thermodynamics I (B.Tech 3rd Semester, 2020-21)
- Molecular Simulation in Chemical Engineering(B.Tech 8th Semester, 2021-22)
- Thermodynamics I (B.Tech 3rd Semester, 2021-22)
- FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF MICROFLUIDICS:: CH503 (Ongoing)
Selected Publications
- Kishant Kumar*, Sonanki Keshri, Anand Bharti, Shailesh Kumar, and Santosh Mogurampelly. "Solubility of Gases in Choline Chloride based Deep Eutectic Solvents from Molecular Dynamics Simulation." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 61, 13, 4659–4671, (2022)
- Kishant Kumar*, Anand Bharti, and Santosh Mogurampelly. "Insights on choline chloride–based deep eutectic solvent (reline)+ primary alcohol mixtures: a molecular dynamics simulation study." Journal of Molecular Modeling 28.2 : 1-14 (2022)
- Kishant Kumar*, Anand Bharti, Rudra Kumar; Molecular insight into the structure and dynamics of LiTf2N/deep eutectic solvent: an electrolyte for Li-ion batteries, Molecular Simulation, 1-16 (2021)
- Soumya Lipsa Rath, Kishant Kumar; Investigation of the effect of temperature on the structure of SARS-Cov-2 Spike Protein by Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 7 (2020)
- Projesh Kumar Roy, Kishant Kumar, Foram M Thakkar, Amar Deep Pathak, K Ganapathy Ayappa, Prabal K Maiti; Investigations on 6FDA/BPDA-DAM polymer melt properties and CO2 adsorption using molecular dynamics simulations, Journal of Membrane Science, 613, 118377 (2020)
- Kishant Kumar and Amit Kumar; Enhanced CO2 Adsorption and Separation in Ionic Liquid-Mesoporous Silica MCM-41: A molecular Simulation Study, J. Phys.Chem. C., 122(15), 8216-8227 (2018)
- Kishant Kumar and Amit Kumar; Adsorptive Separation of Carbon Dioxide from Flue Gas using Mesoporous MCM 41: A Molecular Simulation Study, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 35(2), 535-547 (2018)
Projects
- Kishant Kumar (PI); Green Solvents for Recycling Cathodes of Spent Li-Ion Batteries; Funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) GoI.
- Srinath Suranani (PI), Kishant Kumar (Co-PI), Shirish Sonawane(Co-PI), P. Rathish Kumar(Co-PI); Effective Management of Process Slag from PCB Smelting; Funded by Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology, Hyderabad.
- Soumya Lipsa Rath (PI), Kishant Kumar (Co-PI); Dependence of structure and dynamics of novel SARS-CoV-2 on temperature and humidity in the atmosphere; Funded by Department of Energy National Laboratory, USA