Hemant Choudhary
Scientist
Joint BioEnergy Institute
USA
Dr. Hemant Choudhary is currently working as a Scientist, Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Joint BioEnergy Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, California, USA. He is a highly motivated and experienced PhD holder in material science, who has learned to bring a fundamental understanding of the chemical and physical nature of matter into a variety of socially and commercially significant applications. He has a strong background and keen interest in research related to solid state, liquids, organic/inorganic chemistry, and the manipulation of (bio)polymers for chemical, materials, and energy, in addition to having mastered advanced instrumentation and analysis of the developed materials.
Research interests:
- Development of new synthetic methodologies based on the principles of Green Chemistry
- Design of catalyst surfaces and to explore their activity for organic reactions
- Development of economically sustainable biomass pretreatment methodologies
- Development of multi-functional catalysts for chemical upgradation of lignocellulosic biomass
- Catalytic depolymerization of lignin
- Plastic recycling and transformation of non-degradable plastics into degradable bioplastics
- Design, synthesis, characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid materials or carbon-based advanced materials for catalysis and future applications
- Elucidation of catalytic potentials of metal nanoparticles based on structure-activity relationships
- Polymer electrolytes or organic-inorganic hybrid materials for fuel cell and sensing applications
- Development of polymeric materials for drug-delivery applications
- Study of surface properties of materials to explain and thereby design/fabricate materials
- Design and synthesis of ionic liquids for applications as herbicides, catalysts, solvents, among others
- Studies on physicochemical properties of ionic liquids
- Synthesis of energetic materials for use in and as fuel and propellants
- Synthesis of environmentally benign halogen-free flame retardants
