BOLLA SRINIVASA RAO

Highly accomplished and dedicated researcher with a strong background in heterogeneous catalysis and fine chemical synthesis from lignocellulosic biomass. Possessing extensive experience in catalyst preparation, characterization, and evaluation, I have successfully contributed to various research projects in the field. My expertise in process development and optimization has led me to implement innovative ideas in practice. Having expertise in the chemical industry and biomass conversion, I can explore sustainable solutions for chemical transformations. In situ catalyst characterization is my area of expertise in establishing structure-activity relationships. My contributions to the field of catalysis include 26 publications, a patent, and a book chapter. Committed to delivering high-quality research outcomes, I am seeking a challenging position in a reputable company where I can contribute my skills and knowledge to drive innovation and make a positive impact in the field of chemical research and development.

• Highly Active and Stable Ru-(OH)-based Catalysts Supported on Ni-Manganite for the Base-free Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural to 2,5-Furan Dicarboxylic Acid in a Noble Water-organic Solvent System, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Marcel Jonathan Hidajat, Gwang-Nam Yun, and Dong Won Hwang, Catalysis Science & Technology, Accepted, 5 Sep 2023
• Integrated Process Towards Sustainable Renewable Plastics: Production of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid from Fructose in a Base-Free Environment, Pandian Manjunathan †, Bolla Srinivasa Rao †, Maeum Lee, Marcel Jonathan Hidajat, Gwang-Nam Yun, Dong Won Hwang, Applied Catalysis A: Gen, Revision submitted
• Influence of metal oxide and heteropoly tungustate location in mesoporous silica towards catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to γ-valerolactone, B. Srinivasa Rao, Yogita, D. Dhana Lakshmi, P. Krishna Kumari, and N. Lingaiah, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2021, 5, 3719-3728
• Dehydrative etherification of carbohydrates to 5-ethoxymethylfurfural over SBA-15 supported Sn modified heteropoly silicate catalysts, B. Srinivasa Rao, D Dhana Lakshmi, PK Kumari, P. Rajitha, N Lingaiah, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4, 3428-3437
• One pot selective conversion of furfural to γ-valerolactone over zirconia-containing heteropoly tungstate supported on β-zeolite catalyst, B. Srinivasa Rao, P. Krishna Kumari, Paramita Koley, J. Tardio, N. Lingaiah, Molecular Catalysis, 2019, 466, 52-59
• One pot selective transformation of biomass derived chemicals towards alkyl levulinates over titanium exchanged heteropoly tungstate catalysts, B. Srinivasa Rao, PK Kumari, D Dhana Lakshmi, N Lingaiah, Catalysis Today, 2018, 309, 269-275
• Selective conversion of furfuryl alcohol into butyl levulinate over zinc exchanged heteropoly tungstate supported on niobia catalysts, B. Srinivasa Rao, PK Kumari, D Dhana Lakshmi, N Lingaiah, Molecular Catalysis, 2017, 427, 80-86
• Selective Hydration of Nitriles to Amides Over Titania Supported Palladium Exchanged Vanadium Incorporated Molybdophosphoric Acid Catalysts, B. Srinivasa Rao, A Srivani, DD Lakshmi, N Lingaiah, Catalysis Letters, 2016, 146 (10), 2025-2031
• One-pot conversion of levulinic acid into gamma-valerolactone over a stable Ru Tungstosphosphoric acid catalyst, Paramita Koley, B Srinivasa Rao, Shit Subhash Chandra, Ylias Sabri, Mondal John, James Tardio, Nakka Lingaiah, Fuel, 2021, 289, 119900
• Selective Conversion of Furfural into Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol using Heteropoly acid-based Material as Hydrogenation Catalyst, Paramita Koley, Srinivasa Rao B, Ylias Mohammad Sabri, Suresh K. Bhargava, James Tardio, and N. Lingaiah, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4, 4768-4779
• Metal-Organic-Framework Derived Co-Pd Bond is Preferred over Fe-Pd for Reductive Upgrading of Furfural to Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, Saikiran Pendem, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, David J. Morgan, Digambar B. Shinde, Zhiping Lai, Nakka Lingaiah, and John Mondal, Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 8791-8802
• Tungstophosphoric acid supported on mesoporous niobiumoxophosphate: an efficient solid acid catalyst for etherification of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 5ethoxymethylfurfural, PK Kumari, B Srinivasa Rao, DD Lakshmi, NRS Paramesh, C Sumana, N Lingaiah, Catalysis Today, 2019, 325, 53-60
• Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from methanol and urea over zinc-strontia mixed oxide catalysts, D. Dhana Lakshmi, B. Srinivasa Rao, N. Lingaiah, Catalysis Communications, 2019,122, 1-4
• Lewis acidity induced heteropoly tungustate catalysts for the synthesis of 5-ethoxymethylfurfural from fructose and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, P. Krishna Kumari, B. Srinivasa Rao, D. Padmakar, Nayeem Pasha, N Lingaiah, Molecular Catalysis, 2018, 448, 108-115
• Selective conversion of furfuryl alcohol into ethyl levulinate over Zr modified tungstophosphoric acid supported on β-zeolite, Yogita, B. Srinivasa Rao, Ch. Subrahmanyam, and N. Lingaiah, New J. Chem., 2021,45, 3224-3233
• Niobium exchanged tungstophosphoric acid supported on titania catalysts for the selective synthesis of 5-ethoxymethylfurfural from fructose, P. Krishna Kumari, B. Srinivasa Rao, D. Mallesh, and N. Lingaiah, Molecular Catalysis, 508, 2021, 111607
• Selective hydrodeoxygenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-dimethylfuran over mesoporous silica supported copper catalysts, D. Dhana Lakshmi, B. Srinivasa Rao, Yogita, N. Lingaiah, Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2021, 4, 357-366
• Selective transformation of carbohydrates to 5-ethoxymethylfurfural over tungstophosphoric acid supported on activated carbon derived from orange peel, P. Krishna Kumari, Yogita, B. Srinivasa Rao, N. Lingaiah, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2023, 100, 101007
• Studies on bimetallic Cu-Ag supported on alumina catalysts for hydrodeoxygenation of HMF to DMF, D. Dhana Lakshmi, Yogita, B. Srinivasa Rao, N. Lingaiah, Sustainable Energy & Fuels (Revision submitted)
• Indium exchanged heteropoly tungstates: Efficient catalysts for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea, M. Sharath Babu, A. Srivani, B. Srinivasa Rao, Dasari Ayodhya, Inorganica Chimica Acta 556, 2023, 121655
• Cu-Pd bimetallic nanoalloy anchored on an N-rich porous organic polymer for high-performance hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived vanillin, SC Shit, R Singuru, S Pollastri, B Joseph, B. Srinivasa Rao, N Lingaiah, J Mondal, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2018, 8, 2195-2210
• Unraveling the structural properties and reactivity trends of Cu-Ni bimetallic nanoalloy catalysts for biomass-derived levulinic acid hydrogenation, S Pendem, I Mondal, A Shrotri, B. Srinivasa Rao, N Lingaiah, J Mondal, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2018, 2 (7), 1516-1529
• Realizing Catalytic Acetophenone Hydrodeoxygenation with Palladium-Equipped Porous Organic Polymers, Ratul Paul, Subhash Chandra Shit, Thibault Fovanna, Davide Ferri, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, GT Kasun Kalhara Gunasooriya, Duy Quang Dao, Quyet Van Le, Indrajit Shown, Matthew P Sherburne, Quang Thang Trinh, John Mondal, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 45, 50550-50565
• The Unprecedented Catalytic Performance in Bio-Mass Derived Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone with composition-graded Ag-Co Core-Shell Nanoalloy, Koley, Paramita; Shit, Subhash; Sabri, Ylias; Srinivasa Rao, Bolla; Nakka, Lingaiah; Tardio, James; Mondal, John, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 10, 3750-3767
• Navigating Copper-Atom-Pair Structural Effect inside Porous-Organic-Polymer Cavity for Selective Hydrogenation of Biomass Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, Sarkar, Chitra; Paul, Ratul; Shit, Subhash; Trinh, Quang Thang; Koley, Paramita; Srinivasa Rao, Bolla; Andrew M.; Pao, Chih-Wen; Banerjee, Arghya; Mondal, John, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 5, 2136-2151
• Porous-Organic-Polymer-Triggered Advancement of Sustainable Magnetic Efficient Catalyst for Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde, John Mondal, Ratul Paul, Chitra Sarkar, Yong Yan, Quang Thang Trinh, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Chih-Wen Pao, Jyh-Fu Lee, Wen Liu, ChemCatChem, 2020, 14(12) 3687-3704
• Ultra-Low Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Octahedral Site Cobalt Species in Co3O4 Based Catalysts: Unraveling the Origin of Unique Catalytic Property, Tinku Baidya, Toru Murayama, Subramanian Nellaiappan, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Parthasarathi Bera, Olga Safonova, Mingyue Lin, Kaustubh R Priolkar, Samapti Kundu, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Patrick Steiger, Sudhanshu Sharma, Krishanu Biswas, Swapan Kumar Pradhan, Lingaiah Nakka, Kirtiman Deo Malviya, and Masatake Haruta, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123 (32) 19557
• Low-Temperature Propylene Epoxidation Activity of CuO-CeO2 Catalyst with CO+ O2: Role of Metal-Support Interaction on the Reducibility and Catalytic Property of CuOx Species, Tinku Baidya, Tanmoy Mazumder, Konstantin Yu Koltunov, Pravin R Likhar, Adam HnClark, khushbo tiwari, Vladimir I Sobolev, Soumitra, Payra, Toru Murayama, Mingyue Lin, Parthasarathi Bera, Sounak Roy, Krishanu Biswas, Olga V Safonova, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Masatake Haruta, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020, 124, 26, 14131-14146
• Dual-Site Cooperation for High Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation Activity of MnO2 in Biphasic MnOx-CeO2 Catalyst Using Aerial O2 in the Vapor Phase, Tanmoy Mazumder, Sudip Dandapat, Tinku Baidya
• Pravin R. Likhar, Adam H. Clark, Parthasarathi Bera, Khushubo Tiwari, Soumitra Payra, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Sounak Roy, and Krishanu Biswas, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125, 38, 20831-20844

• Dr. N. Lingaiah, Chief Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India, 500007, +91-9849421055, nakkalingaiah@iict.res.in / lingaiah66@gmail.com
• Dr. A. Venugopal, Chief Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India, 500007, +91-9849732074, akula@iict.res.in / akulavenugopal@gmail.com

• Best Presentation Award in catalysis symposium-23, Bangalore, India.
• Qualified GATE-2013 conducted by the Government of India.
• Qualified for the Joint CSIR - UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) June-2013 conducted by the Government of India.
• Qualified IIT-JAM for MSc admission in 2010, India.