Sivakumar Vasireddy

Dr. Vasireddy has over 10 years of experience in heterogeneous/homogeneous catalysis, with an emphasis on catalyst synthesis, characterization and activity evaluation. Currently, Dr. Vasireddy is working on research and development of nanowire based hydrotreating catalysts and reactive adsorbents to produce clean fuels ULSD, ULSG and bioethanol cleanup, scale up production of catalysts and catalyst formulations. He is instrumental in developing the solid acid catalysts and bimetallic catalysts for bio-based platform chemicals and fuel additives. Previously, as a research engineer at Jantra-SF LLC, he developed hierarchical zeolites and mesoporous catalysts for converting syngas via DME/methanol to jet fuel/diesel, and bifunctional catalysts for single step synthesis of DME from coal/biomass derived syngas. As a research associate at the Louisiana State University, he investigated super acid catalysts for converting methane to C2+ hydrocarbons and attrition resistant Fischer-Tropsch catalysts for slurry reactors. His experience includes working on chemical valorization of CO2 to produce dialkyl carbonates using organometal and nanometal oxide catalysts at the Universite de Bourgogne, France. Dr. Vasireddy received his BS and MS degrees in Chemistry from Andhra University, India and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India in 2007. He has published 19 articles in refereed journals and has been awarded 3 US, 5 Indian patents and few US patents in pending.