Rate My Professor K Venkatachalam

Dr. K. Venkatachalam serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, a role he has held since 2014. He holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry, M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Chemistry awarded by Anna University, Chennai, in December 2010. His academic career includes participation in UGC-HRDC Orientation Programme and Refresher Course in Chemistry, where he obtained Grade A. Additionally, he serves as Deputy Warden of the P.G. Hostel for Men at Taramani Campus and supervises several research scholars focusing on heterogeneous catalysts.

Dr. Venkatachalam's research specializations encompass the synthesis of novel catalytic materials, heterogeneous catalysis, and fine chemical synthesis, with applications in photocatalysis, dye adsorption, biodiesel production, and environmental remediation using nanomaterials such as MgO/ZnO, NiO, GO/Cu2O, and graphitic carbon nitride composites. He has authored 45 journal publications, achieving 628 citations, an h-index of 16, and i10-index of 27 on Google Scholar. Notable publications include 'Optical and biological properties of MgO/ZnO nanocomposites by green method' (2023), 'Adsorption of Anionic Dyes by Polypyrrole-Grafted Chitosan/ZnO Nanocomposite' (2023), 'Conversion of Neem Oil (Azadirachta indica) to Biodiesel over MgO/ZnO Catalyst' (2023), 'Bio-waste eggshell membrane assisted synthesis of NiO nanoparticles' (2022), 'The development of ZnO nanoparticle-embedded graphitic carbon nitride' (2023), 'Enhanced Photocatalytic Behavior of (GO/Cu₂O) Nanocomposites' (2019), and 'A Mathialagan et al., Optical Materials 100, 109643' (2020, 71 citations). He has secured funding as Principal Investigator for DST-SERB project EEQ/2016/000559 (2017) and DST-ANRF-EEQ. Dr. Venkatachalam has delivered invited talks including 'Fine chemicals synthesis by Heterogeneous catalysis' at SRM, 'Basic tools of Analytical Chemistry and fine chemical synthesis by heterogeneous catalysts' in national webinars, and presentations at conferences. He has contributed to organizing seminars and workshops in analytical chemistry.