Viswanadha Srirama Rajasekhar Pullabhotla

Department of Chemistry, University of Zululand

Educational Qualification
From 1992 to 1995, BSc in Maths, Physics and Chemistry, Andhra University , India
From 1995 to 1998, MSc(Engg) in Petrochemicals, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad , India
From 2003 to 2007, PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban , South Africa
Research Interests
Heterogeneous Catalysis.
Nanoparticles and Metal-semiconductor Hybrid Nanostructure Synthesis and characterization.
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis.
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis.
Work Experience
From 04/1998 to 10/1998, Trainee Engineer , Indian Institute of Petroleum, CSIR, India
From 11/1998 to 05/1999, Project Engineer , Indian Institute of Petroleum, CSIR, India
From 06/1999 to 06/2000, Senior Production Officer , Premier Explosives Ltd., Hyderabad, India
From 07/2000 to 12/2002, Deputy Manager (QC, R&D) , Naveen Additives Ltd., Hyderabad, India
From 01/2006 to 06/2006, Part-Time Lecturer , Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
From 08/2006 to 03/2008, Senior Tutor , Department of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
From 04/2008 to 10/2011, PostDoctoral Fellow , Department of Chemistry, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 02/2011 to 10/2011, Part-TIme Lecturer , Department of Chemistry, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 11/2011 to 12/2012, Lecturer , Department of Chemistry, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 01/2013 to Till Date, Senior Lecturer , Department of Chemistry, University of Zululand, South Africa
Projects
From 04/1998 to 10/1998, Study on dehydrogenation of methone to thymol
MSc (Engg) Dissertation work done at Indian Institute of Petroleum, CSIR, India
From 11/1998 to 05/1999, "Analysis of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Phenols, Heavy Metal Pollutants in Refinery Effluents by Modern Analytical Techniques" and "Study on Hydroprocessing"
Indian Institute of Petroleum, CSIR, India
From 04/2008 to 12/2008, Greener route for the synthesis of triethanolamine capped, water soluble CdSe nanoparticles
Supervised Honors Project, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 2003 to 2007, Scope of Microporous and Mesoporous Molecular Sieves in the Oxidation of Higher Alkanes with Ozone
PhD Project, Universit of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
From 2008 to 2010, Synthesis and Characterization of Au-CdSe Hybrid nanoparticles
PostDoctoral Project, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 2011 to 2013, Synthesis and Shape Control of Functionalised BiE, SbE, SnE (E=S, Se and Te) Nanoparticles
Co-Supervised PhD Project, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 02/2013 to 12/2013, Synthesis and Characterization of SnS Nanoparticles from Single Source Precursor
Supervised Honors Project, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 02/2013 to 12/2013, Synthesis and Characterization of BiE (E=S, Se and Te) Nanoparticles using BiCl3 as a precursor
Supervised Honors Project, University of Zululand, South Africa
From 02/2013 to 12/2013, Synthesis and Characterization of CdTe Nanoparticles using Mixed Cadmuim Sources
Supervised Honors Project, University of Zululand, South Africa
Selected Publications