Deepti Mishra

Final year, defended PhD thesis PhD scholar (majors: Heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering). Experience in the development of heterogeneous catalysts, porous materials, characterization (in-situ-ex-situ), C1 molecule conversion, continuous flow reaction, and batch reaction (thermocatalytic process). Conducted experiments, analyzed data, performed a computational study using DFT, and reported at UQ and IITD. Attentive to detail, have strong planning and polarization skills, distinctly analytical, and have a solid work ethic. Effective communication and writing skills. Senior Research Assistant skilled with differentiating between usable and meaningless data. Led quality assurance practices on research using only critical data. Supervised a team of two researchers engaged in an industry-supported CO2 Conversion study and provided feedback and assistance where required. Senior Research Assistant with successful background networking and leveraging customer service to retrieve crucial data. Prioritized projects and objectives to efficiently accomplish goals and produce exceptional results. Seasoned in assisting foreign clients and effective in communicating with other companies.

• Delivered poster presentation on my PhD research topic in various international conferences.
• Wrote 6 articles published in different well recognized international journals
• Earned recognition in peer-reviewed publications like Fuel processing technology and Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry research.
• Collaborated with investigators at University of Melbourne, University of Adelaide to make breakthrough in Thermocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation reaction to methanol.
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• Documented and resolved related to reactor build up and data analysis which led to successful completion of projects.
• Collaborated with team of different universities and Future Fuels CRC industries in the development of Membrane reactor technology for CO2 conversion.
• Achieved significant outstanding result in methanol production by completing membrane and catalyst testing with accuracy and efficiency.
• Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

• Project Supervisor, Final year M. Tech summer intern student (Chemical Engineering) India, May-September 2021, Thermodynamic analysis of methane dehydroaromatization reaction
• Lecturer, Shivani Public School Lucknow, India, July 2016-February 2017

• Senior Research Assistant, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, June 2023 - Current, Thermocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation to methanol using membrane reactor (Future Fuels CRC Ltd project), A/Prof. Simon Smart
• Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland-IIT Delhi, July 2019 - Aug 2023, Non-oxidative catalytic conversion of methane into aromatics over metal-impregnated zeolites, Prof. K. K. Pant, Dr. Muxina Konarova, Prof. George Zhao
• Master Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, July 2017 - June 2019, Heterogeneous single site base metal complex for asymmetric catalysis (Design and synthesis of MOFs), Prof. Kuntal Manna
• Graduate Researcher, University of Lucknow, India, July 2013 - Aug 2015, Hydrogen Fuels (design and applications), Dr. Indu Saxena

• 4th International Conference on Emerging Advanced Materials (ICEAN 2022), Newcastle, Australia, Non-oxidative catalytic methane conversion into benzene over Hierarchically porous Mo/HZSM-5 catalyst, D. Mishra, A. Modak, M. Konarova, X.S. Zhao, K. K. Pant, Oral
• Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CCEC-2021), Montreal, Canada, Promotional effect of ceria-zirconia with Mo/HZSM-5 for methane dehydroaromatization, D. Mishra, A. Modak, M. Konarova, X.S. Zhao, K. K. Pant, Oral
• North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM28), Rhode Iceland, USA, Improved benzene selectivity for methane dehydroaromatization Via modifying the zeolitic pores (hierarchical Mo/HZSM-5), D. Mishra, M. Konarova, X.S. Zhao, K. K. Pant, Oral
• ACS Fall 2021 (ACS fall meeting and exposition), USA, Catalytic non-oxidative methane conversion into benzene over hierarchical Mo/HZSM-5 catalyst prepared by alkali treatment, D. Mishra, S. Mishra, X.S. Zhao, K. K. Pant, Poster
• ISCRE & APCRE 29, 2021 (International Symposium on Chemical Engineering & Asia Pacific Chemical reaction Engineering conference), New Delhi, India, Hierarchically porous Mo/HZSM-5 for improved activity in methane dehydroaromatization, D. Mishra, S. Mishra, X.S. Zhao, K. K. Pant, Poster

• Attendance at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland Research Seminar series (June 2022-July 2023)
• Career development Training sessions organized by the Graduate School-The University of Queensland (Agile project management, Academic writing, Career shaping, Effective time management, Leaders & leadership)

• Design and synthesis of porous materials (zeolites, MOFs, metal-oxides), Activated carbon & Graphene oxides, single-atom catalysts, and perovskite materials
• Characterization of materials using spectroscopic and microscopic tools & (in-situ characterization)
• Thermocatalytic, electrocatalytic conversion, and hydrothermal liquefication processes
• Heterogeneous catalytic reaction, C1 carbon chemistry, natural gas processing, CH4, CO2 conversion and H2 Production

• Qualified the (CSIR NET-JRF) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in Chemical Science-June 2017 (All India Rank) AIR-46
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2019) with a Score of 513
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering GATE 2016 and GATE 2017 (AIR 530)
• People Choice Award in Higher Degree Research (HDR) presentation contest in School of Chemical Engineering-The University of Queensland, Australia

• Improved benzene selectivity for methane dehydroaromatization via modifying the zeolitic pores by dual templating approach, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 344, 112172, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.112172
• Hierarchically modified Mo/HZSM-5 via alkali treatment for improved activity in methane dehydroaromatization, Fuel Process. Technol., 235, 107387, 2022, http://doi.org/10.1016/j/fuproc.2022.107387
• Catalytic conversion of methane into benzene over ceria-zirconia promoted molybdenum-supported zeolite for methane dehydroaromatization, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 37, e7101, 2023, http://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.7101
• Microwave-assisted impregnation of highly dispersed Mo over HZSM-5 using various Mo precursors for methane dehydroaromatization, React. Chem. Eng., 28-30, 2023
• Conversion of Fly-Ash into pristine ZSM-5 and its application for methane dehydroaromatization, J. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2023.10.041
• Modelling and statistical interpretation of phenol adsorption behaviour of 3-dimensional hybrid aerogel of waste-derived carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide, Chem. Eng. J., 151351, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.151351
• Illuminating acidity's effect by substituting heteroatom in MFI framework and its effect on product selectivity for Mo-modified catalyst in non-oxidative methane conversion, Applied Energy materials, communicated

• Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee, Chemical Engineering, New Delhi, Delhi, 110016, India, kkpant@chemical.iitd.ac.in
• Dr. Muxina Konarova, Senior lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia, m.konarova@uq.edu.au

• Student volunteer at the University of Queensland Union (UQU) January 2023-June 2023
• Ambassador of UQU Association of Postgraduate students (UQU aps) January 2023