Raina Sharma, SWACHH Lab, IIT Kanpur

Raina joined SWACHH Lab in January 2026 as an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, after completing her PhD at INST, Mohali. Her research focuses on nanostructured materials for carbon capture and clean energy applications, bringing a materials-science perspective to the group's decarbonisation goals.

Education

PhD, Chemistry

IISER Mohali (research conducted at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, under Dr. G. Jayamurugan)

August 2020 – May 2025

MSc, Chemistry

Central University of Punjab

August 2017 – May 2019

BSc, Chemistry & Biology

SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi

August 2014 – May 2017

Experience

Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

SWACHH Lab, Dept. of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur

January 2026 – present

Nanostructured materials for carbon capture and clean energy applications.

Publications

Prior & collaborative work11

Realizing direct conversion of glucose to furfurals with tunable selectivity utilizing a carbon dot catalyst with dual acids controlled by a biphasic medium

R Sharma, A Selim, B Devi, S M Arumugam, S Sartaliya, S Elumalai, et al.

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 14 (10), 11445-11457 (2022)

Sulphonated Carbon Dots Synthesized Through a One-Pot, Facile and Scalable Protocol Facilitates the Preparation of Renewable Precursors Using Glucose/Levulinic Acid

A Selim, R Sharma, S M Arumugam, S Elumalai, G Jayamurugan

ChemistrySelect 7 (19), e202104448 (2022)

New Water-Soluble Magnetic Field-Induced Drug Delivery System Obtained Via Preferential Molecular Marriage over Narcissistic Self-Sorting

S Sartaliya, R Mahajan, R Sharma, A H Dar, G Jayamurugan

Langmuir 38 (29), 8999-9009 (2022)

A study of [2+2] cycloaddition-retroelectrocyclization in water: observation of substrate-driven transient-nanoreactor-induced new reactivity

K M Neethu, K Nag, A H Dar, A Bajaj, S A Gopal, V Gowri, M Nagpure, et al.

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 21 (14), 2922-2929 (2023)

First Cu-Nanostar as Sustainable Catalyst Realized through Synergistic Effects of Bowl-shaped Features and Surface Activation of Sporopollenin Exine

V Gowri, S Kumari, R Sharma, A Selim, G Jayamurugan

Nanoscale 16 (39), 18356-18364 (2024)

Agri-waste-Derived Phosphorylated Sporopollenin Catalyst Facilitates the Selective 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Formation in Water: Insights into Phosphate Functionalization

R Sharma, T Selvaraj, V Gowri, B Devi, S Elumalai, J John Varghese, et al.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 13 (25), 9455-9466 (2025)

Biocidal polymer derived near white light-emitting polymeric carbon particles for antibacterial and bioimaging applications

S Sartaliya, R Sharma, A Sharma, V Chopra, K M Neethu, A K Solanki, et al.

Photochemistry and Photobiology 100 (4), 1010-1019 (2024)

One-pot synthesis of lactones from ketoacids involving microwave heating and sodium borohydride: application in biomass conversion

R Sharma, A K Solanki, G Jayamurugan

Chemical Communications 61 (1), 93-96 (2025)

Sustainable Synthesis of Single-Phase Ba3MgSi2O8 Nanoparticles Using Sporopollenin for Fructose Syrup Production: DFT and Quantitative NMR Insights on Glucose Isomerization

R Sharma, T Selvaraj, A K Solanki, J J Varghese, G Jayamurugan

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 12 (51), 18399-18411 (2024)

Biocidal polymer derived near white light-emitting carbonized polymeric dots for antibacterial and bioimaging applications

S Sartaliya, R Sharma, A Sharma, V Chopra, K M Neethu, D Ghosh, et al.

ChemRxiv preprint (2023)

Upcycling steel waste coal tar and soot into carbon dots for efficient meat spoilage detection

R E Gharat, R Sharma, G Jayamurugan

ChemRxiv preprint (2026)

Awards & Honours

Talks & Presentations

Certifications & Training

References available upon request.

Profile last updated: July 2026