Post Doctoral Fellow – University of Puerto Rico, USA (2008-2010)
Assistant Professor – Amity University, India (2010-2020)
Associate Professor – University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (2020-2022)
Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Catalytic Degradation of Water Pollutants
Functionalization of Metal Oxides
Nanomaterials Synthesis and Application
Nanomaterials for Sensors
Jury member, PATW national competition organized by IET, U.K. 2018
Zeolite Scholarship, Department of Chemistry, UCONN, Storrs, USA. 2006
Chemistry Zeolite Crystal Fellowship, Dept. of Chemistry, UCONN, Storrs, USA. 2005
Lecturer eligibility certificate (NET), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India. 1999
Junior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1998
Lecturer eligibility certificate (NET), University Grant Commission, India, 1998
Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences, India, 1997
National Merit Scholarship, Govt. of Bihar, India. 1992
Bobde, P.; Sharma, A. K.; Kumar, R.; Pandey, J. K.; Wadhwa, S.; “Recent Advances in Sustainable Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Water by Bio-based Adsorbents” New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, DOI (Impact Factor - 3.3)
Dubey, M.; Joshi, M.; Chiranjeevi, T.; Kumar, R.; "Novel template free synthesis of high surface area mesoporous ceria and adaptive neuro fuzzy interference system (ANFIS) modelling for Cr(VI) adsorption" Materials Science & Engineering B, 2023, 116819. DOI. (Impact Factor - 3.6)
Dubey, M.; Wadhwa, S.; Mathur, A.; Kumar, R. “Progress in Mesoporous Ceria: A Review on Synthesis Strategies and Catalytic Applications", Applied Surface Science Advances, 2022, 12, 100340. DOI (Impact Factor – 6.2)
Dubey, M.; Mathur, A.; Kumar, R. “Enhanced Bisphenol A sensing in water using 1-D H+ exchanged -MnO2 based impedimetric sensor", IEEE Sensors, 2022, 22(21), 20193-20199. DOI (Impact Factor – 4.3)
Dubey, M.; Challagulla, N.V.; Kumar, R.; “Synergistic engineering for adsorption assisted photodegradation of 2,4 dichlorophenol using easily recoverable ɑ-MnO2/Fe3O4 nanocomposite” Applied Surface Science Advances, 2022, 11, 100300. DOI (Impact Factor – 6.2)
Dubey, M.; Kumar, R.; Srivastava, S. K.; Verma, A.; Mathur, A.; Chawla, V.; Rubahn, H. G.; Joshi, M.; Mishra, Y.K. "ZnO/ α-MnO2 hybrid 1D nanostructure based sensor for point-of-care monitoring of chlorinated phenol in drinking water" Materials Today Chemistry, 26, 101098,2022, DOI (Impact Factor - 7.3)
Kaushik, S.; Pandey, S.; Singhal, R.; Kumar, R. "ZnO based RRAM performance enhancement by 100 MeV Ag9+ irradiation" Applied Surface Science Advances, 2022, 9, 100260. DOI (Impact Factor - 6.20)
Kaushik, S.; Pandey, S.; Singhal, R.; Kumar, R. "Enhanced Switching in an argon annealed RRAM by ion irradiation" ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2022, 11, 043006. DOI (Impact Factor - 2.2)
Sharma, D. K.; Upadhyay, S.; Sikarwar, B.S.; Kumar, R.; Avasthi, D. K.; Ranjan, M.; Srivastava, S. K.; Muralidhar, K. “Super-hydrophobic Nanostructured Silica-Coating on Aluminum Substrate for Moist Air Condensation” Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2022, 31, 1266-1276. DOI (Impact Factor – 2.3)
Mathur, A.; Nayak, H. C.; Rajput, S.; Roy, S.; Nagabooshanam, S.; Wadhwa, S.; Kumar, R.; “An enzymatic multiplexed impedimetric sensor based on α-MnO2/GQD nano-composite for the detection of diabetes and diabetic foot ulcer using microfluidic platform” Chemosensors, 2021, 9(12), 339. DOI (Impact Factor – 4.2)
Roy, S.; Nagabooshanam, S.; Chauhan, N.; Kumar, R.; Wadhwa, S.; Mathur, A. “Design and development of a novel flexible wearable molecularly imprinted electroanalytical sensor for the monitoring of diabetic foot ulcers” Surfaces and Interfaces, 2021, 26, 101310.DOI(Impact Factor – 6.2)
Dubey, M.; Kumar, R.; Srivastava, S. K.; Joshi, M.; "Visible light induced photodegradation of chlorinated organic pollutants using highly efficient magnetic Fe3O4/TiO2 nanocomposite" Optik, 2021, 243, 167309. DOI. (Impact Factor - 3.1)
Gupta, A.K.; Khanna, M.; Roy, S.; Pankaj; Nagabooshanam, S.; Kumar, R.;Wadhwa, S.; Mathur, A.; “Design and development of a portable resistive microfluidic sensor based on α-MnO2/GQD nanocomposites for trace quantification of Pb(II) in water” IET Nanobiotechnology, 2021, 15(5), 505-511. DOI. (Impact Factor – 2.3)
Dubey, M.; Challagulla, N.V.; Wadhwa, S.; Kumar, R.; “Ultrasound Assisted Synthesis of Magnetic Fe3O4/ɑ-MnO2 Nanocomposite for Photodegradation of Organic Dye” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2021, 609, 125720. DOI. (Impact Factor – 5.2)
Sharma, D. K.; Kumar, R.; Avasthi, D. K.; Sikarwar, B.S. “Self Assembly of Super-hydrophobic Nanotextured Methyl Functionalized Silica on Cu and Al Surfaces for Moist Air Condensation” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2020, 605, 125379. DOI. (Impact Factor – 5.2)
Sharma, D.; Kumar, R.; Gupta, M.; Saxena, T.; “Encoding Scheme for Data storage and retrieval on DNA Computers”, IET Nanobiotechnology, 2020, 14(7), 635 – 641. DOI. (Impact Factor – 2.3)
Roy, S.; Nagabooshanam, S.; Krishna, K.; Wadhwa, S.; Chauhan, N.; Jain, U.; Kumar, R.; Mathur, A.; Davis, J. “Electroanalytical sensor for diabetic foot ulcer monitoring with integrated electronics for connected health application” Electroanalysis, 2020, 32(9), 2082-2089. DOI (Impact Factor – 3.0)
Gupta, A.K.; Roy, S.; Nagabooshanam, S.; Wadhwa, S.; Aravindan, S.; Singh, D.; Mathur, A.; Kumar, R. “Label-free Electrochemical Detection of Dibenzofuran Using MnO2 Nanofibres”, IEEE Sensors, 2020, 20(21), 12537-12542. DOI (Impact Factor – 4.3)
Roy, S.; Nagabooshanam, S.; Wadhwa, S.; Kumar, R.; Mathur, A; Dubey, A. K.; "A label-free impedimetric sensor based on αMnO2/tyrosinase hybrid for monitoring of diabetic foot ulcers," IEEE Xplore, 2020, pp. 1157-1161. DOI
Challagulla, N.V.; Rohatgi, V.; Sharma, D.; Kumar, R. “Recent Developments of Nanomaterial Applications in Additive Manufacturing: A Brief Review” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2020, 28, 75-82. DOI (Impact Factor – 6.6)
Khanna, M., Mathur, A.; Dubey, A.K.; McLaughlin, J.A.D.; Moirangthem, I.; Wadhwa, S.; Singh, D.; Kumar, R. “Rapid Removal of Lead (II) Ions from Water using Iron Oxide-Tea Waste Nanocomposite – A Kinetic Study”, IET Nanobiotechnology, 2020, 14, 4, 275-280. DOI (Impact Factor – 2.3)
Pragadeeshwara Rao, R.; Sharma, S.; Mehrotra, T.; Das, R.; Kumar, R.; Singh, R.; Roy, I.; Basu, T. "Rapid Electrochemical Monitoring of Bacterial Respiration for Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Microbes: Potential Application in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing" Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92, 6, 4266-4274. DOI (Impact Factor – 7.4)
Dubey, M.; Wadhwa, S.; Kumar, R.; “Synthesis of Hematite/Alginate beads Nanocomposite and its Application in Organic Dye Removal”, Materials Today Proceedings, 2020, DOI (Impact Factor – 3.2)
Baghel, V.; Sharma, D.K.; Sikarwar, B.S.; Kumar, R.; Avasthi, D.K. “Tailoring the Hydrophobicity of Copper Surface with Ion Beam Irradiation” Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 2019, 174(3-4), 307-319. (Impact Factor – 1.7). DOI
Khanna, M.; Roy, S.; Kumar, R.; Wadhwa, S.; Mathur, A.; Dubey, A. K. "MnO2 based Bisphenol-A Electrochemical Sensor using Micro Fluidic Platform" IEEE Sensors, 2018, 18(6), 2206 - 2210.DOI (Impact Factor – 4.3)
Kumar Robin; Kumar, R.; Kushwaha, N.; Mittal, J. “Ammonia Gas Sensing Using Thin Film of MnO2 Nanofibers” IEEE Sensors, 2015, 16(12), 4691. DOI (Impact Factor – 4.3)
Kumar, R.; Sithambaram, S.; Suib, S. L. “Cyclohexane oxidation catalyzed by manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves - Effect of acidity of the catalyst” J. Catal. 2010, 262, 304. DOI (Impact Factor – 7.3)
Sithambaram, S.; Xu, L.; Chen, C-H.; Ding, Y.; Kumar, R.; Calvert, C.; Suib, S. L. “Manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieve catalysts for selective styrene oxide ring opening” Catal. Today 2009, 140, 162. DOI (Impact Factor – 5.3)
Sithambaram, S.; Kumar, R.; Son, Y-C., Suib, S. L. “Tandem catalysis: Direct catalytic synthesis of imines from alcohols using manganese octahedral molecular sieves” J. Catal. 2008, 253, 269. DOI (Impact Factor – 7.3)
Kumar, R.; Garces, L. J.; Son, Y-C., Suib, S. L.; Malz Jr., R. E. “Manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieve catalysts for synthesis of 2-aminodiphenylamine” J. Catal. 2005, 236, 387. DOI (Impact Factor – 7.3)
Ding, Y.-s.; Shen, X.-f.; Sithambaram, S.; Gomez, S.; Kumar, R.; Crisostomo, V. M. B.; Suib, S. L.; Aindow, M. “Synthesis and catalytic activity of cryptomelane-type manganese dioxide nanomaterials produced by a novel solvent-free method” Chem. Mater. 2005, 17(21), 5382. DOI (Impact Factor – 8.6)
