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Kunal Karan
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Research
Latest papers
Decoupling Interfacial Proton Conductivity in Ionomer Thin Films on Pt and Carbon Electrodes.
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026
A Programmable, 3D Neuron-On-Chip Platform Integrating Near Real-Time Biosensing and Multiaxial Loading for Mechanobiological Injury Profiling.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
Polynorepinephrine nanoparticles activate vascular smooth muscle alpha-1 adrenergic receptors.
Nanoscale advances · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $71,000
Designing inventive membrane electrode assemblies for high-performance and high-durability hydrogen fuel cells
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $149,065
No-contact rheology of soft matter systems: towards sustainable materials and processes
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $330,000
Improving the durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
22 publications.
Decoupling Interfacial Proton Conductivity in Ionomer Thin Films on Pt and Carbon Electrodes.
Abe Y, Aoki K, Suwansoontorn A, Karan K, Shitanda I, Nagao Y
A Programmable, 3D Neuron-On-Chip Platform Integrating Near Real-Time Biosensing and Multiaxial Loading for Mechanobiological Injury Profiling.
Khetani S, Yong KW, Alhasadi MF, Hamedzadeh A, Shahsavari L, Rafiei A, Wu K, Agbojo O, Singh A, Karan K, Federico S, Sen A, Sanati-Nezhad A
Polynorepinephrine nanoparticles activate vascular smooth muscle alpha-1 adrenergic receptors.
Kollath VO, Pulakazhi Venu VK, Saifeddine M, Mihara K, Hirota SA, Hollenberg MD, Karan K
Overcoming the Conductance versus Crossover Trade-off in State-of-the-Art Proton Exchange Fuel-Cell Membranes by Incorporating Atomically Thin Chemical Vapor Deposition Graphene.
Moehring NK, Mansoor Basha AB, Chaturvedi P, Knight T, Fan X, Pintauro PN, Boutilier MSH, Karan K, Kidambi PR
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Analysis of Nafion-Containing Samples: Pitfalls, Protocols, and Perceptions of Physicochemical Properties.
Dzara MJ, Artyushkova K, Foster J, Eskandari H, Chen Y, Mauger SA, Atanassov P, Karan K, Pylypenko S
Colloidal Nafion Particles: Are Cylinders Ubiquitous?
Klein JM, Welch C, Ponnurangam S, Tarokh A, Karan K, Hawley ME, Sokolova A, Yim SD, Hjelm RP, Kim YS
Humidity-Dependent Hydration and Proton Conductivity of PFSA Ionomer Thin Films at Fuel-Cell-Relevant Temperatures: Effect of Ionomer Equivalent Weight and Side-Chain Characteristics.
Eskandari H, Paul DK, Young AP, Karan K
Designing fuel cell catalyst support for superior catalytic activity and low mass-transport resistance.
Islam MN, Mansoor Basha AB, Kollath VO, Soleymani AP, Jankovic J, Karan K
μDrop: Multi-analyte portable electrochemical-sensing device for blood-based detection of cleaved tau and neuron filament light in traumatic brain injury patients.
Khetani S, Singh A, Besler B, Butterworth S, Lijnse T, Loughery K, Smith K, Hosseini E, Narang R, Karan K, Debert C, Sen A, Murari K, Nezhad AS
Highly Ordered Nanoporous Carbon Scaffold with Controllable Wettability as the Microporous Layer for Fuel Cells.
Islam MN, Shrivastava U, Atwa M, Li X, Birss V, Karan K
Designing inventive membrane electrode assemblies for high-performance and high-durability hydrogen fuel cells
Principal investigators: Karan, Kunal
Keywords: hydrogen; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzer; durability; catalyst layer; membrane electrode assembly; catalyst development; performance
No-contact rheology of soft matter systems: towards sustainable materials and processes
Principal investigators: Natale, Giovanniantonio
Keywords: Biphasic reaction; Catalytic inks; colloidal systems; Diffusive wave spectroscopy; Fuel cells; Light scattering; Particle engineering; Pickering emulsion; Rheology; soft matter
Improving the durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Principal investigators: Secanell Gallart, Marc M
Keywords: computational electrochemical design; electrochemistry; finite element method; fuel cell durability; micro-kinetic models; oxygen reduction reaction; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; transport phenomena
Battery and fuel cell utilization of Innova Hydrogen's methane pyrolysis process outputs
Principal investigators: Trifkovic, Milana M
Keywords: advanced material design; device-level performance; fuel cells; graphite; hydrogen; li-ion batteries; surface functionalization
Accelerating the design and integration of sustainable ionomers for hydrogen fuel cells and water electrolyzer
Principal investigators: Karan, Kunal K
Keywords: electrolyzer; fluorescence; fuel cell; hydrogen; ionomer; ion transport; microfluidics; polymer electrolyte; water transport
Designing 3D porous nanocomposite electrode structure of fuel cell and related energy devices - guided by science-based modeling
Principal investigators: Ponnurangam, Sathish P
Bionanoparticle Analysis System
Principal investigators: Sen, Arindom
Novel MEA for enhanced durability and high performance polymer electrolyte fuel cell
Principal investigators: Karan, Kunal
Ionomer thin films for fuel cells and related applications
Principal investigators: Karan, Kunal
Materials for Electrochemical Energy Solutions
Principal investigators: Roberts, Edward EPL
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Amir Sanati Nezhad and Arindom Sen: 13 shared papers
- Mohammad Arjmand and Uttandaraman Sundararaj: 8 shared papers
- Kunal Karan and Arindom Sen: 5 shared papers
- Amir Sanati Nezhad and Kunal Karan: 4 shared papers
- Chantel Debert and Kunal Karan: 3 shared papers
- Chantel Debert and Arindom Sen: 3 shared papers
- Amir Sanati Nezhad and Chantel Debert: 2 shared papers
- Milana Trifkovic and Kunal Karan: 2 shared papers
- Milana Trifkovic and Philip Egberts: 2 shared papers
- Amir Sanati Nezhad and Milana Trifkovic: 1 shared paper
- Amir Sanati Nezhad and Salvatore Federico: 1 shared paper
- Chantel Debert and Kartikeya Murari: 1 shared paper
- Mohammad Arjmand and Kunal Karan: 1 shared paper
- Salvatore Federico and Kunal Karan: 1 shared paper
- Salvatore Federico and Arindom Sen: 1 shared paper
- Uttandaraman Sundararaj and Kunal Karan: 1 shared paper
- Sathish Ponnurangam and Kunal Karan: 1 shared paper
- Kunal Karan and Philip Egberts: 1 shared paper
- Kunal Karan and Kartikeya Murari: 1 shared paper
- Philip Egberts and Kartikeya Murari: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- School of Engineering - Okanagan
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Arindom Sen
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Amir Sanati Nezhad
Biomedical Engineering
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Chantel Debert
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Milana Trifkovic
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Kartikeya Murari
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Philip Egberts
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Mohammad Arjmand
School of Engineering - Okanagan
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Salvatore Federico
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Uttandaraman Sundararaj
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Sathish Ponnurangam
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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