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Sathish Ponnurangam
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Research
Latest papers
Molecular Design of Flotation Collectors: Impact of an Allyl Group on Thionocarbamate Adsorption.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026
Enhanced Cr(VI) adsorption on nitrogen and sulfur functionalized granular activated carbon.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · 2026 · senior author
Synergistic Effect of VS2/MoS2 as an Electrocatalyst for Accelerating Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025
Latest funding
- $150,000
Advancing Sustainable Engineering Solutions through X-ray Fluorescence
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $207,000
Environmentally Sustainable Extraction of Critical Minerals from Alberta's Resources
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $144,647
A Semi-pilot scale Adsorption Setup for Solid Sorbents Evaluation in Gas Separation Applications
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
10 publications.
Molecular Design of Flotation Collectors: Impact of an Allyl Group on Thionocarbamate Adsorption.
Guo S, Chernyshova I, Ponnurangam S, Farinato RS
Enhanced Cr(VI) adsorption on nitrogen and sulfur functionalized granular activated carbon.
Bakhshi-Zadeh A, Balzer J, Fahimi N, Yasri N, Eastcott LJ, Stevenson K, Roberts EPL, Benneker AM, Ponnurangam S
Synergistic Effect of VS2/MoS2 as an Electrocatalyst for Accelerating Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.
Boteju T, Sivakumaran A, Ponnurangam S, Thangadurai V
Controlling Selectivity of Surface Electro-Precipitation (SEP) in the Recovery of Rare Earth Elements (REE) from Aqueous Feedstocks.
Chernyshova IV, Tork W, Ponnurangam 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
Facet-Engineered Tungsten Disulfide for Promoting Polysulfide Electrocatalysis in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.
Abraham AM, Ponnurangam S, Thangadurai V
Effects of support and oxygen vacancies on the energetics of NiO reduction with H2 for the chemical looping combustion (CLC) reaction; a DFT study.
Rasi NM, Hyla AS, Ponnurangam S, Mahinpey N
Cytotoxicity, cellular localization and photophysical properties of Re(I) tricarbonyl complexes bound to cysteine and its derivatives.
Capper MS, Enriquez Garcia A, Macia N, Lai B, Lin JB, Nomura M, Alihosseinzadeh A, Ponnurangam S, Heyne B, Shemanko CS, Jalilehvand F
On the origin of the elusive first intermediate of CO2 electroreduction.
Chernyshova IV, Somasundaran P, Ponnurangam S
Nitrogen-containing polymers as a platform for CO2 electroreduction.
Ponnurangam S, Chernyshova IV, Somasundaran P
Advancing Sustainable Engineering Solutions through X-ray Fluorescence
Principal investigators: Trifkovic, Milana
Keywords: advanced catalyst development; biodegradable products; bionanohybrid structures; circular economy; corrosion; critical mineral extraction; geofluids; geothermal technologies; self assembly; sustainable technologies
Environmentally Sustainable Extraction of Critical Minerals from Alberta's Resources
Principal investigators: Ponnurangam, Sathish P
Keywords: bioleaching; critical metals; (electro)-sorption; Lithium brines; microwave roasting; mineral separation; REEs; secondary resources; vanadium; waste sludge
A Semi-pilot scale Adsorption Setup for Solid Sorbents Evaluation in Gas Separation Applications
Principal investigators: Mahinpey, Nader
Electrosynthesis of Chemicals using Greener Feedstocks: Development of a Theoretical-Experimental Framework to Accelerate Electrocatalyst Discovery
Principal investigators: Ponnurangam, Sathish
Keywords: co2rr electrocatalyst; n2 electrocatalyst; urea electrocatalyst; density functional theory; adsorption energetics; surface characterization; xps, tem, operando raman; machine learning; electrocatalysis, overpotential,; catalyst degradation
Designing 3D porous nanocomposite electrode structure of fuel cell and related energy devices - guided by science-based modeling
Principal investigators: Ponnurangam, Sathish P
Upgrade to a Thermogravimetric Analyzer with a Mass Spectrometer for a Comprehensive Research & Development Program in GHG Reduction Technologies
Principal investigators: Mahinpey, Nader
Chemisorption Analyzer for Catalytic Studies
Principal investigators: Hill, Josephine
Materials for Electrochemical Energy Solutions
Principal investigators: Roberts, Edward EPL
Selective electrocoagulation of tailing components
Principal investigators: Ponnurangam, Sathish
A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Framework for Shifting to Greener Reagents in Mineral Processing
Principal investigators: Ponnurangam, Sathish
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
- Nader Mahinpey and Sathish Ponnurangam: 1 shared paper
- Sathish Ponnurangam and Kunal Karan: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
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