INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY KURNOOL

Dr. D. Amaranatha Reddy,

Assistant Professor (Grade-I),

Department of Sciences,

IIITDM Kurnool.

Education Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Physics from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Professional / Teaching Experience:

S.No	Name of the Organization	Designation	Duration
01	Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India	Assistant Professor (Grade-I)	March 2023 to till date
02	Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India	Inspire Faculty	August 2020 to March 2023
03	University-Industry Foundation, Yonsei University, South Korea	Researcher	March 2019 to July 2020
04	Pusan National University, South Korea	Research Professor	March 2018 to February 2029
05	Pusan National University, South Korea	Post-doctoral fellow	March 2014 to February 2018
06	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, South Korea	Post-doctoral fellow	April 2013 to February 2014

Areas of Research Interest:

The primary area of research interest includes the synthesis of nanoscale materials for

• Solar Fuels: Hydrogen Production by photo/photoelectron/Electro catalytic Water Splitting

• Photocatalytic decontamination of Aqueous pollutants for water purification

• Photocatalytic CO₂ conversion into value-added chemicals

• Solar cells, Supercapacitors and Batteries

Publication Profiles:

The primary area of research interest includes the synthesis of nanoscale materials for

• Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YTU-Q-MAAAAJ&hl=en

• Vidwan Id: 198176

• Scopus Id: 55339567400

• ORCID Id: 0000-0002-1186-9858

• Researcher Id:

Research Publications:

Total Number of SCI Publications			114
Total Number of Conference Proceedings			12
Google Scholar Citations			Total Citations: 5278 H-Index:47; I-10 Index:88 Total Cumulative Impact Factor: 798.734
Link for complete list of Research Publications			https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YTU-Q-MAAAAJ&hl=e
Best of Five Research Publications
S.No.	Author (s)	Title		Name of Journal	Volume	Page	Year	I.F
01	Pooja Varma, K. Arun Joshi Reddy, D. Amaranatha Reddy, Madhusudana Gopannagari, and Tae Kyu Kim,	Effect of Combined Hole Storage and Blocking Interfaces on the Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Performance of BiVO₄ Photoanodes		ACS Applied Energy Materials	05	14891−14900	2022	6.959
02	Madhusudana Gopannagari, D. Amaranatha Reddy,* Da Hye Hong, K. Arun Joshi Reddy, D. Praveen Kumar, Hyun S. Ahn and Tae Kyu Kim*	Augmented photoelectrochemical water reduction: Influence of copper vacancies and hole-transport layer on CuBi₂O₄ photocathode		Journal of Materials Chemistry A	10	6623-6635	2022	14.511
03	D. Amaranatha Reddy, K. Arun Joshi Reddy, Da Hye Hong, Madhusudana Gopannagari, D. Praveen Kumar, and Tae Kyu Kim*	Constructing ordered paths to improve the charge separation and light harvesting capacity towards efficient solar water oxidation performance		Applied Catalysis B: Environmental	269	118761	2020	24.319
04	D. Amaranatha Reddy, Eun Hwa Kim, Madhusudana Gopannagari, Rory Ma, Palagiri Bhavani, D. Praveen Kumar, and Tae Kyu Kim	Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Integrating Dual Cocatalysts on Heterophase CdS Nano-Junctions		ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	6	12835-12844	2018	9.224
05	D. Amaranatha Reddy⁺, Jiha Choi,1, M. Jahurul Islam,Bora Seo, Sang Hoon Joo, and Tae Kyu Kim	Green Synthesis of the Reduced Graphene Oxide-CuI Quasi-Shell-Core Nanocomposite: A Highly Efficient and Stable Solar-Light-Induced Catalyst for Organic Dye Degradation in Water		Applied Surface Science	358	159-167	2015	7.392

Funded Projects:

S.No	Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Research Grant (INR)	Role (PI/Co-PI)	Status
1	DST (INSPIRE)	Understanding the charge dynamics in heterogeneous photo-electro-catalytic water splitting with femtosecond in-situ time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy	35,00,000/-	PI	Ongoing (2020-2025)
2	DRDO (ER&IPR)	Design of pilot scale hydrogen fuel generation device embedded with Quantum dot Solar Cells for high purity hydrogen fuel production	38,89,350/-	PI	Ongoing (2022-2025)
3	DST-SERB (Core Grant)	Combined Theoretical and Experimental approach for discovering novel 2D Janus photocatalysts for Green Hydrogen Fuel Production	41,98,832/-	Co-PI	Ongoing (2023-2026)

Current Ph.D. students:

S. No

Student Name & Roll No

Thesis Title

Date of Registration

Status

Pooja Varma

321SE0001

Development of Novel catalytic materials for hydrogen fuel production

July 2021

Ongoing

Courses handled:

S. No	Subject	Course Code	UG/PG/Ph.D.	Credits
1	Engineering Electromagnetics	DS108	UG	03
2	Engineering Electromagnetics Practice	DS109	UG	02
3	History of Science and Technology in India	DS112	UG	02
4	Sustainable Design	DS402	UG	03
5	Advanced Techniques for Nanoscale Materials Fabrication	DS715	Ph.D	03
6	Advanced Catalyst Materials for Energy Applications	DS708	Ph.D	03

Accolades:

1. INSPIRE Faculty Award, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India-2019

2. Enlisted on the global list of the Top 2% of scientists, the data compiled by Stanford University, USA 2021 and 2022.

(https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3)

3. ACS Omega Best Oral Presentation Award WNCST 2021: World Nano Congress on Advanced Science& Technology

4 Best Oral Presentation Award 2^nd Indo-Korea Virtual Conference on DAMFT-2021

5. Young Researcher Award 2023 by the Venus International Foundation, Chennai, INDIA (https://viraw.info/2023/science/materials.html)

6. Elected as a Guest Editor for the research topic “Emerging Two-dimensional Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications” by the leading Open Access Publisher and Open Science Platform “Frontiers in Chemistry”.

7. Elected as an International Organizing Committee Member for 15th Asia Pacific Physics Conference (APPC15) held on August 21 - 26, 2022, South Korea. (https://www.appc15.org/sub01/appc.html)

Contact:

Email: drreddy@iiitk.ac.in

Phone: +91-9985577335

Dr. Amaranatha Reddy