Dr Surekha Prabhu

Professional Career Summary

Looking for new opportunity , innovation and technology.

More than 17 years of professional work experience. 5 yrs, industrial experience in oil and gas upstream, 8 years in Heterogeneous Catalysis, & 2 yrs in Academics. My industrial expertise cover Drilling fluid and Completion fluid technology, formulation, design, development and testing. HSE lab safety standards and project management techniques in all job processes. Work experience in QA-QC, Tech Services and R & D Division. New product and knowledge development and Tech support to global customers. Global exposure in oil field hubs, USA, Malaysia, UAE and India. Ph. D. (Chemistry) from NCL Pune in 2006, and PGDIB (International Business) in 2014, SIMS, Pune. My Doctoral research comprises, synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of zeolites and nanoporous materials in green catalysis.

Studied, MCM-41 and SBA-15 modified catalysts, HY, Hbeta, HM, ZSM-5 etc for industrially important reactions such as alkylation, acylation, rearrangement, esterification, condensation & oxidation. The post-doctoral work as Research Associate: synthesis and applications of mixed metal oxide, semi conducting nano catalysts for hydrogen production by direct splitting of water under visible light irradiation and Heterogenization of orgnaometallic complexes over organo-functionalized mesoporous silica's (PMO & SBA-15) via click method/ post -grafting method for C-C coupling reactions & hydrogenation. Pre doctoral industrial projects worked: Synthesis and use of precious metals (Pt, Pd, Ni, Ru, Rh) supported metal catalysts in hydrogenation and hydrodechlorination reactions. Synthesis and testing of Co/Mo/ Al2O3 catalysts for deep desulfurization of diesel. Expertise in physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques: GC, GC-MASS, GC-IR, GPC, XRD, FTIR, TPD, UV-VIS, NMR, TG/DTG, DSC, ESR, XRF, HPLC, TEM, SEM, EDAX, AAS, BET Surface area measurement. Handling of high-pressure autoclaves, vapor phase fixed bed reactors, batch reactors. Two years teaching experience as Assistant Professor at Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering area at MIT, Pune. Publications: 6 in International Journals & 1 in National Journal