Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Ph.D.

Alumni and Former Staff

​Postdoctoral Fellow

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Research Interests

​I work on controlling the size of the homo- and multi-metal nanoparticles down to discrete atomic-levels to have unique atomic arrangements (different from bulk metal), which would be useful for catalytic and energy-conversion applications 

Selected Publications

  • Templated Atom‐Precise Galvanic Synthesis and Structure Elucidation of a [Ag24Au(SR)18]− Nanocluster
    M. S. Bootharaju, C. P. Joshi, M. R. Parida, O. F. Mohammed, O. M. Bakr
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 922-926, (2016)
  • Switching a Nanocluster Core from Hollow to Nonhollow
    M. S. Bootharaju, C. P Joshi, M. J Alhilaly, O. M. Bakr
    Chem. Mater. 28, 32923297, (2016)
  • Gold Doping of Silver Nanoclusters: A 26‐Fold Enhancement in the Luminescence Quantum Yield
    G. Soldan, M. A. Aljuhani, M. S. Bootharaju, L. G. AbdulHalim, M. R. Parida, Abdul‐Hamid E...
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 5749-5753, (2016)
  • [Ag25(SR)18]−: The “Golden” Silver Nanoparticle
    C. P. Joshi, M. S. Bootharaju, M. J. Alhilaly, O. M Bakr
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11578-11581, , (2015)
  • Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)4: A Tetravalent Nanocluster
    L. G AbdulHalim, M. S. Bootharaju, Q. Tang, S. Del Gobbo, R. G AbdulHalim, M. Eddaoudi, De...
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11970-11975, (2015)
  • Reversible Size Control of Silver Nanoclusters via Ligand-Exchange
    M. S. Bootharaju, V. M. Burlakov, T. M. D. Besong, C. P. Joshi, L. G. AbdulHalim, D. M. Bl...
    Chem. Mater. 27, 4289-4297, (2015)
  • Tuning properties in silver clusters
    C. P. Joshi, M. S. Bootharaju, O. M. Bakr
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 3023-3035, (2015)
  • Manifestation of the Difference in Reactivity of Silver Clusters in Contrast to Its Ions and Nanoparticles: The Gro...
    A. Som, A. K. Samal, T. Udayabhaskararao, M. S. Bootharaju, T. Pradeep
    Chem. Mater. 26, 3049-3056, (2014)
  • Atomically precise silver clusters for efficient chlorocarbon degradation
    M. S. Bootharaju, G. K. Deepesh, T. Udayabhaskararao, T. Pradeep
    J. Mater. Chem. A 1, 611-620, (2013)
  • Protein‐Directed Synthesis of NIR‐Emitting, Tunable HgS Quantum Dots and their Applications in Metal‐Ion Sensing
    N. Goswami, A. Giri, S. Kar, M. S. Bootharaju, R. John, P. L. Xavier, T. Pradeep, S. K. Pa...
    Small 8, 3175-3184, (2012) 

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai (01/2009-02/2014), India, Supervisor: Prof. T. Pradeep
  • M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India (2008)
  • B.Sc., Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India (2006)

Professional Profile

  • ​04/2014-04/2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Supervisor: Prof. Osman M. Bakr 

Awards

  • ​Best thesis award (Langmuir prize for PhD thesis) in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry for the year 2014 at IIT Madras

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)

Research Interests Keywords

Nanoparticles nanoclusters size- and structure-control catalysis

Former Faculty

  • ​Jorg Eppinger, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Jr-Hau He, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Kazuhiro Takanabe, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Lain-Jong Li, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Valentin Rodionov, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Vicent Tung, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Yu Han, Ph.D. (Professor)

 

Former Research Staff

  • Abou-Hamad edy, Ph.D. Research Engineer
  • Douaa Hamed (Lab Technician)
  • Haibo Zhu, Ph.D. (Research Scientist)
  • Isidoro Morales Osorio , Ph.D. (Research Technician)
  • Jeremie Pelletier ( Lab Manager)
  • Jing Fan (Lab Technician)
  • Lu Zhou
  • Lan Zhao (Research Technician)
  • Linjie Su (Lab Technician)
  • Rong-rong Jiang (Lab Technician)

Research Scientist

  • Chen Zhu, Ph.D.
  • Huaifeng Li, Ph.D.
    • Jun Pan, Ph.D.
    • Muralirajan Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D.
    • Pavlo Nikolaienko, Ph.D.
    • Ram Karan, Ph.D.
    • Sergey Kozlov, Ph.D.
    • Xiulin Yang, Ph.D.
    • Yuanlong Shao, Ph.D.
    • Yichen Cai, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellows

    • Abdesslem Jedidi, Ph.D.                                                     
    • Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury,Ph.D.
    • Akshaya K Samal, Ph.D.
    • Anatoly Peshkov, Ph.D.
    • Athira Cheruvelil, Ph.D.
    • Chaochao Yue, Ph.D.
    • Chaojie Cui, Ph.D.
    • Changguang Yao, Ph.D.
    • Chinmoy K. Hazra, Ph.D.
    • Dandan Zhang, Ph.D.
    • Diego Zapater Bes, Ph.D.
    • Eleonora Fava, Ph.D.
    • Eva Pump, Ph.D.
    • Fazal Raziq, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Buchel, Ph.D.
    • Gangaiah Mettela,Ph.D.
    • Hong Wang, Ph.D.
    • Hassan Ait Ahsaine, Ph.D.
    • Ida Autiero, Ph.D.
    • Janet Chakkamadathil Mohandas, Ph.D.
    • Jung-Hyun Park, Ph.D.
    • Jinsong Hu, Ph.D.
    • Jie Chen, Ph.D.
    • Kwangjae Lee, Ph.D.
    • Karthik Peramaiya, Ph.D.
    • Kushal Deepak Bhatte​,Ph.D.
    • Luis Miguel Azofra Mesa
    • Liangjin Xu, Ph.D.
    • ​Manbo Li, Ph.D.
    • Michael Kelly, Ph.D.
    • Mannathan Subramaniyan, Ph.D.
    • Manas Bhunia, Ph.D.
    • Niladri Maity, Ph.D.
    • Olga Gladkovskaya, Ph.D.
    • Raju Dey, Ph.D.
    • Sai Vikrama Chaitanya vummaleti, Ph.D.
    •  Somphonh Peter Phivilay, Ph.D.
    • Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Ph.D.
    • Shao-Chi Lee, Ph.D.
    • Stefania Evoli, Ph.D.
    • Shixiong Min, Ph.D.
    • Srikanth Pedireddy, Ph.D.
    • Shashank Sakleshpur Nagaraja, Ph.D.
    • Tunc Deniz, Ph.D.
    • Tianyou Chen, Ph.D.
    • Wei Zhao, Ph.D.
    • Won Suk Juang, Ph.D.
    • Xuechao Liu, Ph.D.
    • Xiufang wang, Ph.D.
    • Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
    • Yunfei Cai, Ph.D.
    • Yupeng Pan, Ph.D.
    • Yuri Lebedev, Ph.D.
    • Yogesh Raghunath Patil, Ph.D.
    • Zhaolai Chen, Ph.D.

    Ph.D. Students

    • Adrian Hol, Ph.D
    • Arwa Makki, Ph.D.
    • Adrian Hohl, Ph.D.
    • Amal A. Baqais, Ph.D.
    • Abdullah Dakhi, Ph.D.
    • Azimet Karluk, Ph.D.
    • Baraa Werghi, Ph.D.
    • Batian Chen, Ph.D.
    • Bilel Hamzaoui, Ph.D.
    • Bedour E. Al-Sabban, Ph.D.
    • Chao Guan, Ph.D.
    • Dalal Noureldine, Ph.D.
    • Duanxing Li, Ph.D.
    • Ding-Jier Yuan, Ph.D.
    • Eleanor Ang Pei Ling, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Jeantelot, Ph.D.
    • Hind Al-Johani, Ph.D.
    • Haleema Alamri, Ph.D.
    • Hsin-Hua Huang, Ph.D. 
    • Israa Salem Al-Rowaihi, Ph.D.
    • Ibrahim Dursun
    • Keisuke Obata, Ph.D.
    • Liliana Panarone, Ph.D.
    • Miguel Dinis Veloso Guerreiro, Ph.D.
    • Maha Al Haddad, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Qureshi, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Naufal Lintangpradipto, Ph.D.
    • Nawal alhajri, Ph.D.
    • Nazeeha Alkayal, Ph.D.
    • Noor Almana, Ph.D.
    • Nouf Al Jabri, Ph.D.
    • Nikita Kolobo, Ph.D.
    • Oleksii Pustovarenko, Ph. D.
    • Quaid Johar Samun Virpurwala, Ph.D.
    • Reem Al-Shareef, Ph.D.
    • Reem Alshumrani, Ph.D.
    • Sarah Almahdali, Ph.D.
    • Sheikha Lardhi, Ph.D.
    • Stefan Grotzinger, Ph.D.
    • Tatsuya Shinagawa, Ph.D.

    Master Students

    • Abdulaziz Khan
    • Abdulelah Qahtan
    • Amer Alabd
    • Alexandra Vancea
    • Ali Hamieh
    • Khalid F. Alahmadi
    • Kanav Kalra
    • Mram Alyami
    • Mohammad Al Rebh
    • Salha E. Alotaibi


    Former Administration

    • Ann Bauwens (Executive Secretary)
    • Jiao Qiu (Business Administrator)
    • Wenwen Zhu(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xijun Deng(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xianzheng Meng(Business Administrator)
    • Yi-Cing Li (Business Administrator)