Sudheesh Kumar Email & Phone Number

Experienced with a demonstrated history of working in a synchrotron since 2014 ( Canadian Light Source and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) and bench-top X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (SIGRAY, EASYXAFS300) facilities. My current role is supporting the XAS activities- characterization of zeolite-based single-atom catalysts, performing operando experiments, etc. I am proficient in EXAFS modeling, Wavelet Transform analysis, and theoretical simulation of metal-doped single-atom catalysts using FEFF9 & FDMNES. I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Al Accelerated Materials Discovery-McMaster University, Canada; work there has also involved the preparation of various in situ cells for a benchtop X-ray absorption spectrometer (SIGRAY). My research mainly focused on fabricating single-atom catalysts for clean energy and performing electrocatalytic CO2RR at CLS. I received my doctoral degree under the guidance of Dr. Robert W. J. Scott from the Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Canada. During this period, my thesis focused on synthesizing atom-precise gold, silver, and palladium clusters, and their characterization using EXAFS analysis at CLS, Saskatoon.