General Lab Information

Prabhakar Reddy Kasala

Research Associate, Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure Group, Chemistry Division

Prabhakar Reddy Kasala

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555, Room 301
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(803) 745-0123
pkasala@bnl.gov

Research Interests: Surface Science and Heterogeneous catalysis, C1 Chemistry, Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Operando Characterization.

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications


Research Activities

Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure Group

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): CSIR-National Chemical Labortaoty (NCL), India
Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry division, January 2014 - May 2019

Professional Appointments

Research Associate: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
Chemistry Division:  March 2023 - Present

Post doctoral Fellow: University of South Carolina
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Feb 2022- Feb 2023

Senior Researcher: Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, June 2019 - January-2022

Selected Publications

  • Reddy KP, Kim D, Hong S, et al (2023) Tuning CO2 Hydrogenation Selectivity through Reaction-Driven Restructuring on Cu–Ni Bimetal Catalysts. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c20832
  • Prabhakar Reddy K, Choi H, Kim D, et al (2021) Cu oxide deposited on shape-controlled ceria nanocrystals for CO oxidation: influence of interface-driven oxidation states on catalytic activity. Catalysis Science & Technology 11:6134–6142. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cy01269j
  • Reddy KP, Choi H, Kim D, et al (2021) The facet effect of ceria nanoparticles on platinum dispersion and catalytic activity of methanol partial oxidation. Chemical Communications 57:7382–7385. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc02728j
  • Reddy KP, Dama S, Mhamane NB, et al (2019) Molybdenum carbide catalyst for the reduction of CO2 to CO: surface science aspects by NAPPES and catalysis studies. Dalton Transactions 48:12199–12209. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt01774g
  • Reddy KP, Mhamane NB, Ghosalya MK, Gopinath CS (2018) Mapping Valence Band and Interface Electronic Structure Changes during the Oxidation of Mo to MoO3 via MoO2 and MoO3 Reduction to MoO2: A NAPPES Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122:23034–23044. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07024
  • Reddy KP, Jain R, Ghosalya MK, Gopinath CS (2017) Metallic Cobalt to Spinel Co3O4—Electronic Structure Evolution by Near-Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121:21472–21481. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06661
Prabhakar Reddy Kasala

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555, Room 301
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(803) 745-0123
pkasala@bnl.gov