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MSCA-CZ Postdoctoral Researcher · Pardubice, CZ

Engineering porous matter for a cleaner chemistry.

I am Dr. Suman Chirra, a materials chemist designing mesoporous silicas, metal–organic frameworks and nanocomposite catalysts for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction, hydrogen production, and sustainable drug delivery.

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Currently

University of Pardubice

CZ · 2025
26
Peer-reviewed articles
372
Citations (Scholar)
11
h-index
12
i10-index
4
Conference proceedings
2
Book chapters
4
Registered industrial designs
11+
Years of research

Research focus

Where chemistry meets sustainability.

01

Porous Materials

Design and synthesis of mesoporous silicas, MOFs, and zeolitic frameworks (MCM-41, SBA-15, KIT-6, SAPO-35, ZIF-8, NCKU-52).

02

Photo- & Electrocatalysis

CO₂ reduction and hydrogen production using nanostructured composites and g-C₃N₄ hybrids.

03

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Catalytic dye degradation, Suzuki–Miyaura coupling, esterification, methanol-to-olefins, and selective hydrogenation/dehydrogenation.

04

Gas Adsorption & Separation

Porous materials for CO₂ capture by adsorption and gas separation, alongside quinone-functionalised MOFs and related quinone-based materials for visible-light-driven CO₂ reduction.

Peer-reviewed work

Publications.

  1. 2026

    Fabrication of porous La₂O₃/r-GO nanocomposites for enhanced post-combustion CO₂ capture

    Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., & Narayanan, V.

    Journal of Porous Materials, 33(1), 339–347 · doi:10.1007/s10934-025-01878-8

  2. 2025

    MOF-derived synergistic Co₉S₈@C/Ag₃VO₄ nanohybrids for enhanced photo- and electrocatalytic hydrogen production

    Gujjula, S. R., Chanda, N., Karingula, S., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Pal, U., & Narayanan, V.

    Journal of Materials Science, 60(36), 16240–16260 · doi:10.1007/s10853-025-11336-0

  3. 2025

    Unveiling the environmental threat of acetaminophen: ecotoxicology, microbial remediation, and molecular modelling insights

    Waghmode, M. S., Sahoo, D. K., Patil, N. N., Abhyankar, P. S., Chirra, S., & Sohajda, T.

    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(12), 1326 · doi:10.1007/s10661-025-14744-6

  4. 2025

    Hydrogen storage on a star-like CBe₅Li₅⁺ superalkali cluster featuring planar pentacoordinate carbon

    Reddy, G. N., Aash, A., Chirra, S., Karmakar, S., & Roymahapatra, G.

    Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1253, 115447 · doi:10.1016/j.comptc.2025.115447

  5. 2025

    An investigation of the characterisation and drug-delivery potential of ibuprofen using modified high-surface-area porous materialsFirst author

    Chirra, S., Gujjula, S. R., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Andugula, C. M., Ponnala, V. K., & Narayanan, V.

    Silicon, 17(6), 1481–1491 · doi:10.1007/s12633-025-03276-w

  6. 2025

    Fabrication of porous nano-silica materials by template-assisted strategy for controlled drug-delivery studiesFirst author

    Chirra, S., Gujjula, S. R., Manda, S., Goskula, S., & Narayanan, V.

    Journal of Porous Materials, 32(2), 761–772 · doi:10.1007/s10934-024-01735-0

  7. 2024

    Development of activated sustainable porous carbon adsorbents from Karanja shell biomass and their CO₂ adsorption

    Goskula, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Narayanan, V.

    Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(24), 32413–32425 · doi:10.1007/s13399-023-05198-2

  8. 2023

    Mixed-valence Cuᴵ/Cuᴵᴵᴵ metal–organic frameworks with non-innocent ligand for multielectron transfer

    Fu, S.-Y., Chang, C.-H., Ivanov, A. S., Popovs, I., Chen, J.-L., Liao, Y.-F., Liu, H.-K., Chirra, S., Chiang, Y.-W., Lee, J.-C., Liu, W.-L., Kaveevivitchai, W., & Chen, T.-H.

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(50), e202312494 · doi:10.1002/anie.202312494

  9. 2023

    Versatile bifunctional Ag@g-C₃N₄/r-GO catalyst for efficient photo- and electrocatalytic H₂ production

    Gujjula, S. R., Pal, U., Chanda, N., Karingula, S., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., & Narayanan, V.

    Energy & Fuels, 37(13), 9722–9735 · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00518

  10. 2023

    Rational design of metal–organic framework derived porous Au@Co₃O₄/C nanocomposite materials for the electrochemical overall water splitting

    Gujjula, S. R., Karingula, S., Shajahan, S., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Gobi, K. V., & Narayanan, V.

    Journal of Materials Science, 58(22), 9130–9147 · doi:10.1007/s10853-023-08619-9

  11. 2023

    Synthesis of sustainable acid biochar catalysts derived from waste biomass for esterification of glycerol

    Goskula, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., Chirra, S., & Narayanan, V.

    ChemistrySelect, 8(11), e202203662 · doi:10.1002/slct.202203662

  12. 2023

    Sustainable development of activated porous carbon materials from gum arabic tree seed shell for CO₂ capture

    Goskula, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., Chirra, S., Adepu, A. K., & Narayanan, V.

    Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 234(8), 513 · doi:10.1007/s11270-023-06529-9

  13. 2021

    Investigation on the promoter-induced rapid non-aqueous media synthesis of SAPO-35 and methanol-to-olefin reaction

    Siliveri, S., Pinnepalli, S. S. K., Joshi, D., Chirra, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Oyler, N. A., & Narayanan, V.

    ACS Omega, 6(8), 5661–5669 · doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c06109

  14. 2021

    Rapid synthesis of a novel nanocrystalline mesoporous faujasite-type metal–organic framework, ZIF-8 catalyst, its detailed characterisation, and NaBH₄-assisted, enhanced catalytic Rhodamine-B degradationFirst author

    Chirra, S., Wang, L.-F., Aggarwal, H., Tsai, M.-F., Soorian, S. S., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V.

    Materials Today Communications, 26, 101993 · doi:10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101993

  15. 2020

    A novel porous Fe₃O₄/titanosilicate/g-C₃N₄ ternary nanocomposites: synthesis, characterization and their enhanced photocatalytic activity on Rhodamine B degradation under sunlight irradiation

    Adepu, A. K., Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Anumula, R., & Narayanan, V.

    Journal of Water Process Engineering, 34, 101141 · doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101141

  16. 2019

    Synthesis of new multivalent metal ion functionalized mesoporous silica and studies of their enhanced antimicrobial and cytotoxicity activitiesFirst author

    Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Gangalla, R., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Adepu, A. K., Anumula, R., Sivasoorian, S. S., Wang, L.-F., & Narayanan, V.

    Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7(45), 7235–7245 · doi:10.1039/C9TB01736D

  17. 2019

    Pd-KIT-6: synthesis of a novel three-dimensional mesoporous catalyst and studies on its enhanced catalytic applicationsFirst author

    Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V.

    Journal of Porous Materials, 26(6), 1667–1677 · doi:10.1007/s10934-019-00763-5

  18. 2019

    New porous high surface area TiO₂ anatase/SAPO-35 mild Brønsted acidic nanocomposite: synthesis, characterization and studies on its enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., Tyagi, C., Gandamalla, A., Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Venkatathri, N.

    ChemistrySelect, 4(31), 9135–9142 · doi:10.1002/slct.201902134

  19. 2019

    Synthesis of a high-surface-area V₂O₅/TiO₂–SiO₂ catalyst and its application in the visible-light photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

    Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V.

    RSC Advances, 9(42), 24368–24376 · doi:10.1039/c9ra03866c

  20. 2019

    Magnetically separable porous titanosilicate/Fe₃O₄ hybrid nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic performance under UV light irradiation

    Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Venkatathri, N.

    Journal of Porous Materials, 26(5), 1259–1267 · doi:10.1007/s10934-019-00719-9

  21. 2019

    A novel method of synthesis and a new insight into the vanadium incorporation in three dimensional mesoporous KIT-6First author

    Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.

    Materials Research Express, 6(1), 015021 · doi:10.1088/2053-1591/aae45d

  22. 2016

    Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterisation and crystal-violet dye degradation studies

    Anumula, R., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., & Narayanan, V.

    RSC Advances, 6(1), 507–514 · doi:10.1039/c5ra22210a

  23. 2016

    Titanium aminophosphates as efficient, economical, and recyclable catalysts for the synthesis of xanthenediones

    Rajini, A., Chirra, S., Ajay Kumar, A., Suresh, S., & Venkatathri, N.

    Synthetic Communications, 46(20), 1671–1677 · author name published as C. Suman · doi:10.1080/00397911.2016.1220578

  24. 2015

    Porous palladium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies

    Rajini, A., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.

    RSC Advances, 5(82), 66956–66964 · doi:10.1039/C5RA11923E

  25. 2015

    Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies

    Rajini, A., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.

    RSC Advances, 5(106), 87713–87722 · doi:10.1039/C5RA15084A

  26. 2015

    Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterization and orange G dye degradation studies

    Rajini, A., Nookaraju, M., Chirra, S., Adepu, A. K., & Venkatathri, N.

    RSC Advances, 5(129), 106509–106518 · doi:10.1039/C5RA19117C