Dr. Suman Chirra

1. 07 Oct 2025 – Present

   MSCA-CZ Postdoctoral Researcher

   Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice (UPCE), Czech Republic · Host: Prof. Roman Bulánek · Project CZ.02.01.01/00/22_010/0013415

2. 13 Apr 2022 – 31 Jul 2023

   Postdoctoral Research Fellow

   Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan · Advisor: Prof. Teng-Hao Chen, Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy · Salary supported by NSTC project 112-2811-E-006-003 · New-ligand MOFs including NCKU-52 and single-crystal growth; CCDC deposits 2150604 and 2150707

3. 28 Oct 2021 – 27 Dec 2021

   Senior Project Associate

   Dept. of Energy & Environmental Engineering, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India

4. Dec 2014 – Aug 2020

   Ph.D. in Chemistry

   NIT Warangal, India · Supervisor: Prof. N. Venkatathri · Viva voce: 21 Aug 2020; degree conferred: 22 Oct 2020 · Thesis: Development of the selected multi-valent metal ions functionalized mesoporous materials and studies on their applications

5. Jul 2009 – Jun 2011

   M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry

   Osmania University, Hyderabad, India · 71.77% (First Division with Distinction)

6. Jun 2005 – Apr 2008

   B.Sc. (Biotechnology, Zoology, Chemistry)

   Kakatiya University, Warangal, India · 70.22% (First Division with Distinction)

• MSCA Fellowships CZ (MSCA-CZ) Postdoctoral Fellowship — Operational Programme Johannes Amos Comenius (OP JAK), co-funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; Project No. CZ.02.01.01/00/22_010/0013415. Host institution: University of Pardubice. Project: Development of Advanced Functional Materials for Gas Separation and Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction. Fellowship duration: 24 months; started 7 October 2025. Researcher and principal investigator (fellowship holder), responsible for materials design and synthesis, physicochemical characterisation, photocatalytic CO₂ reduction studies, and dissemination of results.

1. 22 Jul 2024 – 15 May 2025

   Assistant Professor (Head, Dept. of Chemistry, 20 Nov 2024 – 15 May 2025)

   School of Sciences, Woxsen University, Hyderabad — led the newly established department, designed and delivered B.Sc. coursework, convened InnoChem-25, mentored undergraduate research

2. 03 May 2021 – 27 Oct 2021

   Assistant Professor in Chemistry

   Balaji Institute of Technology & Science, Narsampet, Warangal

3. Dec 2014 – Dec 2019

   Laboratory teaching duties (as Ph.D. research scholar)

   Dept. of Chemistry, NIT Warangal — B.Tech (1st & 2nd year) and M.Sc. (1st & 2nd year) laboratory courses, held concurrently with the Ph.D. (5 years)

4. 14 Aug 2011 – 20 Nov 2014

   Lecturer in Chemistry

   Shivani Degree & P.G. College, Karimnagar, Telangana — postgraduate chemistry courses over 3 years 3 months

• MSCA-CZ Postdoctoral Fellowship — MSCA Fellowships CZ under OP JAK, co-funded by the European Union & MEYS Czech Republic, hosted at UPCE (Oct 2025–present).
• Guest Editor, Catalysts (MDPI) — Special Issue "New Insights into Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction" (2026; submission deadline 30 Jan 2027). Certificate of Service issued June 2026.
• DAAD SDG Graduate School RoHan Scholarship — South-South Postdoctoral Scholarship at the GeViCat Center of Catalysis, HUST/VNU-HUS, Hanoi, Vietnam (21 Mar – 21 Sep 2022). Awarded through the University of Rostock and LIKAT, funded by BMZ; not utilised due to COVID-19 mobility restrictions.
• TEEP@AsiaPlus Short-Term Research Internship — Dept. of Medicinal & Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; supervisor Prof. Li-Fang Wang (Sep–Oct 2019).
• Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (KA107) — Three-month doctoral research mobility at CiQUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; supervisor Dr. Pablo del Pino (3 Sep – 2 Dec 2018).
• Reviewer for international scientific journals including ACS Omega, Scientific Reports, Materials Today Chemistry, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Biomass & Bioenergy, Journal of Porous Materials, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Silicon, Discover Materials, Journal of Cluster Science, Materials Today: Proceedings, Results in Chemistry, Results in Engineering, In Silico Research in Biomedicine, Journal of Molecular Structure, Hydrogen, Nanomaterials, Polymers, AppliedChem, Clean Technologies, Chemistry, Catalysts, Crystals, Materials, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering, Nano-electrochemistry & Nano-photochemistry, and Frontiers in Materials.
• GATE 2013 (Chemistry) — Qualified, All India Rank 1548 of 11,768 candidates; Registration No. 16122127. APSET-2012 (Chemical Sciences) — Qualified; examination held 27 Jul 2012; Certificate No. 101882, issued 15 Mar 2013.

• EU4MOFs Training School — MOF Tech Transfer: Market and Industry Perspective, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (online, 1–2 October 2026).
• SPECTROCAT 2026 Summer School — Vibrational Spectroscopies Applied to Catalysis and Adsorption, including in situ / operando IR and Raman, LCS Laboratory, ENSICAEN, CNRS, Caen, France (29 June – 3 July 2026).

1. Portable Reaction Flask Device for Real-Time Monitoring

   Design No. 496567-001 · Class 10-05 · CBR No. 207663

   Registered under the Designs Act, 2000 as of 29/03/2026; Certificate of Registration issued 20/05/2026 (Serial No. 233778), The Patent Office, Government of India. Registered proprietors: S. Chirra, R. K. Jain, M. K. Sahani, S. S. K. Kothapalli, S. Panchal, A. Mandal.

2. Compact Pharmaceutical Testing Device

   Design No. 497040-001 · Class 24-01 · CBR No. 207990

   Registered under the Designs Act, 2000 as of 01/04/2026; Certificate of Registration issued 10/06/2026 (Serial No. 236913), The Patent Office, Government of India. Registered proprietor: Woxsen University.

3. Portable Smart Device for Textile Waste Management

   Design No. 504821-001 · Class 15-99 · CBR No. 213157

   Registered under the Designs Act, 2000 as of 07/06/2026; Certificate of Registration issued 30/07/2026 (Serial No. 246550). Registered proprietors: D. A. Pradeep, S. Chirra, G. M. Nibrad, S. E. Ali, M. Afzal, M. Kumar.

4. Portable Perovskite Nanomaterial Characterization and X-Ray Detector

   Design No. 510625-001 · Class 24-01 · CBR No. 217129

   Registered under the Designs Act, 2000 as of 24/07/2026; Certificate of Registration issued 27/08/2026 (Serial No. 250768). Registered proprietors: S. Chirra, R. K. Jain, Bhumika, A. Alchi, R. Boddula, P. Topiya.

1. Tailored conducting polymers for photocatalytic treatment of waterFirst author

   Chirra, S., Aepuru, R., & Sathish, M. (2026)

   In S. Jadoun & N. Kumari Jangid (Eds.), Tuning of Conducting Polymers (Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, pp. 81–114), Springer, Cham · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00461-1_5

2. Hybrid conducting polymers as sensors and biosensors

   SK, S., Sathish, M., Chirra, S., Rao, B. V. B., & Singh, N. (2026)

   In S. Jadoun & N. Kumari Jangid (Eds.), Tuning of Conducting Polymers (Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, pp. 205–235), Springer, Cham · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00461-1_10

1. 2025

   Advanced porous materials for the removal of lead from water: synthesis, mechanisms, sustainability, and future perspectivesCorresponding author

   Pathak, A., Patra, S., Babar, S. S., & Chirra, S.

   Proceedings of SciTech 2024 (Atlantis Advances in Applied Sciences, pp. 333–350), Atlantis Press

2. 2025

   Artificial intelligence in drug discovery: a comprehensive reviewCorresponding author

   Kothapalli, S. S. K., Sahoo, D. K., Kumar, T. S., & Chirra, S.

   Proceedings of SciTech 2024 (Atlantis Advances in Applied Sciences, pp. 180–200), Atlantis Press

3. 2021

   Synthesis of a novel bifunctional mesoporous Ti-SBA-15-SO₃H catalyst and studies on its enhanced performance and kinetic modelling of lactic-acid esterification with n-butanolFirst author

   Chirra, S., Kalakuntala, R., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Naresh Yadav, D., Gurram, V. R. B., Srinath, S., & Narayanan, V.

   Materials Today: Proceedings, 45(3), 3699–3708

4. 2021

   Pd/SAPO-35: synthesis, characterisation and its catalytic application studies on the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction

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

   Materials Today: Proceedings, 45(3), 3778–3783

• Invited Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Science and Technology for Tomorrow (SciTech-25), School of Sciences, Woxsen University, in association with UTEM Chile and INTI International University, Malaysia (8–12 December 2025).

• Oral: "A novel three-dimensional mesoporous microcrystalline V-KIT-6 catalyst: synthesis, characterisation and selective liquid-phase oxidation studies" — 7th Asian Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-7), Mumbai, India (17–21 January 2017).
• Oral: "Synthesis of a novel three-dimensional mesoporous Pd-KIT-6 catalyst and its catalytic activity in microwave-mediated Suzuki coupling reactions" — MATCON 2019, CUSAT, Kochi, India (14–16 March 2019).
• Oral (PPP2): "Development of advanced functional quinone-based materials and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for efficient visible-light-driven CO₂ reduction" — 17th Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis (PISC 2026), Malá Morávka, Czech Republic (7–11 September 2026; presented 8 September 2026). Co-author: R. Bulánek.
• Oral (OP23): "Development of advanced functional materials, specifically quinone-based materials, and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for efficient CO₂ reduction under visible light" — TECHSCALE Workshop: Beyond the Nanoscale, Liblice Castle, Czech Republic (14–17 September 2026; presented 16 September 2026). Co-author: R. Bulánek.
• Poster: "Pd-KIT-6 as a recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for microwave-mediated Suzuki coupling" — 23rd National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-23), Bengaluru, India (17–19 January 2018).
• Poster: "Drug-delivery applications of nanocrystalline mesoporous MCM-41, SBA-15 and core–shell silica materials" — MATCON 2016, CUSAT, Kochi, India (14–16 January 2016; ISBN 978-93-80095-73-8, Vol. II, pp. 246–248).

• Convenor, InnoChem-25: 1st International Conference on Recent Breakthroughs in Chemical Sciences, School of Sciences, Woxsen University (8–11 April 2025).
• Convenor, 1st International Symposium on Frontiers in Discovery: Integrating Computational Intelligence & Experimental Innovation, Department of Chemistry, Woxsen University (11–12 February 2025, online).
• Session Chair, BioMACS-25: 1st International Conference on Biomedical and Applied Clinical Sciences (25–28 February 2025, hybrid).
• Session Chair, International Conference on Sustainable Science and Technology for Tomorrow (SciTech-24), Woxsen University, Hyderabad (16–20 September 2024).
• Coordinator, IPR Awareness Workshop, Woxsen University, Hyderabad (24 December 2024).
• Organiser, National Periodic Table Day Celebration, Woxsen University (7 February 2025).

• Member, Scholar Research Committee (SRC) — Ph.D. programme of Mr. Chiranjeevi Bobba (Reg. 2406C9C014), SR University, India (notified March 2026 – present): research-plan approval, progress monitoring, comprehensive examination and synopsis evaluation.
• Informal research mentoring and co-guidance, Woxsen University (2024–2025): mentored undergraduate researchers on advanced porous materials, resulting in two peer-reviewed conference publications as corresponding author.
• Mentored junior Ph.D. and M.Sc. students in Prof. N. Venkatathri's group at NIT Warangal (2014–2020) in materials synthesis, characterisation and manuscript preparation.

• Catalysis Society of India (CSI) — Lifetime Member since 2018
• American Chemical Society (ACS) — Member (ID 30899724) since 2019; current membership valid 25 Jan 2025 – 21 Apr 2029
• Indian Chemical Society (ICS) — Life Fellow, elected by the Council on 27 Jun 2026 (No. 2026-LM-8910); member since 13 Mar 2026
• Society of Carbon Dioxide Research and Innovation (CO₂India) — Lifetime Member (ID SCRI-S-00059) since 2026
• Czech Chemical Society (Česká společnost chemická, ČSCH) — Member (ID 1756) since 2026

Telugu — mother tongue · English — fluent (speaking & writing) · Hindi — conversational (speaking & writing).

Contact details available on request.