Raghavendra Meena
A computational materials scientist exploring the frontiers of sustainable catalysis through density functional theory, ab initio molecular dynamics, microkinetic modeling, metadynamics, and machine learning — at Wageningen University & Research.
Biography
Raghavendra Meena completed a BS-MS degree (2015–2020) in Chemistry & Physics from IISER Pune, India, including a full-year Master's thesis under Prof. Michele Casula at Sorbonne Université, France. During his BS-MS he completed research internships in computational chemistry with Prof. Prasenjit Ghosh (IISER Pune, 2018–19), Prof. Eluvathingal D. Jemmis (IISc Bangalore, 2018), Prof. Amlan K. Roy (IISER Kolkata, 2017), and Prof. Manikandan Paranjothy (IIT Jodhpur, 2016). He was awarded the National Talent Search Examination Scholarship (2013–2015) and the INSPIRE Scholarship by the Department of Science and Technology (2015–2020), both recognising academic merit at the national level. An Erasmus+ Fellowship supported his time in France.
In October 2020 he joined as a joint PhD candidate between the Biobased Chemistry and Technology group and the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry at Wageningen University, under the supervision of Prof. Harry Bitter, Prof. Han Zuilhof, and Dr. Guanna Li. His PhD research — Multiscale Modeling of Molybdenum and Tungsten Carbide Catalysts for Sustainable Biomass Conversion — broadly applies computational materials science and theoretical chemistry to sustainable catalysis, biomass conversion, plastic waste upcycling, and electrochemical transformations. Outside of research, he enjoys football, chess, photography, building trading algorithms, and learning musical instruments.
Let's Connect
Interested in collaboration, research discussions, or just want to say hello? I'd love to hear from you.
raghavendra.ip2020@gmail.com