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Hire Dr. Kiran Kumar M.

Singapore

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Materials scientist with 10+ years research experience in Graphene, Polymer composites, Nanomaterials, Water filtration.

Profile Summary

As a research scientist & consultant manager in last 10+ years, mentored both research and production teams to develop industrial applications using graphene-based composite materials mainly in photo-detectors, water filtration cartridges, membranes, battery separator, high temperature and light weight plastic components and wearable sensors etc. In hand experience to develop graphene-based industrial products such as ultra-filtration, forward-osmosis membranes, absorption based filter cartridges etc for water filtration and industrial waste water treatment applications such as oil/water separation, textile dye removal, petrochemical effluent water treatment etc. Published scientific reports in peer reviewed journals, conference papers and filed patents. Participated as invited speaker in international conferences to share my work and ideas. Initiated and successfully established collaborations with Singapore-based SME water filtration industry partners and international firms to develop joint venture products. I have researched to develop graphene-based composite materials for ultra high sensitive photodetectors for opto-electronics applications. Developed pressure, strain sensitive wearable sensors using graphene-based coatings. I have also worked on light-weight, high temperature composite plastics for structural component applications. Over the years, attained knowledge in both academic & industrial research, development and consultation.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Carbon Materials
• ★ Composite Materials
• ★ Water Treatment
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Polymer Chemistry
• ☆ Separation & Purification
• ☆ Bioplastics
• ☆ Wireless Sensor Networks
• ☆ Air Quality Management
• ☆ Optoelectronics
• ☆ Technology Scouting

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Concept Development, Prototyping

Work Experience

Scientific Consultant

Consulting (Self-Employed)

March 2021 - Present

Consultant - Regional Manager of Engineering

Grafoid Inc.

December 2012 - February 2021

Postdoctoral Researcher (Research Associate)

National University of Singapore

August 2011 - November 2012

Education

PhD (Chemistry)

National University of Singapore

August 2006 - July 2011

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PATENT

(2019). A GRAPHENE-BASED MEMBRANE.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Balapanuru, J., Manga, K.K., Fu, W., Abdelwahab, I., Zhou, G., Li, M., Lu, H., Loh, K.P.(2019). Desalination properties of a free-standing, partially oxidized few-layer graphene membrane . Desalination. p. 72-80.

Wang, Y., Lee, W.C., Manga, K.K., Ang, P.K., Lu, J., Liu, Y.P., Lim, C.T., Loh, K.P.(2012). Fluorinated graphene for promoting neuro-induction of stem cells . Advanced Materials. 24. (31). p. 4285-4290.

Manga, K.K., Wang, J., Lin, M., Zhang, J., Nesladek, M., Nalla, V., Ji, W., Loh, K.P.(2012). High-performance broadband photodetector using solution-processible PbSe-TiO <inf>2</inf>-graphene hybrids . Advanced Materials. 24. (13). p. 1697-1702.

Polavarapu, L., Manga, K.K., Yu, K., Ang, P.K., Cao, H.D., Balapanuru, J., Loh, K.P., Xu, Q.-H.(2011). Alkylamine capped metal nanoparticle "inks" for printable SERS substrates, electronics and broadband photodetectors . Nanoscale. 3. (5). p. 2268-2274.

Wang, J., Manga, K.K., Bao, Q., Loh, K.P.(2011). High-yield synthesis of few-layer graphene flakes through electrochemical expansion of graphite in propylene carbonate electrolyte . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133. (23). p. 8888-8891.

Polavarapu, L., Manga, K.K., Cao, H.D., Loh, K.P., Xu, Q.-H.(2011). Preparation of conductive silver films at mild temperatures for printable organic electronics . Chemistry of Materials. 23. (14). p. 3273-3276.

Wang, S., Manga, K.K., Zhao, M., Bao, Q., Loh, K.P.(2011). Wrapping graphene sheets around organic wires for making memory devices . Small. 7. (16). p. 2372-2378.

Venkatram Nalla and Lakshminarayana Polavarapu and Kiran Kumar Manga and Bee Min Goh and Kian Ping Loh and Qing-Hua Xu and Wei Ji(2010). Transient photoconductivity and femtosecond nonlinear optical properties of a conjugated polymer–graphene oxide composite . Nanotechnology. 21. (41). p. 415203. {IOP} Publishing

Wang, S., Goh, B.M., Manga, K.K., Bao, Q., Yang, P., Loh, K.P.(2010). Graphene as atomic template and structural scaffold in the synthesis of graphene-organic hybrid wire with photovoltaic properties . ACS Nano. 4. (10). p. 6180-6186.

Manga, K.K., Wang, S., Jaiswal, M., Bao, Q., Loh, K.P.(2010). High-gain graphene-titanium oxide photoconductor made from inkjet printable ionic solution . Advanced Materials. 22. (46). p. 5265-5270.

Chen, X., Yang, J., Lu, J., Manga, K.K., Loh, K.P., Zhu, F.(2009). Ionic liquid-functionalized carbon nanoparticles-modified cathode for efficiency enhancement in polymer solar cells . Applied Physics Letters. 95. (13).

Manga, K.K., Zhou, Y., Yan, Y., Loh, K.P.(2009). Multilayer hybrid films consisting of alternating graphene and titania nanosheets with ultrafast electron transfer and photoconversion properties . Advanced Functional Materials. 19. (22). p. 3638-3643.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Simard-Normandin, M., Ho, Q.-B., Rahman, R., Ferguson, S., Manga, K.(2018). Resistivity-strain analysis of graphene-based ink coated fabrics for wearable electronics . 2018 Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium, Pan Pacific 2018. 2018-January. p. 1-9.