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Work Experience
Project Manager
Delft University of Technology
March 2023 - Present ![]()
Lead Computational Chemist
C2CAT B.V.
October 2021 - February 2023 ![]()
Post doc Researcher
TU Delft
February 2020 - February 2022 ![]()
Post-doc
Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research
February 2019 - January 2020 ![]()
Education
PhD (HOMKAT)
University of Amsterdam Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
September 2014 - April 2019 ![]()
Integrated BS-MS (Department of Physical Sciences)
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
August 2009 - July 2014 ![]()
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Vivek Sinha, Fateme Rezai, Nihat Ege Sahin, Jacopo Catalano, Espen Drath Bøjesen, Farnaz Sotoodeh, Emil Dražević (2023). Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction over gallium – a computational and experimental study . Faraday Discussions.
Vivek Sinha, Annika M. Krieger, Guanna Li, Evgeny A. Pidko(2022). Solvent-Assisted Ketone Reduction by a Homogeneous Mn Catalyst . Organometallics. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
Vivek Sinha, Anirudh Venugopal, Laurentius H. T. Egberts, Jittima Meeprasert, Evgeny A. Pidko, Bernard Dam, Thomas Burdyny, Wilson A. Smith(2022). Polymer Modification of Surface Electronic Properties of Electrocatalysts . ACS Energy Letters. 7. (5). p. 1586--1593. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
Venugopal, A., Egberts, L.H.T., Meeprasert, J., Pidko, E.A., Dam, B., Burdyny, T., Sinha, V., Smith, W.A.(2022). Polymer Modification of Surface Electronic Properties of Electrocatalysts . ACS Energy Letters. p. 1586-1593.
Vivek Sinha, Adarsh V. Kalikadien, Evgeny A. Pidko (2022). ChemSpaX: exploration of chemical space by automated functionalization of molecular scaffold . Digital Discovery.
Vivek Sinha, Felix J. de Zwart, Monica Trincado, Hansjörg Grützmacher, Bas de Bruin (2022). Computational mechanistic studies of ruthenium catalysed methanol dehydrogenation . Dalton Transactions.
De Zwart, F.J., Sinha, V., Trincado, M., Grützmacher, H., De Bruin, B.(2022). Computational mechanistic studies of ruthenium catalysed methanol dehydrogenation . Dalton Transactions. 51. (8). p. 3019-3026.
Vivek Sinha, Elena Khramenkova, Evgeny A. Pidko(2022). Solvent-mediated outer-sphere CO2 electro-reduction mechanism over the Ag111 surface . Chemical Science. 13. (13). p. 3803--3808. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})
Sinha, V., Khramenkova, E., Pidko, E.A.(2022). Solvent-mediated outer-sphere CO<sub>2</sub> electro-reduction mechanism over the Ag111 surface . Chemical Science. 13. (13). p. 3803-3808.
Vivek Sinha, Alex S. Tossaint, Christophe Rebreyend, Manuela Weber, Stefano Canossa, Evgeny A. Pidko, Georgy A. Filonenko(2022). Two step activation of Ru-PN3P pincer catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation . Catalysis Science & Technology. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})
Tossaint, A.S., Rebreyend, C., Sinha, V., Weber, M., Canossa, S., Pidko, E.A., Filonenko, G.A.(2022). Two step activation of Ru-PN<sup>3</sup>P pincer catalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation . Catalysis Science and Technology.
Krieger, A.M., Sinha, V., Li, G., Pidko, E.A.(2022). Solvent-Assisted Ketone Reduction by a Homogeneous Mn Catalyst . Organometallics. 41. (14). p. 1829-1835.
Vivek Sinha, Qiuhua Liang, Geert Brocks, Anja Bieberle‐Hütter(2021). Cover Feature: Tailoring the Performance of ZnO for Oxygen Evolution by Effective Transition Metal Doping (ChemSusChem 15/2021) . ChemSusChem. Wiley
Vivek Sinha, Qiuhua Liang, Geert Brocks, Anja Bieberle‐Hütter(2021). Tailoring the Performance of ZnO for Oxygen Evolution by Effective Transition Metal Doping . ChemSusChem. Wiley
Vivek Sinha, Annika M. Krieger, Adarsh V. Kalikadien, Evgeny A. Pidko(2021). Metal‐ligand cooperative activation of HX (X=H, Br, OR) bond on Mn based pincer complexes . Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 647. (14). p. 1486--1494. Wiley
Vivek Sinha, Annika M. Krieger, Adarsh V. Kalikadien, Evgeny A. Pidko(2021). Front Cover: Metal‐ligand cooperative activation of HX (X=H, Br, OR) bond on Mn based pincer complexes (14/2021) . Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 647. (14). p. 1397--1397. Wiley
Vivek Sinha, Felix J. de Zwart, Bente Reus, Annechien A.H. Laporte, Bas de Bruin(2021). Metrical Oxidation States of 1,4-Diazadiene-Derived Ligands . Inorganic Chemistry. 60. (5). p. 3274--3281. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
De Zwart, F.J., Reus, B., Laporte, A.A.H., Sinha, V., De Bruin, B.(2021). Metrical Oxidation States of 1,4-Diazadiene-Derived Ligands . Inorganic Chemistry. 60. (5). p. 3274-3281.
Vivek Sinha, Jochem J. Laan, Evgeny A. Pidko(2021). Accurate and rapid prediction of pKa of transition metal complexes: semiempirical quantum chemistry with a data-augmented approach . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})
Sinha, V., Laan, J.J., Pidko, E.A.(2021). Accurate and rapid prediction of pK<sub>a</sub>of transition metal complexes: semiempirical quantum chemistry with a data-augmented approach . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23. (4). p. 2557-2567.
Anand, Megha and Baletto, Francesca and Bugaev, Aram and Catlow, Richard and Claeys, Michael and Conway, Matthew and Davidson, Matthew and Davies, Philip and de Leeuw, Nora and Eremin, Dmitry and Fischer, Nico and Hargreaves, Justin and Hutchings, Graham and Iyer, Jayendran and Jain, Disha and Jameel, Froze and Kamali, Ali Reza and Kondrat, Simon and Kowalec, Igor and Kraus, Peter and Reece, Christian and Réocreux, Romain and Santos-Carballal, David and Seavill, Peter W. and Shozi, Mzamo and Sinev, Mikhail and Sinha, Vivek and Stamatakis, Michail and Uner, Deniz and Vojvodic, Aleksandra and Whiston, Keith and Willock, David and Wolf, Moritz and Yang, Bo and Zhu, Beien(2021). Theory: general discussion . Faraday Discuss. p. -. The Royal Society of Chemistry
Anand, M., Baletto, F., Bugaev, A., Catlow, R., Claeys, M., Conway, M., Davidson, M., Davies, P., De Leeuw, N., Eremin, D., et al.(2021). Theory: General discussion . Faraday Discussions. 229. p. 131-160.
V. Sinha, D. Sun, E. J. Meijer, T. J. H. Vlugt, A. Bieberle-Hütter(2021). A multiscale modelling approach to elucidate the mechanism of the oxygen evolution reaction at the hematite–water interface . Faraday Discussions. 229. p. 89--107. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})
Sinha, V., Sun, D., Meijer, E.J., Vlugt, T.J.H., Bieberle-Hutter, A.(2021). A multiscale modelling approach to elucidate the mechanism of the oxygen evolution reaction at the hematite-water interface . Faraday Discussions. 229. p. 89-107.
Krieger, A.M., Sinha, V., Kalikadien, A.V., Pidko, E.A.(2021). Metal-ligand cooperative activation of HX (X=H, Br, OR) bond on Mn based pincer complexes . Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 647. (14). p. 1486-1494.
Liang, Q., Brocks, G., Sinha, V., Bieberle-Hütter, A.(2021). Tailoring the Performance of ZnO for Oxygen Evolution by Effective Transition Metal Doping . ChemSusChem. 14. (15). p. 3064-3073.
Vivek Sinha, Kiran George, Tigran Khachatrjan, Matthijs van Berkel, Anja Bieberle-Hütter(2020). Understanding the Impact of Different Types of Surface States on Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation: A Microkinetic Modeling Approach . ACS Catalysis. 10. (24). p. 14649--14660. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
Vivek Sinha, Nitish Govindarajan, Monica Trincado, Hansjörg Grützmacher, Evert Jan Meijer, Bas de Bruin (2020). An In‐Depth Mechanistic Study of Ru‐Catalysed Aqueous Methanol Dehydrogenation and Prospects for Future Catalyst Design . ChemCatChem.
Govindarajan, N., Sinha, V., Trincado, M., Grützmacher, H., Meijer, E.J., de Bruin, B.(2020). An In-Depth Mechanistic Study of Ru-Catalysed Aqueous Methanol Dehydrogenation and Prospects for Future Catalyst Design . ChemCatChem. 12. (9). p. 2610-2621.
(2020). A Multiscale Modelling Approach to Elucidate the Mechanism of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction at the Hematite-Water Interface . Faraday Discussions.
George, K., Khachatrjan, T., van Berkel, M., Sinha, V., Bieberle-Hütter, A.(2020). Understanding the impact of different types of surface states on photoelectrochemical water oxidation: A microkinetic modeling approach . ACS Catalysis. 10. (24). p. 14649-14660.
(2019). Rational Redesign of a Regioselective Hydroformylation Catalyst for 3‐Butenoic Acid by Supramolecular Substrate Orientation . ChemCatChem.
Vivek Sinha, Suman Sinha, Rina Sikari, Upasona Jash, Siuli Das, Paula Brandão, Serhiy Demeshko, Franc Meyer, Bas de Bruin, Nanda D. Paul(2019). Iron-Catalyzed/Mediated C–N Bond Formation: Competition between Substrate Amination and Ligand Amination . Inorganic Chemistry. 58. (3). p. 1935--1948. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
(2019). Effector responsive hydroformylation catalysis . Chemical Science.
Sinha, S., Sikari, R., Sinha, V., Jash, U., Das, S., Brandão, P., Demeshko, S., Meyer, F., De Bruin, B., Paul, N.D.(2019). Iron-Catalyzed/Mediated C-N Bond Formation: Competition between Substrate Amination and Ligand Amination . Inorganic Chemistry. 58. (3). p. 1935-1948.
Bai, S.-T., Sinha, V., Kluwer, A.M., Linnebank, P.R., Abiri, Z., Dydio, P., Lutz, M., De Bruin, B., Reek, J.N.H.(2019). Effector responsive hydroformylation catalysis . Chemical Science. 10. (31). p. 7389-7398.
Bai, S.-T., Sinha, V., Kluwer, A.M., Linnebank, P.R., Abiri, Z., de Bruin, B., Reek, J.N.H.(2019). Rational Redesign of a Regioselective Hydroformylation Catalyst for 3-Butenoic Acid by Supramolecular Substrate Orientation . ChemCatChem. 11. (21). p. 5322-5329.
Vivek Sinha, Monica Trincado, Hansjörg Grützmacher, Bas de Bruin(2018). DFT Provides Insight into the Additive-Free Conversion of Aqueous Methanol to Dihydrogen Catalyzed by [Ru(trop2dad)]: Importance of the (Electronic) Flexibility of the Diazadiene Moiety . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140. (40). p. 13103--13114. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
Sinha, V., Trincado, M., Grützmacher, H., De Bruin, B.(2018). Correction: dFT Provides Insight into the Additive-Free Conversion of Aqueous Methanol to Dihydrogen Catalyzed by [Ru(trop <sub>2</sub> dad)]: Importance of the (Electronic) Flexibility of the Diazadiene Moiety (Journal of the American Chemical Society (2018) 140 (13103-13114) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09011) . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140. (48). p. 16865-16866.
Sinha, V., Govindarajan, N., De Bruin, B., Meijer, E.J.(2018). How Solvent Affects C-H Activation and Hydrogen Production Pathways in Homogeneous Ru-Catalyzed Methanol Dehydrogenation Reactions . ACS Catalysis. 8. (8). p. 6908-6913.
Sinha, V., Pribanic, B., de Bruin, B., Trincado, M., Grützmacher, H.(2018). Ligand- and Metal-Based Reactivity of a Neutral Ruthenium Diolefin Diazadiene Complex: The Innocent, the Guilty and the Suspicious . Chemistry - A European Journal. 24. (21). p. 5400.
Sinha, V., Trincado, M., Grützmacher, H., De Bruin, B.(2018). DFT Provides Insight into the Additive-Free Conversion of Aqueous Methanol to Dihydrogen Catalyzed by [Ru(trop<sub>2</sub>dad)]: Importance of the (Electronic) Flexibility of the Diazadiene Moiety . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140. (40). p. 13103-13114.
Sinha, V., Pribanic, B., de Bruin, B., Trincado, M., Grützmacher, H.(2018). Ligand- and Metal-Based Reactivity of a Neutral Ruthenium Diolefin Diazadiene Complex: The Innocent, the Guilty and the Suspicious . Chemistry - A European Journal. 24. (21). p. 5513-5521.
(2017). Homogeneously catalysed conversion of aqueous formaldehyde to H2 and carbonate . Nature communications.
Bagh, B., Broere, D.L.J., Sinha, V., Kuijpers, P.F., Van Leest, N.P., De Bruin, B., Demeshko, S., Siegler, M.A., Van Der Vlugt, J.I.(2017). Catalytic Synthesis of N-Heterocycles via Direct C(sp <sup>3</sup> )-H Amination Using an Air-Stable Iron(III) Species with a Redox-Active Ligand . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139. (14). p. 5117-5124.
Trincado, M., Sinha, V., Rodriguez-Lugo, R.E., Pribanic, B., De Bruin, B., Grützmacher, H.(2017). Homogeneously catalysed conversion of aqueous formaldehyde to H<sub>2</sub> and carbonate . Nature Communications. 8.
Vivek Sinha and Mahesh Sundararajan(2014). Structure and cation binding affinities of cucurbit[6]uril: A DFT study . AIP Conference Proceedings. 1591. (1). p. 1708-1710.
Sinha, V., Ghorai, P.K.(2014). CO adsorption on Fe<sub>N</sub>(N = 1-4) transition metal clusters: A density functional theory study . Current Science. 106. (9). p. 1243-1248.
Sundararajan, Mahesh and Sinha, Vivek and Bandyopadhyay, Tusar and Ghosh, Swapan K.(2012). Can Functionalized Cucurbituril Bind Actinyl Cations Efficiently? A Density Functional Theory Based Investigation . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 116. (17). p. 4388-4395.
Sundararajan, M., Sinha, V., Bandyopadhyay, T., Ghosh, S.K.(2012). Can functionalized cucurbituril bind actinyl cations efficiently? a density functional theory based investigation . Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 116. (17). p. 4388-4395.
Sinha, V., Ganguly, B., Bandyopadhyay, T.(2012). Energetics of ortho-7 (oxime drug) translocation through the active-site gorge of tabun conjugated acetylcholinesterase . PLoS ONE. 7. (7).
Liang, Qiuhua and Brocks, Geert and Sinha, Vivek and Bieberle, Anja Tailoring the performance of ZnO for oxygen evolution by effective transition metal doping . ChemSusChem. n/a. (n/a).
OTHER
Tossain, A.S., Rebreyend, C., Sinha, V., Weber, M., Canossa, S., Pidko, E.A., Filonenko, G.A.(2022). Two step activation of Ru-PN<sup>3</sup>P pincer catalysts for CO<sub>2</sub>hydrogenation . ChemRxiv.
Kalikadien, A.V., Pidko, E.A., Sinha, V.(2021). ChemSpaX: Exploration of chemical space by automated functionalization of molecular scaffold . ChemRxiv.
Sinha, V., Laan, J.J., Pidko, E.A.(2020). Accurate and Rapid Prediction of pK<sub>a</sub> of Transition Metal Complexes: Semiempirical Quantum Chemistry with a DataAugmented Approach . ChemRxiv.
de Zwart, F.J., Reus, B., Laporte, A.A.H., Sinha, V., de Bruin, B.(2020). Metrical oxidation states of 1,4-diazadiene (DAD) derived ligands . ChemRxiv.
Govindarajan, N., Sinha, V., Trincado, M., Grützmacher, H., Meijer, E.J., de Bruin, B.(2019). An in-depth mechanistic study of Ru catalysed aqueous methanol dehydrogenation and prospects for future catalyst design . ChemRxiv.
PREPRINT
Vivek Sinha, Adarsh Kalikadien, Evgeny A. Pidko (2021). ChemSpaX: Exploration of Chemical Space by Automated Functionalization of Molecular Scaffold .
Vivek Sinha, Jochem Jan Laan, Evgeny Pidko (2020). Accurate and Rapid Prediction of pKa of Transition Metal Complexes: Semiempirical Quantum Chemistry with a DataAugmented Approach .
BOOK CHAPTER
(2018). Application of Stimuli-Responsive and “Non-innocent” Ligands in Base Metal Catalysis . Non-Noble Metal Catalysis.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Sinha, V., Sundararajan, M.(2014). Structure and cation binding affinities of cucurbit[6]uril: A DFT study . AIP Conference Proceedings. 1591. p. 1708-1710.