Lalit Durante

Ph.D. Candidate, 5th Year
Email: lalit@gatech.edu

Favorite Book? The last lecture
Countries lived in? India, US & China

Educational Background

B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay India, 2011
M. Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay India, 2011

Project

CO2 capture using metal organic frameworks

This project is based on the supported amine adsorbents to extract CO₂ from air. We are going to fundamentally understand the process of CO₂adsorption/desorption at the molecular level by studying ulta-low pressure CO₂– water-solid (metal oxides) interactions.

January 2021-

Four new PhD students join the group! Anu Osibo will work on depolymerization catalysis and Yoseph Guta will study amine adsorbent stability. Both will be co-advised by Prof. Sievers. MinGyu Song will study DAC under unconventional conditions, and will be co-advised by Prof. Lively. Laura Proano will evaluate catalytic sorbents for CO2 capture and conversion in a single, intensified process.

December 2020-

The group welcomes the arrival of new postdoctoral fellow Pranjali Priyadarshini, who recently completed her PhD at the University of Illinois.

October 2020-

We bid farewell to postdoctoral fellow Dharam Kumar and visiting PhD student Wei Zhou. We welcome the arrival of new postdoctoral Fellow Gabriel Short, who recently completed his PhD in chemistry at the University of Florida.