Sanjana Srinivas

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  • Email
    srinivas2@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 424-3897
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Research interests

Developing multiscale modeling frameworks for rational catalyst design by integrating atomistic simulations, reaction kinetics, and continuum-scale models.

Evaluating catalyst stability under reaction conditions to identify and mitigate deactivation mechanisms.

Current position(s)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Quantum Simulations Group

Subject Matter Expertise  

Computational catalysis, statistical mechanics, microkinetic simulations, kinetics and transport phenomena

Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2025

B. Tech in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 2019

For a full list, see: Google Scholar

Srinivas, S., Yan, G., Caratzoulas, S., Vlachos, D, Vacancy formation, stability and electronic properties of nickel on equimolar ceria-zirconia mixed oxide (111) catalyst, Catalysis Science and Technology, (2025)

Bhowmick, A.*, Srinivas, S.*, Zhang, J., Jahrman, E., Kewei, Y., Warty, A., Saurav, S., Caratzoulas, S., Liu, D., Vlachos, D. Active Sites in the Dealuminated Beta Zeolite-Supported Cobalt Catalyst for Non-oxidative Ethane Dehydrogenation, ACS Catalysis, (2025)

Srinivas, S., Caratzoulas, S., Vlachos, D. Effect of defects and framework Sn on the stability and activity of  Pt clusters for ethane dehydrogenation in chabazite zeolite, Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, (2024)

Srinivas, S., Srivastava, K., Kewei, Y.,Caratzoulas, S., Vlachos, D. Effect of Co/SiO2 single site heterogeneity on small alkane dehydrogenation kinetics, ACS Catalysis, (2023)

Srinivas, S., Vlachos, D., Caratzoulas, S. Spin-Crossing in Heterogeneous Ethane Dehydrogenation By Atomically Dispersed Co/SiO2, Chem Catalysis, (2023)

  • MIT ChemE Rising Star, 2024
  • Kokes Travel Award, North American Catalysis Society Meeting, 2023
  • Saurabh A Palkar Graduate Award for mentoring fellowship, University of Delaware, 2022
  • Best Communication Award, 18th ICTAC conference, Lyon, France, 2022
  • Morton and Donna Collins Chemical Engineering Fellowship, University of Delaware, 2020