Biography

Prof. Prashant N. Kumta

University of Pittsburgh, USA


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

1990 Ph.D., University of Arizona, USA, Materials Science and Engineering

1987 M.S., University of Arizona, USA, Materials Science and Engineering

1984 B.S., Indian Institute of Technology, India, Metallurgical Engineering


Publications (selected)

  1. Adarkwa, E., Roy, A., Ohodnicki, J., Lee, B., Kumta, P. N., & Desai, S. (2023). 3D printing of drug-eluting bioactive multifunctional coatings for orthopedic applications. International journal of bioprinting, 9(2), 661.
  2. Ghadge, S. D., Velikokhatnyi, O. I., Datta, M. K., Shanthi, P. M., Tan, S., & Kumta, P. N. (2019). Computational and Experimental Study of Fluorine Doped (Mn1–x Nb x) O2 Nanorod Electrocatalysts for Acid-Mediated Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(1), 541-557.
  3. Shanthi, P. M., Hanumantha, P. J., Ramalinga, K., Gattu, B., Datta, M. K., & Kumta, P. N. (2019). Sulfonic acid based complex framework materials (CFM): nanostructured polysulfide immobilization systems for rechargeable lithium–sulfur battery. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166(10), A1827-A1835.
  4. Ghadge, S. D., Velikokhatnyi, O. I., Datta, M. K., Shanthi, P. M., Tan, S., Damodaran, K., & Kumta, P. N. (2019). Experimental and theoretical validation of high efficiency and robust electrocatalytic response of one-dimensional (1D)(Mn, Ir) O2: 10F nanorods for the oxygen evolution reaction in PEM-based water electrolysis. Acs Catalysis, 9(3), 2134-2157.
  5. Ghadge, S. D., Patel, P. P., Datta, M. K., Velikokhatnyi, O. I., Shanthi, P. M., & Kumta, P. N. (2018). First report of vertically aligned (Sn, Ir) O2: F solid solution nanotubes: Highly efficient and robust oxygen evolution electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane based water electrolysis. Journal of Power Sources, 392, 139-149.
  6. Candiello, J., Grandhi, T. S. P., Goh, S. K., Vaidya, V., Lemmon-Kishi, M., Eliato, K. R., ... & Banerjee, I. (2018). 3D heterogeneous islet organoid generation from human embryonic stem cells using a novel engineered hydrogel platform. Biomaterials, 177, 27-39.
  7. M. Shanthi, P., J. Hanumantha, P., Albuquerque, T., Gattu, B., & Kumta, P. N. (2018). Novel composite polymer electrolytes of PVdF-HFP derived by electrospinning with enhanced Li-ion conductivities for rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(2), 483-494.
  8. Patel, P. P., Velikokhatnyi, O. I., Ghadge, S. D., Hanumantha, P. J., Datta, M. K., Kuruba, R., ... & Kumta, P. N. (2018). Electrochemically active and robust cobalt doped copper phosphosulfide electro-catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in electrolytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(16), 7855-7871.
  9. Zhao, D., Wang, T., Nahan, K., Guo, X., Zhang, Z., Dong, Z., ... & Heineman, W. R. (2017). In vivo characterization of magnesium alloy biodegradation using electrochemical H2 monitoring, ICP-MS, and XPS. Acta biomaterialia, 50, 556-565.
  10. Ghadge, S. D., Patel, P. P., Datta, M. K., Velikokhatnyi, O. I., Kuruba, R., Shanthi, P. M., & Kumta, P. N. (2017). Fluorine substituted (Mn, Ir) O 2: F high performance solid solution oxygen evolution reaction electro-catalysts for PEM water electrolysis. RSC advances, 7(28), 17311-17324.
  11. Shanthi, P. M., Hanumantha, P. J., Gattu, B., Sweeney, M., Datta, M. K., & Kumta, P. N. (2017). Understanding the origin of irreversible capacity loss in non-carbonized carbonate− based metal organic framework (MOF) sulfur hosts for lithium− sulfur battery. Electrochimica Acta, 229, 208-218.
  12. Bayer, E. A., Jordan, J., Roy, A., Gottardi, R., Fedorchak, M. V., Kumta, P. N., & Little, S. R. (2017). Programmed platelet-derived growth factor-BB and bone morphogenetic protein-2 delivery from a hybrid calcium phosphate/alginate scaffold. Tissue Engineering Part A, 23(23-24), 1382-1393.
  13. Saha, P., Jampani, P. H., Datta, M. K., Hong, D., Gattu, B., Patel, P., ... & Kumta, P. N. (2017). A rapid solid-state synthesis of electrochemically active Chevrel phases (Mo 6 T 8; T= S, Se) for rechargeable magnesium batteries. Nano Research, 10, 4415-4435.
  14. Shridhar, P., Chen, Y., Khalil, R., Plakseychuk, A., Cho, S. K., Tillman, B., ... & Chun, Y. (2016). A review of PMMA bone cement and intra-cardiac embolism. Materials, 9(10), 821.
  15. Ramanathan, M., Patil, M., Epur, R., Yun, Y., Shanov, V., Schulz, M., ... & Kumta, P. N. (2016). Gold-coated carbon nanotube electrode arrays: Immunosensors for impedimetric detection of bone biomarkers. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 77, 580-588.
  16. Richardson, T., Barner, S., Candiello, J., Kumta, P. N., & Banerjee, I. (2016). Capsule stiffness regulates the efficiency of pancreatic differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. Acta biomaterialia, 35, 153-165.
  17. Patel, P. P., Datta, M. K., Velikokhatnyi, O. I., Kuruba, R., Damodaran, K., Jampani, P., ... & Kumta, P. N. (2016). Noble metal-free bifunctional oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction acidic media electro-catalysts. Scientific reports, 6(1), 28367.
  18. Ostrowski, N., Roy, A., & Kumta, P. N. (2016). Magnesium phosphate cement systems for hard tissue applications: A review. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2(7), 1067-1083.
  19. Hong, D., Chou, D. T., Velikokhatnyi, O. I., Roy, A., Lee, B., Swink, I., ... & Kumta, P. N. (2016). Binder-jetting 3D printing and alloy development of new biodegradable Fe-Mn-Ca/Mg alloys. Acta biomaterialia, 45, 375-386.
  20. Hanumantha, P. J., Datta, M. K., Kadakia, K., Okoli, C., Patel, P., & Kumta, P. N. (2016). Vanadium nitride supercapacitors: effect of processing parameters on electrochemical charge storage behavior. Electrochimica Acta, 207, 37-47.
  21. Zhao, D., Wang, T., Kuhlmann, J., Dong, Z., Chen, S., Joshi, M., ... & Heineman, W. R. (2016). In vivo monitoring the biodegradation of magnesium alloys with an electrochemical H2 sensor. Acta biomaterialia, 36, 361-368.
  22. Wei Wang and Prashant N. Kumta. (2010) “Nanostructured Hybrid Silicon/Carbon Nanotube Heterostructures: Reversible High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Anodes”, ACS-Nano, 4 (4) 2233-2241.
  23. Hsu-Feng Ko, Charles Sfeir and Prashant N. Kumta. (2010) “Novel Synthesis Strategies for Natural Polymer and Composite Biomaterials as Potential Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering”, invited article for special issue on Advanced Processing of Biomaterials, Philosophical Transactions A 368, 1981-1997.
  24. Yousef M. Alyousef, M. K. Datta, S. C. Yao, P. N. Kumta. (2010) “Sol-Gel synthesis of Pt-Ru-Os-Ir based anode electro-catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds in Press.
  25. Pui-yan Lee, Lynzy Maruca, Dong-Hyun Lee, Paul Ko, Thomas Boland, Prashant N. Kumta and Charles Sfeir. (2010) “Inkjet Printing of Nano-structured Calcium Phopshates (NanoCaPs) for Controlled Non-Viral Gene Delivery”, paper to be submitted to Acta Biomaterialia.
  26. Charles Sfeir, Dong-Hyun Lee, Jin-hua Li, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Adele L. Boskey and Prashant N. Kumta. (2010) “Phosphophoryn Induces Mineral Deposition in Both Mineralizing and Non-Mineralizing Cells”, paper submitted to J. Bone Biology.
  27. B. J. Costello, G. Shah, P. N. Kumta and Charles Sfeir. (2010) “Regenerative Medicine for Craniomaxillofacial Surgery”, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, Vol. 22, 1, 33-43.
  28. D. H. Lee and P. N. Kumta. (2010) “Chemical synthesis and stabilization of Magnesium substituted Brushite”, paper submitted to Materials Science and Engineering C C30, 934-943.
  29. Velikokhatnyi and Prashant N. Kumta. (2010) “Ab-initio Study of Fluorine-doped Tin Dioxide: A Prospective Catalyst Support for Water Electrolysis”, Physica B (under review).
  30. Moni Kanchan Datta, Jeff Maranchi, Sung Jae, Rigved Epur, Karan Kadakia, Prashanth Jampani and Prashant N. Kumta. (2010) “Amorphous Silicon-Carbon based thin film Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries”, Paper to be submitted to J. Power Sources.
  31. Kaisheng Wu1, Ömer N. Doğan, Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi, and Prashant N. Kumta. (2010) “A CALPHAD Study on the Thermodynamic Stability of Calcium-, Zinc-, and Yttrium-Doped Magnesium in Aqueous Environments”, Paper to be submitted to Acta Biomaterialia.
  32. Donghyun Lee and Prashant N. Kumta. (2010) “Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium Substituted Amorphous Calcium Phosphate (Mg-ACP)”, Materials Science and Engineering, C, doi:10.1016/j.msec.2010.05.009.
  33. I. Velikokhatnyi and Prashant N. Kumta. (2009) “First-principles studies on allpying and simplified thermodynamic aqueous chemical stability of calcium-, zinc-, aluminum-, yttrium- and iron-doped magnesium alloys”, Acta Biomaterialia doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2009.08.016.
  34. Yousef M. Alyousef, M. K. Datta, S. C. Yao, P. N. Kumta. (2009) “Complexed sol-gel synthesis of improved Pt-Ru-Os based anode electro-catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells”, J. Physics and Chemistry of Solids 70, 1019-1023.
  35. M. K. Datta, Prashant N. Kumta. (2009) “In-Situ Electrochemical Synthesis of LithiatedSilicon-Carbon based Composite Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries”, J. Power Sources 194,1043-1052.
  36. R. Teki, M. K. Datta, R. Krishnan, T. C. Parker, T-M. Lu, P. N. Kumta and N. Koratkar. (2009) “Nanostructured Silicon Anodes for Lithium Ion Rechargeable Batteries”, Small, 5, (20) 2236-2242.
  37. Jagjit Nanda, Moni Kanchan Datta, Jeffrey T. Re,millard, Ann O’Neill, and Prashant N. Kumta. (2009) “In situ Raman microscopy during discharge of a high capacity silicon-carbon composite Li-ion battery negative electrode”, Electrochemistry Communications 11, 235-237.
  38. Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi and Prashant N. Kumta. (2009) “Exploring Tin Tantalates and Niobates as Prospective Catalyst Supports for Water Electrolysis”, Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, Vol. 404, Issues 12-12, 1.
  39. Donghyun Lee, Charles Sfeir, Prashant N. Kumta. (2009) “Novel In situ synthesis and characterization of nanostructured magnesium substituted β-tricalcium phosphate β-TCMP”, Materials Science and Engineering C 29, 69-77.


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