- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Email: manish.shetty@tamu.edu
- Office: CHEN 246A
- Website: Research Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2017
- M.S., Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2014
- B.Tech. & M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay – 2011
Research Interests
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- Catalysis for energy, sustainability and circular economy
- Design of catalytic materials for plastics upcycling
- Catalytic valorization of abundant chemical precursors such as CO2, CH4 and biomass
- Reaction kinetics and mechanistic investigation, including spectroscopy
- External stimuli in catalysis for distributed chemical manufacturing
- Computational catalysis
Awards & Honors
- Early Career Advisory Board, ChemCatChem - 2025
- ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award - 2024
- Early Career Board, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering - 2024
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities -2022
- Institute Silver Medal for top rank in the graduating batch in Chemical Engineering -2011
Selected Publications
- R. Helmer, S. Borkar, M. Shetty*, et. al., (2024). Tandem methanolysis and catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis of polyethylene terephthalate to p-xylene over Cu/ZnZrOx catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202416384.
- S. Borkar and M. Shetty* (2024). Density Functional Theory Investigation into Modulating Surface–Adsorbate Interactions with Strain for Ammonia Synthesis on a Pd (111) Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128, 31, 12916 – 12930
- F. Mahnaz, J. Mangalindan, M. Shetty*, et. al., (2024). Influence of acid strength of isostructural chabazite (CHA) framework zeolites/zeotypes on the mechanism of tandem CO2 hydrogenation. Journal of Catalysis, 434, 115518.
- J. Vito, & M. Shetty* (2023). Challenges and opportunities for exploiting the role of zeolite confinements for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene. Accepted, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
- S. Borkar, R. Helmer, M. Shetty*, et. al., (2023). Investigation into the Reaction Pathways and Catalyst Deactivation for Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis over Silica-supported Cobalt Catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 11 (27), 10142–10157.