• Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Manish Shetty

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

    • 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.