Santosh Kumar is a beamline scientist on B07 beamline, with expertise and interests in operando electrochemistry, X-ray spectroscopy, nanomaterials, and surface and interface chemistry for clean energy applications.
Santosh is also a visiting scientist at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London.
Imperial College London profile
Email: [email protected]Operando electrochemistry
X-ray spectroscopy
Functional nanomaterials
Surface and interface chemistry
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Clean energy applications
Santosh completed his PhD degree in the area of nanomaterials for clean energy and environment at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal in 2014, and he was also a visiting PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India. Prior to joining PhD, Santosh was awarded a lectureship by CSIR-UGC (NET) India in June 2008, and then he worked as a lecturer at the Sardar Patel College Osmania University. Also, Santosh worked as an R&D chemist at Sapala Organics Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, for a year.
After his PhD, Santosh moved to the UK and worked as a PDRA at the Energy & Bioproduct Research Institute within Aston University (2015-2018), the University of Bath (2018-2019), and Imperial College London (2019-2021) before joining the Diamond in 2021.
Santosh published over 50 research articles and five book chapters (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1352-9945) with more than 6000 citations (Google Scholar) and a h-index of 35 to date.
Santosh is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy United Kingdom and former a chair of the SHARE network within the Supergen Bioenergy Hub. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Please refer to my Google Scholar or ORCID (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1352-9945) profile for the full list of publications.
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Santosh’s interdisciplinary research expertise and interests include operando electrochemistry, X-ray spectroscopy including near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), functional nanomaterials, surface and interface chemistry, photo(electro)catalysis, CO₂ and biomass utilisation, and clean energy.
Please get in touch if you have any questions or are interested in collaborating and applying for beamtime at the B07 beamline or a postdoctoral fellowship.
I collaborate extensively with national and international research partners to advance the scientific capabilities of the B07 beamline, which specialises in soft X‑ray spectroscopic techniques. My core research interest lies in operando spectroelectrochemistry, where I work to develop and apply methods that reveal catalytic processes under realistic working conditions. In addition to supporting user experiments, I serve as Project Manager for Diamond’s International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF) programme—a major collaborative initiative involving ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (UK), Diamond Light Source (UK), and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI, Switzerland). I also supervise a joint PhD project between Diamond Light Source, Johnson Matthey, and Imperial College London, contributing to skills development at the interface of catalysis and advanced characterisation. As an active member of the UK Catalysis Hub, I work closely with the wider catalysis community to deliver high‑impact research and drive methodological innovation.
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