Biography:
Raina Sharma was born in Delhi, India, in 1997. She completed her BSc degree (Life Sciences) in 2017 from Delhi University and her MSc degree (Chemistry) in 2019 from Central University of Punjab, India (CUPB). Currently, she is doing PhD (joined in 2020) under the supervision of Prof. G. Jayamurugan at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India (INST). Her research interests focus on the heterogenous catalytic biomass conversion to value-added chemicals. Since the beginning of her PhD, she has published 5 articles with her team, and others are in preparation for submission soon.
Title : An investigation of the phosphate functionalization, kinetics, and mechanistic aspects of phosphorylated sporopollenin as sustainable catalyst for selective 5-hydroxymethylfurfural formation in water