Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies - Andhra Pradesh

R K Valley Institute

(Constituted under the A.P Govt. Act 18 of 2008 and recognized as per Section 2(f), 12(B) of UGC Act, 1956)

Accredited by 'NAAC' with 'B+' Grade
Profile of Dr. P. Justin

Dr. P.Justin
Assistant Professor
Education : B.Tech, M.Tech (IIT Madras)
Department : Chemistry
Email : p.justin@rguktrkv.ac.in
Date of Join : 20-September-2010
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Academic profile
  • Ph.D : Electrochemical energy storage and conversion, IIT-Madras
  • M.Tech (Surface Science & Engineering), NIT, Jamshedpur
  • M.Sc (Chemistry), Madurai Kamaraj University
  • B.Sc (Chemistry), Madurai Kamaraj University
Short term courses/Faculty development programmes attended
  • SERC Summer School on Fuel Cell organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT, Bombay, 04 -15 July 2005
  • Orientation Programme in Catalysis Research sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, held at IIT-Madras, Chennai, 16 May-04 June 2005
  • "Materials Science" course organized by Centre for Faculty Development, Anna University, Chennai, 08-12 December. 2003
  • "Human Resource Development for Principals and Senior Faculty of Engineering Colleges" sponsored by AICTE, held at NICE, Kanyakumari District, 29 June-03 July 2003
  • "Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering" course organized by Centre for Faculty Development, Anna University, Chennai, 09-13 June 2003
Research Interests
  • Energy sciences and engineering (Fuel cells, Electrochemical capacitors and Photosplitting of water)
  • Nanoscience and nanotechnology (Electrochemical biosensor, Magnetic materials and photochromism)
  • Surface science and engineering (Electrochemical corrosion prevention and control)
Professional Experience
  • Faculty, IIIT, RGUKT, RK Valley, Andhra Pradesh since sept.2010
  • Project officer, Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research IIT-Madras (Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010)
  • JRF and SRF, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras (Aug. 2004 - July 2009)
  • Assistant Professor, Narayana Guru College of Engineering, Manjalumoodu, Tamilnadu (2002-2004)
  • Assistant Professor, Noorul Islam College of Engineering, Kumaracoil, Tamilnadu (2001-2002)
COURSES TAUGHT RGUKT Syllabus (Since 2010)
  • Nanomaterials (MEXX16)
  • Economic Policies of India
  • Advanced Functional Material for Energy and Electronic Applications (CY1005)
  • Renewable Energy (PH4206)
  • Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy (CY1005)
  • Electrometallurgy and corrosion (MM2203)
  • Surface Science and Engineering
  • Energy Materials and Fuel Cell Technology
  • Chemistry (CY1201)
  • Introduction to ceramic Technology (MM3202)
  • Powder Metallurgy
  • Corrosion and Environmental Degradation of Materials (MM3102)
  • Chemistry of Materials (CY1005)
  • Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy (MM3107)
  • Managerial Economics (HS1002)
  • Soft Skills (HS1003)
  • Corrosion and Protection Lab. (MM3702)
  • Chemistry Lab (CY1801)
Anna University Syllabus (June 2001-July 2004)
  • Engineering chemistry
  • Material Science
  • Environmental science and Engineering.
  • Engineering chemistry Lab.

Publications
  1. Refereed Journals:
    • P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, 2009, "Enhanced activity of methanol electrooxidation on Pt-V2O5/C catalysts", Catal. Today, 141, 138-143. Impact factor 2009:3.53, Citations:9
    • P. Justin, Sumanta Kumar Meher and G. Ranga Rao, 2010, "Tuning of capacitance behavior of NiO using anionic, cationic and nonionic surfactants by hydrothermal synthesis", J. Phys. Chem. C, 141, 5203-5210. Impact factor 2009:4.22, Citations:4
    • P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, 2010, "CoS spheres for high-rate electrochemical capacitive energy storage", Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 35, 9709-9715. Impact factor 2009:3.94
    • P. Justin, P. Hari Krishna Charan, and G. Ranga Rao, 2010 "High performance Pt-Nb2O5/C electrocatalysts for methanol electrooxidation in acidic media", Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 100, 510-515. Impact factor 2009:5.25
    • P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, 2011 "Methanol oxidation on MoO3 promoted Pt C electrocatalyst", Int. J. Hydrogen Energy., Accepted. Impact factor 2009:3.94
    • Sumanta Kumar Meher, P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, 2010 "Pine-cone morphology and pseudocapacitive behaviour of nanoporous nickel oxide", Electrochim. Acta, 55, 8388-8396. Impact factor 2009:3.32
    • Sumanta Kumar Meher, P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, 2011 "Nanoscale morphology dependent pseudocapacitance behaviour of NiO: Influence of intercalating anions during synthesis", Nanoscale, 3, 683-692. Impact factor 2011:5.9 (Expected by RSC)
    • G. Ranga Rao, Sumanta K Meher and P. Justin, 2010 "Oxide and sulphide materials for electrocatalysis and other applications", Catal. Surv. Asia, under review. Impact factor 2009:1.84
    • P. Justin, P. Hari Krishna Charan, and G. Ranga Rao, 2011 "Activated zirconium carbide promoted Pt/C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction", Carbon, to be communicated. Impact factor 2009:4.50
  2. Conferences:
    • Poster presentation: P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, Enhanced activity for methanol electrooxidation on Pt-Gd2O3/C catalysts, Annual IIT Madras Chemistry Symposium and the First Mid-Year Meeting of the Chemical Research Society of India, 12-13 July 2006, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Madras.
    • Oral presentation: P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, Enhanced activity for methanol electrooxidation on Pt-V2O5/C catalysts, 18th National Symposium and Indo-US Seminar on Catalysis, April 16-18, 2007, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehra Dun
    • Poster presentation: P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, Zirconium oxide promoted Pt/C composite catalysts for electroreduction of oxygen, International conference on advanced materials (ICAM-2008), 18-21 Feb 2008, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
    • Poster presentation: Sumanta K. Meher, P Justin and G. Ranga Rao, "Synthesis, morphology and electrochemical studies of mesoporous nickel oxide" International Conference on Multifunctional Oxide Materials (ICMOM-2009), April 16-18, 2009, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. (Best paper award)
    • Oral presentation: B. Vijayakumar, P. Justin and G. Ranga Rao, Preparation, characterization and electrochemical properties of MnO2/Montmorillonite K10 nanocomposite, International Conference on Analytical Science, ICAS-2010, November 24-27, 2010, IMA House, Kochi, India
    • Oral presentation: Sumanta Kumar Meher, P Justin and G. Ranga Rao, Controlled synthesis and characterization of layered cobalt oxide (Co3O4) superstructures for high performance supercapacitor applications, 9th International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology, December 02-04, 2010, Hotel Green Park, Chennai, India
ADDITIONAL POSITION
  • Coordinator: Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), October 2021 to till date
  • Nodal Officer, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Public Relation Officer, March 2017 -December 2019
  • Coordinator: Horticulture, August.2014-July 2015
  • Coordinator: Chemistry Department, June 2011-July 2013