Curriculum Vitae
Kush Upadhyay
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Kush Upadhyay
- Date of birth
- 1992/03/21
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Upadhyay, Kush
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B61F-5699-0F1E
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0120-6871
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=akm71t8AAAAJ&hl=en
- Researcher Id
- G-8065-2019
- Scopus Author Id
- 56018964500
Email addresses
- kush.upadhyay@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 925045164 (Personal)
Addresses
- Instituto Superior Tecnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)
- Avenida Almirante Reis, 96, 5, 1150-022, Arroiss, Lisbon, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- https://cqe.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/members/463 (Scholar)
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=akm71t8AAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Portuguese | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
| Hindi (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2014/09/05 - 2018/09/20
Concluded
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Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Metal Oxides and Sulfides based materials active in negative potential window for Supercapacitors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com distinção e louvor |
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2014/06/16
Concluded
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Materials Science (Master)
Major in Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
"Synthesis of Metal oxides/sulfides and porous Carbon for energy storage application." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distinction |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/09/21 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | C2C-NewCap, Portugal |
| 2014/09/01 - 2018/09/20 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | ||
| 2011/05/05 - 2014/06/05 | Research Assistant (Research) | National Chemical Laboratory CSIR, India |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/09/21 - 2021/10/31 | Plasma Enabled and Graphene Allowed Synthesis of Unique nano Structures
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2014/08/04 - 2017/09/05 | ERASMUS MUNDUS action 2
PhD Student Fellow
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European Commission
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/09/04 - 2018/02/02 | CORUS- 2450
2450
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/02/19 - 2021/02/01 | Tailoring of biobased carbon materials and making its composite with metal oxides/ sulfides for high performance supercapacitors.
5552
Principal investigator
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2018/10/05 - 2020/09/05 | EAGER Project with special focus on plasma driven assembling of graphene based hybrid nanostructures
PTDC/NAN-MAT/30565/2017
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
C2C-NewCap, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/10/10 | Free-Standing N-Graphene as Conductive Matrix For Ni(OH)2 based Supercapacitive Electrodes. | nanoGateway International Conference Mission 10000: Batteries, promoted by nanoGateway Project
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2019/05/30 | Microwave Plasma Based Bulk Scale Synthesis of N-Doped Graphene And Its Application As Conductive Scaffold For Supercapacitors. | Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE) days, Spring Meeting
Instituto Superior Tecnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2017/07/23 | Energy storage: An essential requirements and challenges | Doctoral college conference
University of Surrey (Surrey, United Kingdom)
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| 2015/09/03 | Effect of Zn doping in NiO on its electronic conductivity and its influence on Supercapacitive behavior. | International symposium on Materials for Energy storage & Conversion, mESC-2015
Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey)
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| 2015/06/08 | Electrodeposition kinetics and morphological evolution of MoOx dependent on pH and its effect on energy storage. | 4th International Symposium on Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitors, ISEE'Cap, 2015
(Montpellier, France)
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| 2014/03/05 | Novel strategy to derive porous carbons from Metal Organic Framework for energy storage | 6th International Conference On Nano Science And Technology (ICONSAT), 2014
Law Auditorium, Panjab University, (Punjab, India)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/23 - 2019/01/24 | Training on testing of Electrochemical Capacitors at JME, INC. (USA) by Prof. John R. Miller. This school was aimed to attain
experience on making devices from laboratory level to industrial scale.
Workshop
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| 2016/07/04 - 2016/07/06 | Science 2019 is the latest edition of the annual meeting of Portuguese researchers.
It aims at promoting a broad debate on the main topics and challenges of the scientific agenda beyond the world of research.
The meeting main goal, therefore, is to stimulate not just the participation but also the interaction between researchers,
the business sector and the general public .
Presentation Title :- The challenges to foresee for efficient supercapacitors
Meeting
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Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Ciência Viva, Portugal |
| 2016/06/21 - 2016/06/26 | The scientific theme of the meeting “Electrochemistry: from Sense to Sustainability” underscores the breadth and importance
of the electrochemistry field. The program consisted of five plenary lectures and twenty different symposia, offered an exciting
and timely panoramic view of the fundamental and applied opportunities and challenges of electrochemistry and electrochemical
engineering.
Presentation Title:- Crystallographic phase change of MoS2 on sulfur content during the synthesis and its role in tuning for
high power delivery devices.
Conference
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The 67th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Electrochemistry: from Sense to Sustainability 21-26 August, 2016, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 2016/05/16 - 2016/05/17 | Instituto Superior Tecnico organized PhD Open Days with the main goal of offering the opportunity to more than 1.000 PhD students
to socialize and share their research, skills and expertise with the rest of the academic community.
Presentation Title:- Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical study of MoOx materials for supercapacitor applications.
Meeting
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PhD Open Days 2016
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2015/11/09 - 2015/11/12 | IST launched the PhD OpenDays initiative with the main goal of offering the opportunity to more than 500 PhD students of socializing
and sharing their research, skills and expertize not only with the rest of the academic community, but also with the several
companies that will be attending this event.
Presentation Title:- Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical study of novel electrode materials for supercapacitors
Meeting
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PhD Open Days 2015
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2015/09/07 - 2015/09/09 | Symposium on Materials for Energy storage & Conversion held at Ankara, Turkey was in the line of the materials for hydrogen
storage and electrochemical capacitors.
Symposium
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International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage & Conversion, Ankara, Turkey
Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey
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Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/07/05 - Current | Energy storage, Materials Science, Electrochemistry | Mário Madeira de Almeida |
Distinctions
Award
| 2017 | Santander Universities Award
University of Surrey, United Kingdom
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| 2015 | COST Action: MP1103 travel grant by European Cooperation in Science and Technology
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
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| 2014 | Erasmus Mundus "NAMASTE" fellowship for PhD study |
| 2009 | Inspire fellowship for BS-MS study
Department of Science and Technology, India
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Title
| 2017 | Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing awarded by Applied Surface Science |
Other distinction
| 2018 | Post Doc fellowship
C2C-NewCap, Portugal
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