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Professor Parasuraman Selvam is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge and the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, both in the United Kingdom. He also holds an Adjunct Faculty position at the International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology (IROAST) at Kumamoto University, Japan.  Professor Selvam retired from his regular academic position in June 2024, after serving as the Head of the National Centre for Catalysis Research (NCCR) and a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) in Chennai.  During this period, he has also coordinated the MTech (Catalysis Technology) program in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT-Madras.

Earlier, Professor Selvam was a faculty member at IIT-Bombay, Mumbai & Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan); Visiting Professor at Delaware Energy Institute, University of Delaware, Newark (U.S.A.); School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University, Belfast (U.K.); Visiting Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia).  He also served as an Eminent International Visitor at the School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Penrith (Australia), and as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford (U.K.) & School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester (U.K.).

Prior to these, Professor Selvam was a Research Associate in the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Laboratory of X-ray Crystallography, University of Geneva, Geneva (Switzerland).  Professor Selvam is an experienced academician and scientist with a doctoral degree from IIT-Madras who has acquired a wealth of experience across prestigious institutions worldwide.

Professor Selvam’s research work mainly involves the development of novel synthetic procedures for the preparation of ordered nanoporous (zeolitic) materials such as silica, alumina, carbon, titania, ceria, zirconia, aluminosilicates, and aluminophosphates, as well as a variety of other mixed metal oxides, including perovskite, spinel, and olivine structures.  In addition, Professor Selvam is also involved in developing nano- and hierarchical-zeolites, size- and shape-controlled nanomaterials, metal-organic frameworks, and supported metal catalyst systems.

Professor Selvam’s research interests include nanoporous materials as heterogeneous catalysis for green chemical routes, environmental remediation processes, and energy conversion (biomass, solar hydrogen) and energy storage (methanol fuel cell, lithium-ion battery) methods.  Professor Selvam’s major contribution involves designing and developing novel heterogeneous catalysts for various industrially important organic transformations, which have received an overwhelming response from industry and academia.  Several industrial consultancies, sponsored research projects, and bilateral cooperation programmes he brought to the Institute have helped him build a strong and vibrant catalysis research group at IIT-Madras.

Professor Selvam is a distinguished scientist, specializing in nanostructured materials and heterogeneous catalysis.  He has dedicated over thirty years to teaching, research, and institutional development at prestigious institutions such as IIT-Bombay and IIT-Madras.  He has received several national and international awards and honours for his contributions.  Professor Selvam has supervised 28 PhD, 21 MTech, and 29 MSc students, and mentored 22 post-doctoral fellows and 20 project staff members.  He has published over 400 original research papers in peer-reviewed journals/conferences and is a co-inventor of 25 patents.