Ponnala Rambabu

Researcher with industrial experience and inventiveness in the fields of continuous process development, optimization, and scale-up (for APIs), homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, PFD, PAT tools, analysis and problem solving, SOPs, optofluidic microreactor (photo flow reactor) design and fabrication, photocatalyst synthesis and characterization, rheological study, Green hydrogen production, hydrodynamic study, MgH2 hydrolysis reaction (solid-liquid in flow), algae culture, algae immobilization in calcium alginate beads, wastewater treatment, and COMSOL Multiphysics. However, I am open to working on other current research and process development.

Executive-4, Department of Process safety and engineering - Laurus labs limited

(2024-04)

• Diazotization in series with iodination in PFR
• Batch process to flow transformation
• Scale up is under progress
• Sandmeyer reaction successfully developed in plug flow reactor
• Lab to pilot plant scale
• Continuous Nitrile reduction in packed bed reactor at Hydrogen pressure 41 bar
• Executed and transferred to plant
• Deprotection of Cbz to amine in Vapourtech packed column at 8 bar
• Executed and transferred to plant scale
• Amination in series with cyclization in plug flow reactor at T (210 C) and P (17 bar)
• Campaign completed in plant
• Pantoprazole sodium synthesis in Corning G1LF reactor
• Optimization completed at lab scale (batch to flow)

Doctor of Philosophy - Chemical Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2016 - 2023)

Master of Technology - Chemical Engineering - National Institute of Technology Durgapur (2014 - 2016)

Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering - Osmania University (2009 - 2013)