Santheeb Balaji Velmurugan

1. Unveiling the structural transformation of milled wood lignin (MWL) mediated by deep eutectic solvent (DES) from wheat straw: A preliminary study by Santheeb Balaji Velmurugan, Megan Vang, Xiao Zhang, and Hoon Kim (In process - submitted as a general technical report to the USDA Forest Products Laboratory)

2. Sanyal, U., Wang, J., Wang, P., Ma, R., Velmurugan, S.B., Lin, K.-T. and Zhang, X. (2025), Controlling the Product Selectivity of Peracetic Acid-Mediated Oxidative Lignin Depolymerization via a Deep Eutectic Solvent. ChemSusChem, 18: e202500026. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500026

PNNL-WSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program: Eighth Cohort

American Chemical Society - Student member (June 2025 - Present)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers - AIChE Graduate student member (March 2025 - Present)

1. Delivered a talk "Deep eutectic solvents (DES) based pulping of wheat straw targeting on maximizing the value of both lignin and cellulose fiber" at the 2025 AIChE annual meeting, Boston, MA.

2. Delivered a talk "Synthesis of materials from plastic wastes for coating the supercapacitor's electrodes" at the ENERGY SUMMIT 2022, organized by the Energy cluster and R&D, UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

3. Delivered a talk "Characterization Techniques for Nanoparticles" at Chemfluence'22 in Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

4. Delivered a talk "Silicon dioxide Nanoparticle as an anode for future lithium-ion batteries" at PANSOPHY'21 in Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India.

5. Delivered a talk "Atomic Layer Deposition" at KIBITZ'20 in Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India.