Prashant kumar

Dr. Prashant Kumar is a Research Fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne, working at the intersection of advanced materials engineering, sustainable technologies, and applied industrial research. He completed his Ph.D. in 2023 through a joint doctoral program between the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), India, and RMIT University, Australia. 

Dr. Kumar is actively engaged in high-impact industrial projects funded by Sustainability Victoria and the Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P), where he is developing scalable solutions for waste-to-resource applications. His work primarily involves the synthesis and functionalization of novel 3D-structured materials including ceramic and metal substrates such as Inconel and titanium alloys which are modified with catalytic or separation-active coatings using techniques like chemical vapor deposition (CVD), hydrothermal treatments, and surface doping.

A core focus of his research lies in engineering tailored surface architectures and hierarchical coatings for high-temperature, chemically resistant, and reusable components used in energy-efficient separation, upcycling, and pollution abatement processes. He plays a central role in integrating material development with reactor design and techno-economic analysis to ensure scalability and commercial viability of the developed technologies.