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Honour/ Awards and Recognitions:

1. Best Research Fellow (Keerti Sangoram award) in NCL – March 2011
2. Best Poster Award in National Symposium on Catalysis (20NSC10) December 19-22, 2010.
3. Best Poster Award in International Symposium on Materials Chemistry (ISMC-2010 December 7-11, 2010).
4. Best Poster Award in science day celebration, NCL, March 2010.
5. PhD-Research Fellowship awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (2006–2011).
6. Flint Prize for the proficiency in chemistry during B.Sc Chemistry (2001-2004).

Invited talks in International / National levels:

1. S. Nagarajan, “Surface Science aspects of Heterogeneous Catalysis”, Short Term Course on Recent Trends in Chemistry (STCRTC), Nov 7, 2014 at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

2. S. Nagarajan, “Catalysis and Surface Science”, Innovative Methods in Chemical Sciences –Faculty Development Program May 5-9, 2014 at National Institute of Technology,Tiruchirappalli.

3. S. Nagarajan, “TWC Converter Reactions on Pd(111) Surfaces – A Molecular Beam Study”,Recent Trends in Chemistry – V, Feb 15, 2010 at The American College, Madurai.

4. S. Nagarajan, “Electronic Decoupling of Surface Layers and its Influence in Oxidation Catalysis”,Sir David King and Prof Peter Jenkins’s Group, Jul 24, 2009 at the Department of Chemistry,Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, UK.

Oral Presentations in International / National Conferences:

1. S. Nagarajan, F. Meyer, A. Benkert, M. Baer, R. Wilks, W. Yang, F. Reinert, C.Heske, L. Weinhardt, M. Zharnikov “Probing the electronic structure of salt solutions by resonant inelastic soft X-ray cattering” Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG Spring meeting 2013), Mar 14, 2013 at University of Regensburg, Germany.

2. F. Meyer, A. Benkert, S. Nagarajan, R. Wilks, M. Baer, W. Yang, M. Zharnikov, C. Heske, L. Weinhardt, F. Reinert, “Probing the electronic structure of Proline in aqueous solution by soft RIXS” Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG Spring meeting 2013), Mar 12, 2013 at University of Regensburg, Germany.

3. S. Nagarajan, K. Roy, C. S. Gopinath “Sustainable Room Temperature Catalytic CO Oxidation on Surface Modified Pd(111)” 20th National Symposium on Catalysis (NSC- 2010), Dec 19-22, 2010 at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

4. S. Nagarajan, K. Thirunavukkarasu, C. S. Gopinath “Electronic Decoupling of Surface Layers and its Influence in Oxidation Catalysis” 4th Taylor Conference, Jun 22-25, 2009 at Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Wales, UK.

Poster Presentations in International / National Conferences (Selected):

1. S. Nagarajan, K. Roy, C. S. Gopinath “Sustainable Room Temperature Catalytic CO Oxidation on Surface Modified Pd(111)”, DAE-BRNS 3rd International Symposium on Materials Chemistry (ISMC-2010) Dec 07-11, 2010 at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.

2. S. Nagarajan, J. Counsell, M. Bowker, C. S. Gopinath “Ethanol+NO+O2 Reaction Kinetics on Pd(111) Surfaces: A Molecular Beam Study”,19th National Symposium on Catalysis, Jan 18-21, 2009 at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.

3. S. Nagarajan, K.Thirunavukkarasu, C. S. Gopinath “Influence of Subsurface Oxygen on Palladium Surfaces Towards CO Oxidation at High Temperatures" 10th CRSI NSC, Feb. 1-3, 2008 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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