Dr. Manish Kumar
Contact
Dr. Manish Kumar
Scientist
Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig
Tel: 0341 6025 3303
manish.kumar@ufz.de
CV / Scientific Career
2024 - 2026
Scientist, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ
[BISON] Project
Electro-chemical system integration and characterisation
2023 - 2024
Senior Researcher, Fraunhofer-Technologiezentrum - THM, Germany
Aluminium-ion battery
2022 – 2023
2018 – 2022
Electrochemist, Litricity GmbH, Germany
Redox flow battery
University of Oulu, Finland + JSPS Fellow
2013 – 2017
Promotion
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover School for Nanotechnology, Germany. Prof. Dr. Franz Renz
Dr. rer. nat., Very Good
2011 – 2013
2007 – 2011
Master of Technology (M.Tech, Distinction)
Pondicherry University, Centre for Nano Sciences & Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.)
RGPV, Electronics Engineering
Current Research Interests
The Biohybrid Solar Power Plant (BISON)
Establishment of an electrochemical Configuration with low cost and high energy efficiency
Publications
M. Kumar, A. Subramania, K. Balakrishnan (2014), Preparation of Electrospun Co3O4 Nanofibers as Electrode Material for High Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors; Electrochimica Acta 149 (2014) 152-158. (IF = 5.5; Cited = 171 times: date 01 Jun 2025)
K. Balakrishnan, M. Kumar, A. Subramania. (2014), Synthesis of Polythiophene and its Carbonaceous Nanofibers as Electrode Materials for Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Advanced Materials Research 938 (2014) 151-157
D. Unruh, P. Homenya, M. Kumar, R. Sindelar, Y. Garcia, F. Renz (2016), Spin State Switching of Metal Complexes by Visible Light or Hard X-Rays, Dalton Trans. 45 (2016) 14008-14018
M. Kumar, R. Rahikainen, D. Unruh, V. P. Hytönen, C. Delbrück, R. Sindelar, F. Renz (2017), Mixture of PLA-PEG and Biotinylated Albumin enables Immobilization of Avidins on Electrospun Fibers, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A (2017): 105A:356-362; Winner of the Society for Biomaterials Award, Charlotte, NC, USA
M. Kumar, D. Unruh, R. Sindelar, F. Renz, (2017), Preparation of Magnetic Polylactic Acid Fiber Mats by Electrospinning, Nano Hybrids and Composites, (2017), 14, 39-47
M. Kumar, S. Klimke, A. Preiss, D. Unruh, D. Wengerowsky, R. Lehmann, R. Sindelar, G. Klingelhöfer, F. Renz, (2017), Electrospinning Synthesis and Characterization of PLA-PEG-MNPs Composite Fibrous Membranes, Hyperfine Interact, 238:66
M. Kumar, D. Wengerowsky, F. Böttcher, R. Sindelar, V. P. Hytönen, F. Renz, (2017), PLA-HPC Fibrous Membranes for Temperature-responsive Drug Release, Nano Hybrids and Composites, 18, 34-41.
R. Lehmann, D. Wengerowsky, H. J. Schmidt, M. Kumar, A. A. Niebur, B.F.O. Costa, F. Dencker, G. Klingelhöfer, R. Sindelar and F. Renz; (2017), Klimt Artwork: Red-Pigment Material Investigation by Backscattering Fe-57 Mössbauer Spectroscopy, SEM and p-XRF, Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, 3, 2, 450-455
M. Kumar, M. Hietala, K. Oksman, (2019), Lignin-based Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers, Front. Mater. 6:62
J. Wei, S. Geng, M. Kumar, O. Pitkänen, M. Hietala, K. Oksman, (2019), Investigation of Structure and Chemical Composition of Carbon Nanofibers Developed From Renewable Precursor, Front. Mater. 6:334
N. Pakkang, M. Kumar, S. Taira, K. Koda, K. Shigetomi, Y. Uraki, (2020), Preparation of kraft lignin-based activated carbon fiber electrodes for electric double layer capacitors using an ionic liquid electrolyte, Holzforschung 2020; 74(6): 577–588
M. Kumar, N. Pakkang, S. Taira, K. Shigetomi, Y. Uraki, (2022), Stretched lignin / polyacrylonitrile blended carbon nanofiber as high conductive electrode in electric double layer capacitor, Adv. Nat. Sci: Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 13 025007