Sajana Mohanan

Sajana Mohanan completed her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Payyanur College, Kannur, India. During her undergraduate studies, her research project focused on determining the ammonia content in natural rubber latex under the supervision of Mrs. Manju R. Nath. The study involved analyzing different latex samples to quantify ammonia concentration and highlighted its essential role in stabilizing latex and preventing premature coagulation. She then pursued her Master’s degree in Chemistry at Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram, India, graduating in 2023. Her master’s thesis, supervised by Ms. Binimol Mary Mathew and Dr. Sreedevi of Travancore Titanium Products Limited (TTPL), focused on the preparation and characterization of lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide as a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. Currently, Sajana is a second-year Ph.D. student at the Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass (FunGlass), Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia. Her doctoral research focuses on the sustainable upcycling of waste glass through binder jetting additive manufacturing.

Dissertation topic: Innovative approaches to upcycling waste glass with binder jetting 3D printing for sustainable material solutions

Supervisor: Dr. Jozef Kraxner (FunGlass, Slovakia)

Co-supervisor: Prof. Enrico Bernardo (UNIPD Padova, Italy), Dr. Ahmed Gamal Abd-Elsatar ( FunGlass, Slovakia)

Department: Department of Glass Processing

Beginning of study: 21/01/2025

Date of dissertation exam: TBA

Participation in projects:

  • FunGlass Centre- NextGenerationEU (Project No. 09I01-03-V04-00076), the Slovak Research and Development Agency (Project No. APVV-23-0352), and VEGA grant (Project No. 1/0110/23)
  • 2022 – 2023 – Preparation and characteristics of lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide for the lithium-ion battery cathode
  • 2020 – 2021 – Determination of ammonia content in latex

Other professional activities:

2026

  • Participated in a professional seminar on the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform for accelerating scientific research (March,2026)

2025

  • International Conference: Slovak and Czech Glass Conference, Trencin, Slovakia. Poster Presented on “An approach towards converting heterogeneous waste glass into structural glass-ceramic parts through binder jetting 3d printing”.

2023

  • Investigation of lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide for the cathode of lithium-ion batteries, International Conference on Nanotechnology & Material Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India dated 18,19 December

2022

  • Seminar on International Symposium on Advanced Functional Materials (ISAFM 2022), Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), & Department of Chemistry, Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India dated on 27.07.2022
  • Seminar on Distinguished Lecture Series in Chemistry, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), & Department of Chemistry, Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India dated 19.11.2022
  • Online workshops on Electrochemistry Techniques series, University of Waterloo

Academic year 2024/25

Inorganic technologies and materials II

Academic year 2025/26

Inorganic technologies and materials I

Inorganic technologies and materials II

Sajana Mohanan
Sajana Mohanan
PhD student

E-mail: sajana.mohanan@tnuni.sk
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