At present, Dr. Harikishan R. Ellamla working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil in the field of bio-energy. Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at HySA Systems Competence Center, Cape Town, south Africa in the field of fuel cell CHP systems. Dr. Harikishan R. Ellamla received PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad in 2013. During his PhD research, Reddy worked in the research area of “Thermal management studies for a high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack”. He was graduated from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela with Master of Technology in Chemical Engineering. During his school studies he received a “Muthi Lingaji Memorial Award”, which is regularly awarded to best students of the ZPH School. During his studies he actively participated and various positions held as a Maintenance Secretary of C. V. Raman Hall of Residence, as an Organizing Committee Member of ChEmference-09, as an Executive Council Member of NIT Rourkela Alumni Association.

Fuel cell, Heat Transfer, CFD, Hydrogen production, Reformers, Sugar production, Ethanol production, CHP systems. LT/HT-PEMFCs.