Organizing Committee Member
Mohan S. Rana
Research Scientist
Petroleum Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Kuwait
Kuwait
Biography
Dr. Mohan S. RANA is a Research Scientist at Petroleum Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait since Nov., 2008. He received his PhD in heterogeneous catalysis from the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), CSIR, India in 2000. He was than working for two years as visiting scientist in University of Caen, CNRS, France and later 6 years as research scientist in Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (IMP), Mexico. His research focuses on the development of catalyst for different fraction of petroleum and their characterization He has a wide experience in the area of heavy oil and residue upgrading specifically using hydroprocessing. Dr. Mohan has about 20 years of work experience in areas associated to the catalysis and petroleum refining processes. He authored or co-authored 90 international Journal articles and has been awarded 5 US patents. His publications have about 4200 citations and contains about 33-h index. He has co-edited a Journal issue of Catalysis Today “Hydroprocessing of Heavy Oil Fractionsâ€Â. He has co-edited a book “Asphaltenes: Chemical Transformations During Hydroprocessing of Heavy Oilsâ€Â. He has assigned a position in Editorial team of “Int. J. of Oil, Gas and Coal Technologyâ€Â. Since June 6th, 2016, he was assigned as Program Manager for “Optimization of Petroleum Refinery Processes (OPRP) Program†at KISR, Kuwait.
Research Area
Development of catalyst for different fraction of petroleum and their characterization