Karthish Manthiram

MIT

Professor in Chemical Engineering

Karthish Manthiram is an Assistant Professor of chemical engineering at MIT. Professor Manthiram and his associates are pioneering the development of sustainable routes through which petroleum and natural gas can be transformed into more valuable chemicals using renewable electricity. His group has recently discovered a way to convert olefins derived from natural gas into epoxides using water and renewable electricity at ambient conditions. Altogether, these technologies will provide a means of modular and local manufacturing of chemicals using distributed resources.