Mr. Mariyappan Shanmugam is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the Department of Chemistry at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology. He completed his M.Sc. in Chemistry at SASTRA University in 2019 and his B.Sc. Chemistry in 2017 at Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu. His research interest is in the development of a novel metal–organic framework (MOF) for photocatalytic hydrogen production from water.