Dr. Vijaykumar Marakatti obtained Ph.D (2015) from PoornaPrajna Institute of Scientific Research (PPISR), Bengaluru, India. Later, he moved to Dr.Sebastian C. Peter group at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru as “National Postdoctoral Fellow (NPDF)” (2015–17). He joined Prof. Eric M. Gaigneaux group at UCLouvain, Belgium as FSR-FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-19) and is currently a Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (2019– 21). His research work focusses on the development of Nano intermetallic and alloy supported catalysts for NH3 synthesis, CO2 to value-added chemicals, and biomass conversions.