Reaction engineering
Microkinetic modelling
Translating molecular-scale energetics into reaction networks that explain activity, selectivity, and catalyst deactivation.
Learner on the path of God
Catalysis with purpose.
I am Dr. Fatima Jalid, Assistant Professor (Grade I) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Srinagar. My work uses modelling and molecular insight to ask how chemistry can serve a more sustainable future.
Assistant Professor · NIT Srinagar
folio 02 / Systems under study
Four surfaces of one inquiry.
Catalyst design
Computational catalysis
Using first-principles insight and DFT-guided analysis to identify surfaces and alloys with promising catalytic behaviour.
Sustainable transformations
Biorenewable chemicals
Designing catalytic routes that turn renewable feedstocks into valuable fuels, chemicals, and intermediates.
Low-carbon chemistry
Carbon-aware pathways
Exploring reforming, alcohol dehydrogenation, and CO2-assisted pathways toward more responsible chemical production.
folio 03 / A considered practice
Working between molecular detail and a wider responsibility.
My research examines catalytic pathways from the surface upward: how individual reactions connect, how catalysts deactivate, and how alloy design can move a process toward better selectivity.
Alongside research, I care about teaching students to treat modelling as a way of thinking clearly: a tool for asking sharper questions, not merely producing answers.
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صنوبر باغ میں آزاد بھی ہے، پا بہ گل بھی ہےانہی پابندیوں میں حاصل آزادی کو تو کر لے
Sanobar bagh mein azad bhi hai, pa-ba-gil bhi haiInhi pabandiyon mein hasil-e-azadi ko tu kar le
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What's new.
Award
Gold at the IEI J&K Women in Engineering Awards 2026
Conferred the Emerging Woman Engineer Award (Gold, first rank) by the Institution of Engineers (India), J&K State Centre.
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Featured in the HER@IITD alumni coffee-table book
Profiled among IIT Delhi women alumni for the journey from student to faculty.
Open ↗Award
Selected for 'She Is - Women in Chemistry'
Among 75 women recognised for contributions to chemistry by Beyond Black, the Office of the PSA, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Read more ↗Talk
Invited talk: Toward Carbon-Neutral Olefin Production
Presented at Advances in CCUS, IIT Kanpur.
folio 05 / Featured sponsored project
Design of Catalytic Materials and Solvent Environment to Produce Biorenewable Chemicals
Emerging Woman Engineer Award (Gold)
Conferred the Gold Award, securing first rank in the Emerging Woman Engineer category at the IEI J&K Women in Engineering Awards 2026.
Read more ↗HER@IITD alumni feature
Featured in a coffee-table book celebrating the journeys of IIT Delhi women alumni.
Read more ↗She Is - Women in Chemistry
Selected among 75 women celebrated for their contributions to chemistry.
Read more ↗VIFA Young Faculty in Chemical Engineering Award
Recognised for early-career academic contribution in chemical engineering.
Read more ↗folio 07 / Latest publication
2026Microkinetic Modelling-Driven Insights into Water-Gas Shift Catalysis - Towards Unravelling Active Transition Metal-Based Bimetallic Alloys
The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Browse the full record ↗folio 08 / Beyond the work