Udhaya Kumar

Udhaya Kumar is a PhD researcher in the Interfacial Engineering research group at KU Leuven. He holds a B.Tech. in Plastics Technology from CIPET, Chennai, India, and an M.Tech. in Polymer Science and Technology from the IIT Delhi, India. During his master’s research, he worked on development of high-temperature flexible poly(benzoxazine-co-urethane) hybrid adhesives for the outer layer of fire proximity suits as part of an indigenous material development project for DRDO, India.

Since October 2026, he has been pursuing his PhD under the ECOSPHERE project, focusing on the single-step capture and mineralisation of CO₂ into hollow microparticles as an alternative to conventional TiO₂ pigments in sustainable interior white coatings.

Udhaya Kumar at KU Leuven