Sukriti is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at DTU Denmark, where she works on biomass conversion pathways and hydrogen energy infrastructure. Her research bridges kinetic process modeling (biomass pyrolysis and thermo-catalytic reforming) with techno-economic and systems-level analysis of hydrogen production, transport, and deployment.
Her PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Ropar focused on hydrogen transport infrastructure examining pipeline economics, delivery architectures, and levelized cost analysis with a specific lens on India's energy transition.
Hydrogen infrastructure is fundamentally a systems challenge, it requires integrating feedstock availability, production routes, storage, transport, and end-use applications across regions and time horizons. Women bring crucial perspective to this work: we ask different questions about feasibility, local context, and long-term viability. This systems-level thinking, grounded in technical rigor, is what moves hydrogen from promising technology to deployed infrastructure.
Dr. Sukriti Sharma is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at DTU Denmark, working within the Bio Conversions group. She completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering at IIT Ropar, where she developed techno-economic frameworks for hydrogen transport, delivery, and production infrastructure with a strategic focus on India's energy transition. Her doctoral research examined pipeline economics, CAPEX-OPEX trade-offs, and levelized cost analysis establishing the foundation for understanding how hydrogen systems can be deployed cost-effectively in emerging economies.
At DTU, her research integrates biomass conversion pathways with hydrogen systems engineering. Her current work explores coupling advanced process modeling with machine learning for adaptive hydrogen and chemical production routes.
Through IGSTC (Indo-German Science and Technology Centre) and Fraunhofer Institute collaborations, she bridges Indo-German research networks to strengthen hydrogen infrastructure frameworks and decarbonization pathways for South and Southeast Asia. Her perspective is distinctly rooted in local context: she brings rigorous systems thinking to hydrogen deployment challenges in regions with unique feedstock availability, transport constraints, and energy transition priorities.
Her work addresses a critical gap: translating hydrogen technology from lab to deployed infrastructure in emerging economies, where feasibility and cost structures differ fundamentally from developed markets.
• Interview: Breaking Barriers in Hydrogen Research – Featured in the Women in Climate Change Series by Climate Compatible Growth | May 8, 2024. https://climatecompatiblegrowth.com/women-in-climate-change-8-sukriti-sharma/
• Sharma, S., Sahir A.H., “Engineering enablers for profitable operations Hydrogen-Natural Gas Blended Pipelines” Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Local Conference, 10th April-12th April 2025, Bengaluru, India. (Poster Presentation)
• Sharma S., Singh P, Sahir, A.H., Techno-economics and process engineering analysis of introducing hydrogen in natural gas pipeline infrastructure: a case study for New Delhi, India, 8th AIEE Energy Symposium, Current and future challenges to energy security, University of Padua, Italy, 28-30 November 2024, https://www.aieesymposium.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SHARMA.pdf
• Sharma S., Chauhan Bhawna., Sahir, A.H., Conceptual Design Aspects of Hydrogen Pipeline Transport Infrastructure: Opportunities and Challenges in utilizing gas distribution network in a city, Energise India Conference, 1-4 November 2023, Goa, India. https://doi.org/10.62576/YXYU9665
• Sharma, S. (2023). Life Cycle and Scenario Analysis of Different Hydrogen Production Pathways for India., Joint Summer School on Modeling Tools for Sustainable Development, 26 June-14 July, ICTP, Trieste, Italy Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8141510. (Awarded Best Poster, Project and Oral Presentation)
• Sharma, S., Sahir A.H., “A Techno-Economic and Delivery Scenario Analysis of Green Hydrogen in India” Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Local Conference, 24th April-27th April 2023, Bengaluru, India. (Poster Presentation)
• Sharma, S., Sahir A.H., “A Techno-Economic analysis perspective on Hydrogen Production and Utilization for India”, 44th IAEE International Conference, February 3-8, 2023, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh.Iaee.org; International Association for Energy Economics. https://www.iaee.org/proceedings/article/18129
• Jamhar J., Sharma, S., Sahir, A.H.,” An Exploratory Study of hydrogen production from Natural gas with and without carbon sequestration”, 44th IAEE International Conference, February 3-8, 2023, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh. (Poster Presentation)
• Sharma, S., Sahir A.H.,” A Perspective on Exploring Hydrogen as an Energy Vector as an Opportunity to Build State Capacity”, IPPN Annual Conference, 11th-12th December, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad.
• Sharma, S., Sahir A.H., “Thermodynamic Modeling of Hydrogen pipelines and Techno-Economic Scenario analysis of Hydrogen Infrastructure and Hydrogen Production by Natural Gas with and without Carbon Sequestration”, 9th International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Conference, New Delhi, India, 4th-6th December 2022. (Poster Presentation)
• Sharma S., Sahir, A.H., “Natural Gas and Hydrogen Blending: A Perspective on Numerical Modeling and CFD Analysis for Transient and steady-state scenarios”. Chemical Product and Process Modeling Journal. https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2024-0066
• Sharma S., Sahir, A.H., “A techno-economic evaluation of hydrogen production and delivery options for India's agricultural landscape”. Sustainable Energy Technology and Assessments Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2025.104474
• Sharma S., Sahir, A.H., “Linepack and Linedraft Dynamics in Hydrogen blended Pipelines. Results in Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.107444
• Sharma S., Sahir, A.H., “Developing Resilient Hydrogen Transmission Transporation Networks in India: Economic and Demand-Based Insights from an Indian perspective”. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.152986