School of Engineering and Sciences
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Research Focus
The ongoing research in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering revolves around three thematic areas: Climate Change, Biogeochemistry, and Circular Economy. We encourage both undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines to participate in various ongoing research in our department. The research facilities and expertise allow students to work on various areas of climate change, aquatic biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions, hydrology, wildfire and forest ecology, carbon sequestration, hydrology, valorization of plastic, resource recovery from e-waste, solid waste management, circular economy, biofuel production, and electrochemistry are a few to mention.
Dr Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian
Associate Professor and Head of the Department
PHONE:
EMAIL: rangabhashiyam.s@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Adsorption
2) Bioremediation
3) Waste Valorisation
Dr Karthik Rajendran
Associate Professor
PHONE: +91-9962935362
EMAIL: rajendran.k@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Techno-Economic Analysis
2) Biogas Production
3) Resource and Energy Recovery
4) Sustainability Assessment
5) Biofuels and Bioenergy Technologies
6) Organic Solid Waste Treatment
Dr Pankaj Pathak
Associate Professor
EMAIL: pankaj.p@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Solid Waste Management
2) Waste to Energy & Circular economy
3) E-waste recycling and metal recovery
4) Geochemistry
Dr Shoji D Thottathil
Assistant Professor
PHONE: +91-9400500516
EMAIL: shoji.t@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Carbon Biogeochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems
2) Methane Emissions from inland waters
3) Landscape-level regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in tropical streams and rivers
Dr Javid Ahmad Dar
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: javidahmad.d@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Forest carbon dynamics
2) Monitoring forest structure and adaptations
3) Plant invasions
Dr Deep Raj
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: deepraj.p@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Environmental Monitoring, Pollution Review
2) Soil and Water Pollution, Phytoremediation, Environmental Biotechnology
3) Mercury and Heavy Metals Analysis, Risk Assessment, Microplastic Estimation
Dr Kousik Das
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: kousik.d@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Coastal Hydrogeology
2) Extreme Climate
3) Water Security and Health
Dr Deblina Dutta
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: deblina.d@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Waste valorisation
2) Recovery of Metals from E-waste, Risk Assessment and Life cycle Assessment
3) Carbon accumulation in aquatic ecosystem
Dr Debajyoti Kundu
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: debajyoti.k@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Microbial Fermentation Technology & Enzymology
2) Integrated Biorefinery
3) Bioprocessing
4) Valorization of waste and biomass
5) Process optimization
6) Bio-circular economy and Sustainable Development Goals
Dr Subashree Kothandaraman
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: subashree.k@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Geospatial Technology
2) Ecological Modelling
3) Machine Learning
Dr Saikat Sinha Ray
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: saikatsinha.r@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Membrane Technology and Membrane Fabrication
2) Seawater Desalination
3) Self Cleaning Surfaces for Environmental Applications
Dr Niravkumar P Raval
Assistant Professor
EMAIL: niravkumar.r@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Water and Wastewater treatment techniques
2) Materials synthesis for environmental applications
3) Contaminants fate and remediation
Dr Vigneswaran V S
Assistant Professor-Ad hoc
EMAIL: vigneswaran.v@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Decarbonization
2) Bio-energy technologies
3) Solar desalination and water treatment
Dr Nirmalendu Sekhar Mishra
Assistant Professor
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Advanced Oxidation Processes
2) Adsorption
3) Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications
Dr Uttiya Dey
Assistant Professor-Ad hoc
EMAIL: uttiya.n@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Bioremediation of arsenic
2) Groundwater contamination
3) Aquatic microplastic distribution
Dr Narayanamoorthy Bhuvanendran
Assistant Professor
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Electrocatalysis
2) Nanomaterials for Energy & Environmental Applications
3) Low Temperature Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Energy Technology
Dr Prabakaran G
Assistant Professor - Ad hoc
EMAIL: prabakaran.g@srmap.edu.in
RESEARCH AREAS:
1) Renewable Energy
2) Energy and AI
3) Energy Modelling and Optimization