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Ganesan Sekaran is affiliated with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in India. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, engineering, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields including pollution, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, water science and technology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The main topics of Sekaran's research include:

  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Enzyme catalysis and immobilization
  • Enzyme production and characterization
  • Protein hydrolysis and bioactive peptides
  • Membrane separation technologies
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact

Frequent publication venues where Sekaran has contributed include:

  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sekaran are:

  • S. Swarnalatha
  • K. Ramani
  • P. Maharaja
  • Muneeswari Rajasekaran
  • K. Swathi

Selected recent papers by Sekaran cover topics related to bioremediation, biocatalysis, and environmental management:

  • Biodegradation of petroleum refining industry oil sludge by microbial-assisted biocarrier matrix: process optimization using response surface methodology, 2020, Biodegradation
  • Biocatalytic lipoprotein bioamphiphile induced treatment of recalcitrant hydrocarbons in petroleum refinery oil sludge through transposon technology, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Nano fibrous carbon produced from chromium bearing tannery solid waste as the bitumen modifier, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Genomic characterization of Enterobacter xiangfangensis STP-3: Application to real time petroleum oil sludge bioremediation, 2021, Microbiological Research
  • Biosequestration of lignin in municipal landfill leachate by tailored cationic lipoprotein biosurfactant through Bacillus tropicus valorized tannery solid waste, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management

Best Publications

  • Enhanced photocatalytic activity of ZnO/CuO nanocomposite for the degradation of textile dye on visible light illumination.

    R. Saravanan;S. Karthikeyan;V.K. Gupta;G. Sekaran

  • A new approach for the degradation of high concentration of aromatic amine by heterocatalytic Fenton oxidation: Kinetic and spectroscopic studies

    S. Karthikeyan;V.K. Gupta;V.K. Gupta;R. Boopathy;A. Titus

  • Treatment of textile wastewater by homogeneous and heterogeneous Fenton oxidation processes

    S. Karthikeyan;A. Titus;A. Gnanamani;A.B. Mandal

  • Batch and column studies on biosorption of acid dyes on fresh water macro alga Azolla filiculoides.

    T.V.N. Padmesh;K. Vijayaraghavan;G. Sekaran;M. Velan

  • Adsorption of phenol from aqueous solutions using mesoporous carbon prepared by two-stage process

    L. John Kennedy;J. Judith Vijaya;K. Kayalvizhi;G. Sekaran

  • Effect of Two-Stage Process on the Preparation and Characterization of Porous Carbon Composite from Rice Husk by Phosphoric Acid Activation

    L. John Kennedy;J. Judith Vijaya;G. Sekaran

  • Nano-silica fabricated with silver nanoparticles: antifouling adsorbent for efficient dye removal, effective water disinfection and biofouling control

    Sujoy K. Das;Md. Motiar R. Khan;T. Parandhaman;Fathima Laffir

  • Electrospinning of type I collagen and PCL nanofibers using acetic acid

    V. Yogeshwar Chakrapani;A. Gnanamani;V.R. Giridev;M. Madhusoothanan

  • Influence of microbial diversity and plant growth hormones in compost and vermicompost from fermented tannery waste.

    Balasubramani Ravindran;Jonathan W.C. Wong;Ammaiyappan Selvam;Ganesan Sekaran

  • Adsorption of ammonium ion by coconut shell-activated carbon from aqueous solution: kinetic, isotherm, and thermodynamic studies

    Ramasamy Boopathy;Sekar Karthikeyan;Asit Baran Mandal;Ganesan Sekaran

  • Biosorption of Acid Blue 15 using fresh water macroalga Azolla filiculoides: Batch and column studies

    T.V.N. Padmesh;K. Vijayaraghavan;G. Sekaran;M. Velan

  • Removal of diazo and triphenylmethane dyes from aqueous solutions through an adsorption process

    M Sankar;G Sekaran;S Sadulla;T Ramasami

  • Cu and Fe oxides dispersed on SBA-15: A Fenton type bimetallic catalyst for N,N-diethyl-p-phenyl diamine degradation

    Sekar Karthikeyan;M. P. Pachamuthu;Mark A. Isaacs;Santosh Kumar

  • Electrical conductivity study of porous carbon composite derived from rice husk

    L. John Kennedy;J. Judith Vijaya;G. Sekaran

  • Effect of Cu2+ doping on structural, morphological, optical and magnetic properties of MnFe2O4 particles/sheets/flakes-like nanostructures

    J. Judith Vijaya;G. Sekaran;M. Bououdina

  • Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies on the adsorption of m-cresol onto micro- and mesoporous carbon.

    L. John Kennedy;J. Judith Vijaya;G. Sekaran;K. Kayalvizhi

  • Vermicomposting of Solid Waste Generated from Leather Industries Using Epigeic Earthworm Eisenia foetida

    B. Ravindran;S. L. Dinesh;L. John Kennedy;G. Sekaran

  • Application of Azolla rongpong on biosorption of acid red 88, acid green 3, acid orange 7 and acid blue 15 from synthetic solutions

    T.V.N. Padmesh;K. Vijayaraghavan;G. Sekaran;M. Velan

  • Characterization of an alkaline active-thiol forming extracellular serine keratinase by the newly isolated Bacillus pumilus.

    A. Ganesh Kumar;S. Swarnalatha;S. Gayathri;N. Nagesh

  • Studies on structural, morphological, electrical and electrochemical properties of activated carbon prepared from sugarcane bagasse

    T. Adinaveen;L. John Kennedy;J. Judith Vijaya;G. Sekaran

  • Production of Prodigiosin Using Tannery Fleshing and Evaluating Its Pharmacological Effects

    C. Sumathi;D. MohanaPriya;S. Swarnalatha;M. G. Dinesh

Frequent Co-Authors

L. John Kennedy
L. John Kennedy Vellore Institute of Technology University
J. Judith Vijaya
J. Judith Vijaya Loyola College, Chennai
Asit Baran Mandal
Asit Baran Mandal Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Vinod Kumar Gupta
Vinod Kumar Gupta King Abdulaziz University
Jonathan W.C. Wong
Jonathan W.C. Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Adam F. Lee
Adam F. Lee Griffith University
Kuppusamy Vijayaraghavan
Kuppusamy Vijayaraghavan National University of Singapore
Karen Wilson
Karen Wilson Griffith University
Mark A. Isaacs
Mark A. Isaacs Aston University
Soon Woong Chang
Soon Woong Chang Kyonggi University

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