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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Ligy Philip is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India and focuses their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work intersects several subfields including Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management

Some of the recent papers associated with Ligy Philip include:

  • Removal of antibiotics from aqueous solutions by electrocatalytic degradation, 2021, Environmental Science Nano
  • Sustainability assessment of acid-modified biochar as adsorbent for the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from secondary treated wastewater, 2022, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Sorption of pharmaceutical compounds and nutrients by various porous low cost adsorbents, 2020, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Anaerobic co-digestion of activated sludge and fruit and vegetable waste: Evaluation of mixing ratio and impact of hybrid (microwave and hydrogen peroxide) sludge pre-treatment on two-stage digester stability and biogas yield, 2020, Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Smartphone-based Fluoride-specific Sensor for Rapid and Affordable Colorimetric Detection and Precise Quantification at Sub-ppm Levels for Field Applications, 2020, ACS Omega

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborations are common in their work, with frequent co-authors including Vaishali Choudhary, Manthiram Karthik Ravichandran, Kowsalya Vellingiri, Mohammed Iqbal Thayyil, and Jerin Jose.

Ligy Philip has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), reflecting a professional distinction within their scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Manganese-oxide-coated alumina: a promising sorbent for defluoridation of water.

    Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal;Atul Kumar Sharma;Ligy Philip

  • Enhanced fluoride removal from drinking water by magnesia-amended activated alumina granules

    Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal;Sanjay Shukla;Ligy Philip;Indumathi M. Nambi

  • Atrazine degradation in anaerobic environment by a mixed microbial consortium.

    Pranab Kumar Ghosh;Ligy Philip

  • Biosorption of chromium species by aquatic weeds: Kinetics and mechanism studies

    R. Elangovan;Ligy Philip;K. Chandraraj

  • Photocatalytic degradation of lindane under UV and visible light using N-doped TiO2.

    J. Senthilnathan;Ligy Philip

  • Bioremediation of chromium contaminated soil: optimization of operating parameters under laboratory conditions.

    J. Jeyasingh;Ligy Philip

  • Adsorption and desorption characteristics of hydrophobic pesticide endosulfan in four Indian soils.

    Mathava Kumar;Ligy Philip

  • BIOREMEDIATION OF CR (VI) IN CONTAMINATED SOILS

    K R Krishna;L Philip

  • Biosorption of hexavalent and trivalent chromium by palm flower (Borassus aethiopum)

    R. Elangovan;Ligy Philip;K. Chandraraj

  • Cr(VI) reduction by Bacillus coagulans isolated from contaminated soils

    Ligy Philip;Leela Iyengar;C. Venkobachar

  • As(III) removal from drinking water using manganese oxide-coated-alumina: Performance evaluation and mechanistic details of surface binding

    Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal;Ligy Philip;T. Pradeep

  • Adsorption and desorption characteristics of lindane, carbofuran and methyl parathion on various Indian soils.

    K. Rama Krishna;Ligy Philip

  • Sulfur dioxide treatment from flue gases using a biotrickling filter-bioreactor system.

    Ligy Philip;Marc A Deshusses

  • Adsorption of pharmaceuticals in water using Fe3O4 coated polymer clay composite

    V. Arya;Ligy Philip

  • Experimental performance investigation of tilted solar still with basin and wick for distillate quality and enviro-economic aspects

    H. Sharon;K.S. Reddy;D. Krithika;Ligy Philip

  • Assessment of the levels of coastal marine pollution of Chennai city, Southern India

    Palanisamy Shanmugam;S. Neelamani;Yu-Hwan Ahn;Ligy Philip

  • Occurrence and fate of emerging trace organic chemicals in wastewater plants in Chennai, India.

    Tarun Anumol;Arya Vijayanandan;Minkyu Park;Ligy Philip

  • Removal of chemical and microbial contaminants from greywater using a novel constructed wetland: GROW

    C. Ramprasad;Chris Shirley Smith;Fayyaz A. Memon;Ligy Philip

  • ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ATRAZINE IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS AND ITS REMOVAL BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES: AN OVERVIEW

    Pranab Kumar Ghosh;Ligy Philip

  • Metal–organic frameworks as media for the catalytic degradation of chemical warfare agents

    Kowsalya Vellingiri;Ligy Philip;Ki-Hyun Kim

  • Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Free and Immobilized Cell-free Extract of Arthrobacter rhombi-RE

    R. Elangovan;Ligy Philip;K. Chandraraj

Frequent Co-Authors

Thalappil Pradeep
Thalappil Pradeep Indian Institute of Technology Madras
K.S. Reddy
K.S. Reddy Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Danil W. Boukhvalov
Danil W. Boukhvalov Nanjing Forestry University
Eldon R. Rene
Eldon R. Rene IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Ki-Hyun Kim
Ki-Hyun Kim Hanyang University
Makarand M. Ghangrekar
Makarand M. Ghangrekar Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Lokesh K. Sahu
Lokesh K. Sahu Physical Research Laboratory
Marc A. Deshusses
Marc A. Deshusses Duke University
Nandita B. Basu
Nandita B. Basu University of Waterloo
Shane A. Snyder
Shane A. Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology

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