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Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

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Environmental Sciences
Singapore
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
21107
World Ranking
2872
National Ranking
29

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
91
Citations
25542
World Ranking
564
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Rajasekhar Balasubramanian is affiliated with the National University of Singapore and specializes in environmental science, with a strong focus on areas such as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research portfolio includes significant work in environmental engineering, pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's recent publications reflect key topics within their field. These include:

  • Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Impacts of climate change on the fate of contaminants through extreme weather events (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Hydrothermal Treatment of Biomass Feedstocks for Sustainable Production of Chemicals, Fuels, and Materials: Progress and Perspectives (2023) published in Chemical Reviews
  • Recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries for a sustainable future: recent advancements (2024) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • Bioretention systems for stormwater management: Recent advances and future prospects (2021) published in Journal of Environmental Management

Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Statistics in Medicine
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering

Rajasekhar Balasubramanian collaborates regularly with several coauthors. The most frequent include Basanta Kumar Biswal, Phuong Thi Minh Tran, Max G. Adam, Jingjing Zhang, and Bei Zhang.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of environmental concerns, focusing on:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal conversion of biomass waste to activated carbon with high porosity: a review.

    Akshay Jain;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian;M.P. Srinivasan

  • Ammonia in the atmosphere: a review on emission sources, atmospheric chemistry and deposition on terrestrial bodies.

    Sailesh N. Behera;Mukesh Sharma;Viney P. Aneja;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Production of solid biochar fuel from waste biomass by hydrothermal carbonization

    Zhengang Liu;Augustine Quek;S. Kent Hoekman;R. Balasubramanian

  • Food waste-to-energy conversion technologies: Current status and future directions

    Thi Phuong Thuy Pham;Rajni Kaushik;Ganesh K. Parshetti;Russell Mahmood

  • Recent advances in the use of graphene-family nanoadsorbents for removal of toxic pollutants from wastewater

    Shamik Chowdhury;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Chemical, structural and combustion characteristics of carbonaceous products obtained by hydrothermal carbonization of palm empty fruit bunches.

    Ganesh K. Parshetti;S. Kent Hoekman;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review

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  • Evaluation of the marine algae Ulva fasciata and Sargassum sp. for the biosorption of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions.

    S. Karthikeyan;R. Balasubramanian;C.S.P. Iyer

  • Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Edward J. Hyer;Randall S. Johnson;Brent N. Holben

  • Liquefaction of waste tires by pyrolysis for oil and chemicals—A review

    Augustine Quek;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Preparation and characterization of fuel pellets from woody biomass, agro-residues and their corresponding hydrochars

    Zhengang Liu;Augustine Quek;R. Balasubramanian

  • Hydrothermal Treatment of Biomass Feedstocks for Sustainable Production of Chemicals, Fuels, and Materials: Progress and Perspectives

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  • Is biosorption suitable for decontamination of metal-bearing wastewaters? A critical review on the state-of-the-art of biosorption processes and future directions.

    K. Vijayaraghavan;R. Balasubramanian

  • Biomass derived low-cost microporous adsorbents for efficient CO2 capture

    Ganesh K. Parshetti;Shamik Chowdhury;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Chemical characteristics of fine particles emitted from different gas cooking methods

    Siao Wei See;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Activated carbons derived from coconut shells as high energy density cathode material for Li-ion capacitors

    Akshay Jain;Vanchiappan Aravindan;Sundaramurthy Jayaraman;Sundaramurthy Jayaraman;Palaniswamy Suresh Kumar

  • A field study to evaluate runoff quality from green roofs.

    K. Vijayaraghavan;U.M. Joshi;R. Balasubramanian

  • 2013 Southeast Asian smoke haze: Fractionation of particulate-bound elements and associated health risk

    Raghu Betha;Sailesh N. Behera;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge for energy production with coal

    Ganesh K. Parshetti;Zhengang Liu;Akshay Jain;M.P. Srinivasan

  • Graphene/semiconductor nanocomposites (GSNs) for heterogeneous photocatalytic decolorization of wastewaters contaminated with synthetic dyes: A review

    Shamik Chowdhury;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

  • Risk assessment of exposure to indoor aerosols associated with Chinese cooking

    S.W. See;R. Balasubramanian

  • Hydrothermal conversion of urban food waste to chars for removal of textile dyes from contaminated waters.

    Ganesh K. Parshetti;Shamik Chowdhury;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun He
Jun He University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Kuppusamy Vijayaraghavan
Kuppusamy Vijayaraghavan National University of Singapore
M.P. Srinivasan
M.P. Srinivasan RMIT University
Zhengang Liu
Zhengang Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kwok Wai Tham
Kwok Wai Tham National University of Singapore
Chanbasha Basheer
Chanbasha Basheer King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Jeffrey S. Reid
Jeffrey S. Reid United States Naval Research Laboratory
Virender K. Sharma
Virender K. Sharma Texas A&M University
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Srinivasan Madhavi
Srinivasan Madhavi Nanyang Technological University

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