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2025
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Canada
2023

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Chemistry

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81
Citations
27039
World Ranking
3203
National Ranking
73

Environmental Sciences

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84
Citations
28908
World Ranking
780
National Ranking
32

Biology and Biochemistry

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82
Citations
27743
World Ranking
3655
National Ranking
116

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant contribution to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their work encompasses several main topics including:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Membrane Separation Technologies

Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi has published extensively in reputable venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing
  • Sustainability
  • Chemosphere

Among recent papers authored by or associated with Tyagi are:

  • Environmental applications of microbial extracellular polymeric substance (EPS): A review, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Treatment of microplastics in water by anodic oxidation: A case study for polystyrene, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Bioconversion of organic wastes into value-added products: A review, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Sources, occurrence and toxic effects of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), 2023, Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • A review on production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters by thermophilic microbes using waste feedstocks, 2021, Bioresource Technology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Patrick Drogui
  • Bhoomika Yadav
  • Sridhar Pilli
  • Lalit Kumar
  • Bhagyashree Tiwari

Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi has also been recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, reflecting participation in scientific communities at the continental level.

Best Publications

  • Extracellular polymeric substances of bacteria and their potential environmental applications.

    Tanaji More;Jay Shankar Singh Yadav;Song Yan;Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi

  • Ultrasonic pretreatment of sludge: A review

    Sridhar Pilli;Puspendu Bhunia;Song Yan;R.J. LeBlanc

  • ANTAGONISTIC FUNGI, TRICHODERMA SPP.: PANOPLY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

    Mausam Verma;Satinder K. Brar;R.D. Tyagi;R.Y. Surampalli

  • Engineered nanoparticles in wastewater and wastewater sludge – Evidence and impacts

    Satinder Kaur Brar;Mausam P. Verma;Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi;Rao Y. Surampalli

  • Review on fate and mechanism of removal of pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater using biological approach

    Bhagyashree Tiwari;Balasubramanian Sellamuthu;Yassine Ouarda;Patrick Drogui

  • Endocrine disrupting compounds removal from wastewater, a new challenge

    Muriel Auriol;Muriel Auriol;Youssef Filali-Meknassi;Youssef Filali-Meknassi;Rajeshwar D. Tyagi;Craig D. Adams

  • Laccases for removal of recalcitrant and emerging pollutants

    Josée-Anne Majeau;Satinder K. Brar;Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi

  • Synthesis of nanoparticles by microorganisms and their application in enhancing microbiological reaction rates

    Xiaolei Zhang;Song Yan;R.D. Tyagi;R.Y. Surampalli

  • Cheese whey: A potential resource to transform into bioprotein, functional/nutritional proteins and bioactive peptides.

    Jay Shankar Singh Yadav;Song Yan;Sridhar Pilli;Lalit Kumar

  • Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) producing bacterial strains of municipal wastewater sludge: isolation, molecular identification, EPS characterization and performance for sludge settling and dewatering.

    S. Bala Subramanian;S. Yan;R.D. Tyagi;R.Y. Surampalli

  • Extraction and analysis of polyphenols: recent trends.

    C M Ajila;S K Brar;M Verma;R D Tyagi

  • Rapid ethanol fermentation of cellulose hydrolysate. II. Product and substrate inhibition and optimization of fermentor design

    T. K. Ghose;R. D. Tyagi

  • Cocoa shells for heavy metal removal from acidic solutions

    Nathalie Meunier;Jérôme Laroulandie;Jean-François Blais;Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi

  • Recent advances in downstream processing and formulations of Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides

    Satinder K. Brar;M. Verma;R.D. Tyagi;J.R. Valéro

  • The potential of microalgae in biodiesel production

    Jiaxin Chen;Jiaxin Chen;Ji Li;Wenyi Dong;Xiaolei Zhang

  • Critical review of EPS production, synthesis and composition for sludge flocculation

    Klai Nouha;Ram Saurabh Kumar;Sellamuthu Balasubramanian;Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi

  • Bio-encapsulation of microbial cells for targeted agricultural delivery

    Rojan P John;R D Tyagi;S K Brar;R Y Surampalli

  • Analysis and advanced oxidation treatment of a persistent pharmaceutical compound in wastewater and wastewater sludge-carbamazepine.

    Debabandya P. Mohapatra;Satinder Kaur Brar;Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi;Pierre Picard

  • Rapid ethanol fermentation of cellulose hydrolysate. I. Batch versus continuous systems

    T. K. Ghose;R. D. Tyagi

  • Thermal Pretreatment of Sewage Sludge to Enhance Anaerobic Digestion: A Review

    Sridhar Pilli;Song Yan;Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi;Rao Y. Surampalli

  • Physico-chemical pre-treatment and biotransformation of wastewater and wastewater Sludge – Fate of bisphenol A

    D.P. Mohapatra;S.K. Brar;R.D. Tyagi;R.Y. Surampalli

Frequent Co-Authors

Rao Y. Surampalli
Rao Y. Surampalli University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Satinder Kaur Brar
Satinder Kaur Brar York University
Patrick Drogui
Patrick Drogui Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jean-François Blais
Jean-François Blais Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Mausam P. Verma
Mausam P. Verma University of Quebec
Craig D. Adams
Craig D. Adams Saint Louis University
Peter G. C. Campbell
Peter G. C. Campbell Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sébastien Sauvé
Sébastien Sauvé University of Montreal
Jonathan W.C. Wong
Jonathan W.C. Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Yves Comeau
Yves Comeau Polytechnique Montréal

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