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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
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  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

S. Venkata Mohan is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in India. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused within the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Within these broader categories, their work is notably concentrated in subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Building and Construction.

The scientist's research topics encompass a wide range of areas related to biological, environmental, and energy systems. Prominent topics covered in their publications include:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

S. Venkata Mohan has authored numerous papers in various scientific journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Renewable hydrogen production by dark-fermentation: Current status, challenges and perspectives" (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
  • "Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives" (2022), published in Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology
  • "Biobased Products and Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Circular Economy and Sustainability" (2020), published in Materials Circular Economy
  • "SARS-CoV-2 in environmental perspective: Occurrence, persistence, surveillance, inactivation and challenges" (2020), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Low carbon hydrogen production from a waste-based biorefinery system and environmental sustainability assessment" (2020), published in Green Chemistry

Their publications are frequently found in several prominent journals, with the highest number of contributions appearing in:

  • Bioresource Technology (43 publications)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (13 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • Chemosphere (4 publications)

Collaboration plays a significant role in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Harishankar Kopperi (22 joint publications)
  • Athmakuri Tharak (21 joint publications)
  • Ranaprathap Katakojwala (19 joint publications)
  • Boda Ravi Kiran (12 joint publications)
  • Shikha Dahiya (11 joint publications)

S. Venkata Mohan has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Waste biorefinery models towards sustainable circular bioeconomy: Critical review and future perspectives

    S. Venkata Mohan;G.N. Nikhil;P. Chiranjeevi;C. Nagendranatha Reddy

  • Estimation of heavy metals in drinking water and development of heavy metal pollution index

    S. Venkata Mohan;P. Nithila;S. Jayarama Reddy

  • Food waste biorefinery: Sustainable strategy for circular bioeconomy.

    Shikha Dahiya;A. Naresh Kumar;J. Shanthi Sravan;Sulogna Chatterjee

  • Removal of lignin and tannin colour from aqueous solution by adsorption onto activated charcoal

    S.Venkata Mohan;J. Karthikeyan

  • Effect of various pretreatment methods on anaerobic mixed microflora to enhance biohydrogen production utilizing dairy wastewater as substrate

    S. Venkata Mohan;V. Lalit Babu;P.N. Sarma

  • Adsorptive removal of direct azo dye from aqueous phase onto coal based sorbents: a kinetic and mechanistic study

    S. Venkata Mohan;N. Chandrasekhar Rao;J. Karthikeyan

  • Metals removal and recovery in bioelectrochemical systems: A review.

    Y.V. Nancharaiah;Y.V. Nancharaiah;S. Venkata Mohan;P.N.L. Lens

  • Microbial fuel cell: Critical factors regulating bio-catalyzed electrochemical process and recent advancements

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Velvizhi;J. Annie Modestra;S. Srikanth

  • Treatment of simulated Reactive Yellow 22 (azo) dye effluents using Spirogyra species.

    S Venkata Mohan;N Chandrasekhar Rao;K Krishna Prasad;J Karthikeyan

  • Acidogenic fermentation of food waste for volatile fatty acid production with co-generation of biohydrogen.

    Shikha Dahiya;Omprakash Sarkar;Y.V. Swamy;S. Venkata Mohan

  • Anaerobic biohydrogen production from dairy wastewater treatment in sequencing batch reactor (AnSBR) : Effect of organic loading rate

    S. Venkata Mohan;V. Lalit Babu;P.N. Sarma

  • Bioremediation technologies for treatment of PAH-contaminated soil and strategies to enhance process efficiency

    S. Venkata Mohan;S. Venkata Mohan;Takuro Kisa;Takeru Ohkuma;Robert A. Kanaly

  • Biological and Bioelectrochemical Recovery of Critical and Scarce Metals

    Y.V. Nancharaiah;Y.V. Nancharaiah;S. Venkata Mohan;P.N.L. Lens;P.N.L. Lens

  • Recent advances in nutrient removal and recovery in biological and bioelectrochemical systems.

    Y.V. Nancharaiah;S. Venkata Mohan;P.N.L. Lens;P.N.L. Lens

  • BIOELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN DUAL CHAMBERED MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC) USING SELECTIVELY ENRICHED MIXED MICROFLORA: EFFECT OF CATHOLYTE

    S. Venkata Mohan;R. Saravanan;S. Veer Raghavulu;G. Mohanakrishna

  • A Circular Bioeconomy with Biobased Products from CO2 Sequestration.

    S. Venkata Mohan;J. Annie Modestra;K. Amulya;Sai Kishore Butti

  • Bio-electrochemical treatment of distillery wastewater in microbial fuel cell facilitating decolorization and desalination along with power generation.

    G. Mohanakrishna;S. Venkata Mohan;P.N. Sarma

  • Rainwater chemistry at a regional representative urban site: influence of terrestrial sources on ionic composition

    P. Chandra Mouli;S. Venkata Mohan;S. Jayarama Reddy

  • Heterotrophic microalgae cultivation to synergize biodiesel production with waste remediation: progress and perspectives.

    S. Venkata Mohan;S. Venkata Mohan;M.V. Rohit;M.V. Rohit;P. Chiranjeevi;P. Chiranjeevi;Rashmi Chandra;Rashmi Chandra

  • Bioelectricity generation from chemical wastewater treatment in mediatorless (anode) microbial fuel cell (MFC) using selectively enriched hydrogen producing mixed culture under acidophilic microenvironment

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;B. Purushotham Reddy;R. Saravanan

  • Acid azo dye degradation by free and immobilized horseradish peroxidase (HRP) catalyzed process

    S. Venkata Mohan;K. Krishna Prasad;N. Chandrasekhara Rao;P.N. Sarma

Frequent Co-Authors

P.N. Sarma
P.N. Sarma Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Gunda Mohanakrishna
Gunda Mohanakrishna KLE Technological University
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Ashok Pandey
Ashok Pandey Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Anil Verma
Anil Verma Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Deepak Pant
Deepak Pant Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Sunita Varjani
Sunita Varjani University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Jo Shu Chang
Jo Shu Chang National Cheng Kung University
Duu-Jong Lee
Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University
Mallavarapu Megharaj
Mallavarapu Megharaj University of Newcastle Australia

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