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Varenyam Achal is affiliated with the Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a total of 43 publications in this area. Within this broad field, Achal has contributed significantly to several subfields including environmental engineering, pollution, materials chemistry, biomaterials, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics relevant to environmental science and sustainable materials. Their main research topics include:

  • Microbial Applications in Construction Materials
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Enzyme Function and Inhibition
  • Building Materials and Conservation
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Varenyam Achal has authored recent work published in various peer-reviewed journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Environmental and health impacts due to e-waste disposal in China - A review," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "A comprehensive review on environmental and human health impacts of chemical pesticide usage," 2024, Emerging Contaminants
  • "The Utilization of Agricultural Waste as Agro-Cement in Concrete: A Review," 2020, Sustainability
  • "Biosurfactants: Eco-Friendly and Innovative Biocides against Biocorrosion," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air pollution in Chinese megacities from the perspective of traffic volume and meteorological factors," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Their frequent coauthors reflect ongoing collaborations with other researchers in related fields. These include Shubhangi D. Shirsat, Weila Li, Chaolin Fang, Deepika Kumari, and Mahendra Rai.

Publications by Achal have appeared repeatedly in prominent scientific venues. The most frequent journals include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental Microbiology Reports
  • Emerging Contaminants

Best Publications

  • Microbial Concrete: Way to Enhance the Durability of Building Structures

    Varenyam Achal;Abhijit Mukherjee;M. Sudhakara Reddy

  • Strain improvement of Sporosarcina pasteurii for enhanced urease and calcite production

    V. Achal;Abhijit Mukherjee;P.C. Basu;M.Sudhakara Reddy

  • Biomineralization based remediation of As(III) contaminated soil by Sporosarcina ginsengisoli

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan;Qinglong Fu;Daoyong Zhang

  • Lactose mother liquor as an alternative nutrient source for microbial concrete production by Sporosarcina pasteurii

    V. Achal;Abhijit Mukherjee;P. Basu;M. Reddy

  • A comprehensive review on environmental and human health impacts of chemical pesticide usage

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  • Improved strength and durability of fly ash-amended concrete by microbial calcite precipitation

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan;Nilüfer Özyurt

  • A review of microbial precipitation for sustainable construction

    Varenyam Achal;Abhijit Mukherjee

  • Remediation of copper-contaminated soil by Kocuria flava CR1, based on microbially induced calcite precipitation

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan;Daoyong Zhang

  • Environmental and health impacts due to e-waste disposal in China - A review.

    Weila Li;Varenyam Achal

  • Characterization of Urease and Carbonic Anhydrase Producing Bacteria and Their Role in Calcite Precipitation

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan

  • Biomineralization for sustainable construction - A review of processes and applications

    Varenyam Achal;Abhijit Mukherjee;Abhijit Mukherjee;Deepika Kumari;Qiuzhuo Zhang

  • Influence of Calcium Sources on Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation by Bacillus sp. CR2

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan

  • Effect of calcifying bacteria on permeation properties of concrete structures

    V. Achal;Abhijit Mukherjee;M. Reddy

  • Bioremediation of strontium (Sr) contaminated aquifer quartz sand based on carbonate precipitation induced by Sr resistant Halomonas sp.

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan;Daoyong Zhang

  • Characterization of fungal-mediated carbonate precipitation in the biomineralization of chromate and lead from an aqueous solution and soil

    Xinyi Qian;Chaolin Fang;Minsheng Huang;Varenyam Achal

  • Microbially-induced Carbonate Precipitation for Immobilization of Toxic Metals

    Deepika Kumari;Xin-Yi Qian;Xiangliang Pan;Varenyam Achal

  • Bioremediation of Pb-contaminated soil based on microbially induced calcite precipitation.

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan;Daoyong Zhang;Qinglong Fu

  • Phosphate solubilization by a wild type strain and UV-induced mutants of Aspergillus tubingensis

    Varenyam Achal;V.V. Savant;M. Sudhakara Reddy

  • The large-scale process of microbial carbonate precipitation for nickel remediation from an industrial soil.

    Xuejiao Zhu;Weila Li;Lu Zhan;Minsheng Huang

  • Immobilization of cadmium in soil by microbially induced carbonate precipitation with Exiguobacterium undae at low temperature.

    Deepika Kumari;Xiangliang Pan;Duu-Jong Lee;Duu-Jong Lee;Varenyam Achal

  • Biostimulation of carbonate precipitation process in soil for copper immobilization

    Xueyan Chen;Varenyam Achal;Varenyam Achal

  • Remediation of Cr(VI) from chromium slag by biocementation.

    Varenyam Achal;Xiangliang Pan;Duu-Jong Lee;Deepika Kumari

  • The Utilization of Agricultural Waste as Agro-Cement in Concrete: A Review

    Jing He;Satoru Kawasaki;Varenyam Achal

  • Biomineralization in metakaolin modified cement mortar to improve its strength with lowered cement content

    Mengmeng Li;Xuejiao Zhu;Abhijit Mukherjee;Minsheng Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Abhijit Mukherjee
Abhijit Mukherjee Curtin University
Xiangliang Pan
Xiangliang Pan Zhejiang University of Technology
Duu-Jong Lee
Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University
Stanley Lutts
Stanley Lutts Université Catholique de Louvain
Geoffrey M. Gadd
Geoffrey M. Gadd University of Dundee
Nele De Belie
Nele De Belie Ghent University
Yu-Jun Wang
Yu-Jun Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian Chu
Jian Chu Nanyang Technological University
Dongmei Zhou
Dongmei Zhou Nanjing University

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