Ph.D., Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (2014)
M.S., Department of Microbiology, University of North Bengal (2008)
B.S., Department of Microbiology, University of North Bengal (2006)
Professional Experiences
[2022~ ] Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University
[2021~2022] Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University
[2018~2021] Post Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University
[2015~2016] Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, North Bengal St. Xavier’s College
Honors & Awards
Two research papers recognized by한빛사 (한국을 빛내는 사람들) [Hanbitsa (meaning people who make Korea shine)], Biological Research Information Center (BRIC), South Korea.
Excellent researcher award for the paper “Insights into prokaryotic metataxonomics and predictive metabolic function in field-scale anaerobic digesters treating various organic wastes” for the month of November 2023 by Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Excellent researcher award for the paper “Syntrophic bacteria-and Methanosarcina-rich acclimatized microbiota with better carbohydrate metabolism enhances biomethanation of fractionated lignocellulosic biocomponents” for the month of December 2022 by Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
World-class research in ‘Environmental Biotechnology’ enabled to publish >42 SCI(E) research articles in well-known peer-reviewed international journals of high repute along with 11 book chapters and 1 patent (published) focusing on ‘bioenergy and bioremediation’ with a career average journal impact factor of ~10.0, citations of >1800, H Index of 24 (based on Google Scholar).
Three research publications have appeared as “highly cited paper” in Web-of-Sciences, Clarivate.
Developed technology for the use of high organic loading in the anaerobic digester for high yield biomethanation.
Explored microbial interactions and community dynamics in anaerobic digester microbiota using the state-of-the-art methodologies in molecular microbiology including next generation high-throughput sequencing.
Over the last five years, published over 24 papers in SCI(E) indexed journals with ~82% of them appearing in the top 25% of journals (Quartile 1) and ~72% of them appearing in the top 10% of journals in their respective categories.
Editorial board member for international journals including Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and Frontiers in Environmental Science, and potential reviewer for top-class international journals in Bioenergy, Environmental Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology.
Session Chair of International Conference of Waste Management \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Recycle- 2018\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", February 2018, organized by Waste Management Research Group, IIT Guwahati, 22nd-24th Feb 2018.
Recipient of National Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Science & Engineering Research Board, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.
Recipient of Institute Research Fellowship from Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India for pursuing Ph.D. from November 2009 to July 2014.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2009 with 97.61 percentile and All India Rank 305 in Life Sciences