Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty

Kaustubha Mohanty has obtained his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute Technology Kharagpur and is currently working as a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute Technology Guwahati. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience at IIT Guwahati. His key research areas are biofuels, bioseparation, biological wastewater treatment, membrane technology, ionic liquids, and microalgae biorefinery and biomass pyrolysis. He has published more than 120 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited one book on Membrane Technology and Applications (Taylor & Francis, USA). He has an h-index of 27 and i10 index of 57 along with more than 2950 citations. He has supervised twelve PhD students and fifteen more are currently pursuing their PhD research under his supervision. He is involved in various sponsored and consultancy projects, four of which are currently running. He is an Editor of Journal of Chemistry; Associate Editor of The Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Series: E; Associate Editor of Research Journal of Environmental Sciences; Review Editor of Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuel and Editorial board member of various journals. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and fellow of Institution of Engineers, India. He is also Member of Society of Chemical Industry, London; Member of Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers and Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has served IITG in various capacities as Chairman of Cultural board and Head of Career Development Centre.
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