About me
I am an environmental engineer with two years of industrial and four years of academic research experience, and has worked on research projects of regional, national and international significance. My research interests include studying natural processes that affect the quantity and quality of water, developing novel technologies for sustainable use of environmental resources, and applying environmental engineering principles to explore novel research areas like astrobiology and planetary analog investigations.
The broader impacts of my research include advancing fundamental science questions, development of novel and sustainable technologies to provide clean environment, ensure sufficient and safe drinking water to communities, promoting undergraduate and graduate education, and promoting principles of diversity, equity and inclusion through research.
My research interests are in three directions:
(R1) Biogeochemical cycling of elements of human health concern and emerging contaminants in the environment
(R2) Applications of biogeochemical processes in advanced water-wastewater purification, desalination and sustainable water reuse
(R3) Investigating terrestrial planetary analog sites of astrobiological significance using principles of biogeochemistry.
Education
Experience
Affiliations
I am an environmental engineer with two years of industrial and four years of academic research experience, and has worked on research projects of regional, national and international significance. My research interests include studying natural processes that affect the quantity and quality of water, developing novel technologies for sustainable use of environmental resources, and applying environmental engineering principles to explore novel research areas like astrobiology and planetary analog investigations.
The broader impacts of my research include advancing fundamental science questions, development of novel and sustainable technologies to provide clean environment, ensure sufficient and safe drinking water to communities, promoting undergraduate and graduate education, and promoting principles of diversity, equity and inclusion through research.
My research interests are in three directions:
(R1) Biogeochemical cycling of elements of human health concern and emerging contaminants in the environment
(R2) Applications of biogeochemical processes in advanced water-wastewater purification, desalination and sustainable water reuse
(R3) Investigating terrestrial planetary analog sites of astrobiological significance using principles of biogeochemistry.
Education
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
- M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
- B.E. in Environmental Engineering, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, MH, India
Experience
- Assistant Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, HP, India (January 2023 - present)
- Lecturer, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA (July 2021 - December 2022)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA (July 2019 - July 2021)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA (July 2018 - July 2019)
- Research Scientist, Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering Inc., Fountain Valley, CA, USA (December 2016 - July 2018)
- Research Specialist I, San Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA (January 2015 - January 2016)
- Graduate Research / Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA (January 2013 - August 2016)
- Graduate Research / Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA (August 2009 - December 2012)
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