EXPERTISE INFORMATION
Research Group
- Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental and Plant Biotechnology
Areas of Interest
- Biorefinery development
- Waste valorization
- Techno-economic analysis
- Life-cycle assessment
- Scaling up of bio-process ventures
LOHIT KUMAR SRINIVAS GUJJALA Assistant Professor Grade-II
Biotechnology and Medical Engineering
srinivasg@nitrkl.ac.in
21
PUBLICATIONS2
DOCTORAL STUDENTSPERSONAL INFORMATION
LOHIT KUMAR SRINIVAS GUJJALA
Assistant Professor Grade-II
Biotechnology and Medical Engineering
Room Number: BM-210
Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008
2021
Ph.D.
BioenergyIIT Kharagpur
2015
MS
BioenergyIIT Kharagpur
2010
B.Tech
BiotechnologyNIT Durgapur
Teaching Experience
- Downstream Processing and Bioseparation Laboratory, NIT Rourkela, 01 Aug 2023 - Present
- Biochemistry and Microbiology Laboratory, NIT Rourkela, 26 Jul 2023 - Present
- Cell and Molecular Biology, NIT Rourkela, 26 Jul 2023 - Present
Post Doctoral Research Experience
- Process systems engineering, Techno-economic analysis and Life-cycle assessment, Kyung Hee University, Global campus, Republic of Korea, 01 Nov 2021 - 13 Apr 2023
- Waste valorization, NEERI Nagpur, 19 Apr 2021 - 15 Sep 2021
Total Publications: 21
Min. Y. Oh, L. S. Gujjala, and W. Won,"Process development for production of platform chemicals from white birch: Insights from techno-economic and life-cycle assessment", Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144955 Article
D. Dutta, R. Rautela, L. S. Gujjala, D. Kundu, P. Sharma, M. Tembhare, and S. Kumar,"A review on recovery processes of metals from E-waste: A green perspective", Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, February 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160391 Article
L. S. Gujjala, D. Singh, and S. Kumar,"Transition of biofuels from the first to the fourth generation", Biofuels, ch.1, vol.1, pp.1-15, Taylor and Francis, April 2023, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003197737 Inbook
P. Sharma, L. S. Gujjala, S. Varjani, and S. Kumar,"Emerging microalgae-based technologies in biorefinery and risk assessment issues: Bioeconomy for sustainable development", Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, March 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152417 Article
L. S. Gujjala, D. Dutta, P. Sharma, D. Kundu, D. N. Vo, and S. Kumar,"A state-of-the-art review on microbial desalination cells", Chemosphere, vol.288, no.1, Elsevier, February 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132386 Article
- BM1002 : Introduction to Bioengineering {Theory}
- BM2101 : Cell and Molecular Biology {Theory}
- BM2417 : Cell and Molecular Biology {Theory}
- BM6534 : Bioreactor and Plant Design {Theory}
- BM2703 : Biochemistry and Microbiology Laboratory {Practical}
- BM2763 : Bio-engineering Laboratory {Practical}
- BM4707 : Downstream Processing and Bioseparation Laboratory {Practical}
Ph.D. Students [2]
Bioprocess engineering
Angu Meenakshi KumarappanEnrolled: Jul 2024ContinuingSupervisor
Bioprocess Engineering
Rishi BhattacharjeeEnrolled: Aug 2024ContinuingSupervisor
Awards And Honours
- Best Oral Presentation Award, International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy (BSBB-2022), Organised at IIT Guwahati, 7-11 December 2022., 2022
- Travel assistance for presenting research work at Asian Congress on Biotechnology 2019, Taiwan, 2019
- Visiting research scholar, Aalto University, Finland, 2018
Memberships / Fellowships
- Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) Life member since 2015., 2015
- Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) Life member since 2013, 2013