Kannan Pakshirajan
Professor
Biosciences and Bioengineering
IIT Guwahati
India
Biography
Prof. Kannan Pakshirajan specializes on biological removal of pollutants (organic/inorganic) and resource recovery from wastes. His areas of research interest are Environmental Biotechnology, Biological removal and recovery of inorganic compounds from wastewaters, Biofuels and other Biotechnological Products: production, process design, kinetics and environmental applications He is currently the Head of the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. Prof. Pakshirajan is a recipient of many awards and honours. These include, besides others, Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Award for Young Scientist, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) Young Scientist Award, Hiyoshi Young Leaf Award, Japan, Top Reviewer Award, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Publications. He has authored and co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed journal publications; produced 7 Ph.Ds and guides 9 Ph.D. students. He is an active life member of renowned professional societies which include Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and Biotechnology Research Consortium of India (BRSI).
Research Interest
Microbial Biotechnology Biofuels Biomolecular and Cellular Process Engineering Environmental Biology and Microbiology Solid waste Treatment Industrial Wastewater Treatment Environmental Biotechnology Bioseparation Engineering Chemical Reaction Engineering Biochemical Engineering Laboratory
Publications
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Sinha, V., Pakshirajan, K., Manikandan, N. A., & Chaturvedi, R. (2017). Kinetics, biochemical and factorial analysis of chromium uptake in a multi-ion system by Tradescantia pallida (Rose) DR Hunt. International Journal of Phytoremediation, (just-accepted). Impact factor: 2.4
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L. Goswami, M. M. Tejas Namboodiri, R. V. Kumar, K. Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi (2017) Biodiesel production potential of oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus grown on biomass gasification wastewater. Renewable Energy, 105, 400-406 Impact factor: 3.404
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Sinha, V., Manikandan, N. A., Pakshirajan, K., & Chaturvedi, R. (2017). Continuous removal of Cr (VI) from wastewater by phytoextraction using Tradescantia pallida plant based vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland system. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 119, 96-103. Impact factor: 2.429
