Samir Khanal
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences & BioEngineering
University of Hawaii
United States of America
Biography
Education : Iowa State University Ames, IA Post-doc. 2004 Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., HK Env. Eng. Ph. D. 2002 Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Env. Eng. M. S. 1997 Malaviya National Institute of Tech., India Civil Eng. B. S. (honors) 1993
Research Interest
Microbial processes for resource recovery and waste remediation • Waste/agri-residues to biofuel and biobased products and biorefinery • Anaerobic biorefinery • Hydrogenetrophic methanogenesis • Novel sulfate-reducing pathway for energy-efficient wastewater treatment • ORP-based process control for biological waste treatment system • Aquaponic for nitrogen recovery and climate change mitigation • Biochar applications for waste (water) treatment and biogas upgrading • Low-cost decentralized waste treatment system including anaerobic membrane bioreactor. •High solids digestion and bioenergetics
Publications
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4. K.C., Surendra, Ogoshi, R., Reinhardt-Hanisch, A., Oechsner, H., Hashimoto, A., Khanal, S. K. Anaerobic digestion of high yielding tropical energy crops for biogas production: Effects of crop types, locations and plant parts. Biotechnology for Biofuels (in-review).
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2. Nguyen, D., Wu, Z., Shrestha, S., Lee, P.-H., Raskin, L., and Khanal, S.K. Oxidation-reduction potential (ORP)-based micro-aeration for anaerobic digestion process stability: Evaluation of microbial communities and mechanism Environmental Science and Technology (submitted).
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1. Sawatdeenarunat, C., Nam, H., Adhikari, S., Raskin, L., Sung, S., and Khanal, S. K. Innovative decentralized biorefinery for lignocellulosic biomass: Integrating anaerobic digestion with thermochemical conversion. Environmental Science and Technology. (submitted).
