Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute Of Bio-Energy

Biography

Dr. Senthil Nagappan holds a Ph.D. from BITS Pilani – Pilani Campus and completed a postdoc at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Qatar University. He serves as a Scientist at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (SSS-NIBE). His expertise encompasses algae biorefinery techniques aimed at promoting sustainable practices within circular economy models. Additionally, Dr. Nagappan focuses on formulating efficient animal feed and aquafeed solutions and investigating the extraction and utilization of biopigments from microalgae for various applications. He is also actively engaged in developing bioelectrosynthesis processes and carbon capture, storage, and utilization (CCUS) methods.

Research

Bioelectrosynthesis, Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization (CCUS), Algae Biorefinery, Circular Economy Models ,Animal Feed and Aquafeed Production, Biopigments Extraction.

Group Member

Dr. Dig Vijay Singh

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I am Dr. Dig Vijay Singh (PDF) working on microalgae and its utilization for wastewater treatment and bioenergy production. Lately, I am also exploring the concept of biorefinery and circular buoeceonomy using microalgae based systems.

Mr. Amit Dobhal

Research Associate

Amit Dobhal (JRF) has completed her Bachelors and masters in Microbiology from HNB Garhwal Central University. He has qualified CSIR NET Life Science 2023 with a 44 rank, GATE 2022 in Life Science with a rank of 503, and ICAR NET 2020 in Agriculture Microbiology. He is currently working as a Junior Research Fellow under the Bioenergy Promotion Fellowship and pursuing her PhD at IIT Roorkee in Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering. His research area focuses on "Integrated wastewater treatment using algal biorefinery and the production of various bioproduct"

Lab

Electrochemistry lab and biochemical lab shared with Dr. Anil Sarma, Dr. Sanjeev, and Dr. Sachin.

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YB1vMq0AAAAJ&hl=en

Review on sustainable production of biochar through hydrothermal liquefaction: Physico-chemical properties and applications VK Ponnusamy, S Nagappan, RR Bhosale, CH Lay, DD Nguyen, ... Bioresource technology 310, 123414	96	2020
Potential of two-stage cultivation in microalgae biofuel production S Nagappan, S Devendran, PC Tsai, HU Dahms, VK Ponnusamy Fuel 252, 339-349	85	2019
Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass into bio-oils and other value-added products–A review S Nagappan, RR Bhosale, DD Nguyen, NTL Chi, VK Ponnusamy, ... Fuel 285, 119053	52	2021
Passive cell disruption lipid extraction methods of microalgae for biofuel production–a review S Nagappan, S Devendran, PC Tsai, S Dinakaran, HU Dahms, ... Fuel 252, 699-709	52	2019
Potential of microalgae as a sustainable feed ingredient for aquaculture S Nagappan, P Das, M AbdulQuadir, M Thaher, S Khan, C Mahata, ... Journal of Biotechnology 341, 1-20	40	2021
Metabolomics integrated with transcriptomics and proteomics: Evaluation of systems reaction to nitrogen deficiency stress in microalgae S Nagappan, S Devendran, PC Tsai, H Jayaraman, V Alagarsamy, ... Process Biochemistry 91, 1-14	34	2020
Various potential techniques to reduce the water footprint of microalgal biomass production for biofuel—A review A Pugazhendhi, S Nagappan, RR Bhosale, PC Tsai, S Natarajan, ... Science of The Total Environment 749, 142218	33	2020
Enhancement of biofuel production by microalgae using cement flue gas as substrate S Nagappan, PC Tsai, S Devendran, V Alagarsamy, VK Ponnusamy Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27 (15), 17571-17586	28	2020
Co-production of biodiesel and alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3 fatty acid) from microalgae, Desmodesmus sp. MCC34 S Nagappan, S Kumar Verma Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 40 …	27	2018
Growth model for raceway pond cultivation of Desmodesmus sp. MCC34 isolated from a local water body S Nagappan, SK Verma Engineering in Life Sciences 16 (1), 45-52	23	2016
Direct saponification of wet microalgae by methanolic potassium hydroxide using acetone as co-solvent S Nagappan, RR Kumar, JR Balaji, S Singh, SK Verma Bioresource Technology Reports 5, 351-354	22	2019
Blue biotechnology: a vision for future marine biorefineries SP Prabha, S Nagappan, R Rathna, R Viveka, E Nakkeeran Refining Biomass Residues for Sustainable Energy and Bioproducts, 463-480	18	2020
Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria as a potential resource for efficient biodiesel production S Nagappan, R Bhosale, DD Nguyen, A Pugazhendhi, PC Tsai, ... Fuel 279, 118440	16	2020
Investigation of four microalgae in nitrogen deficient synthetic wastewater for biorefinery based biofuel production S Nagappan, G Kumar Environmental Technology & Innovation 23, 101572	13	2021
Biorefinery: a concept for co-producing biofuel with value-added products S Nagappan, E Nakkeeran Environmental Biotechnology Vol. 2, 23-52	7	2020
Current trends and prospects of transforming food waste to biofuels in India JGA Jeno, R Viveka, S Varjani, S Nagappan, E Nakkeeran Waste Biorefinery, 391-419	5 *	2021
Nutrients and energy digestibility of microalgal biomass for fish feed applications SN Annamalai, P Das, MIA Thaher, M Abdul Quadir, S Khan, C Mahata, ... Sustainability 13 (23), 13211	4	2021
Protein engineering approaches for lignocellulosic ethanol biorefinery S Nagappan, E Nakkeeran Biovalorisation of Wastes to Renewable Chemicals and Biofuels, 243-260	3	2020
The Potential of Marine Microalgae for the Production of Food, Feed, and Fuel (3F) C Mahata, P Das, S Khan, MIA Thaher, M Abdul Quadir, SN Annamalai, ... Fermentation 8 (7), 316	2	2022
A comparative physicochemical property assessment and techno-economic analysis of biolubricants produced using chemical modification and additive-based routes S Khan, P Das, MA Quadir, M Thaher, SN Annamalai, C Mahata, ... Science of The Total Environment 847, 157648	1	2022
Recent advances in nanotechnology-based cell toxicity evaluation approaches relevant to biofuels and bioenergy applications S Nagappan, JGA Jeno, R Viveka, E Nakkeeran Nanomaterials, 713-735		2021
Antimicrobial Haplindole Alkaloids as Chemical Marker for Rapid Identification of Stigonematales (Cyanobacteria) S Singh, S Nagappan, SK Verma Analytical Chemistry Letters 10 (5), 602-608		2020
Current Potentialities and Perspectives of Enzyme Inhibition Based Biosensor S Nagappan, RM Elavarasan, N Dhandapani, E Nakkeeran Enzyme Inhibition-Environmental and Biomedical Applications 1, 97-121

Open Position

One Post doc position available under bioenergy fellowship.

Dr. A. Senthil Nagappan