Research Interests:

• *) Environmental chemistry
• *) Production and application of biochar from agricultural and solid waste materials
• *) Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation
• *) Environment friendly utilization of waste resources
• *) Remediation of contaminated soils and waters
• *) Revitalization of abandoned soils
• *) Wastewater treatment
• *) Waste management

Completed Research:

• *) Revitalization of saline soil by electrokinetic remediation
• *) Stabilization of lead and copper in the e-waste contaminated soil using sludge derived biochar
• *) Immobilization of lead and copper in firing range soil using bone-powder and bone-char
• *) Synthesis of slow release fertilizer and its application in soil for plant productivity
• *) Designing and optimization of a cost-effective pyrolyzer for biochar and bio-oil production from biowaste
• *) Removal of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) from water by modified biochars derived from peanut shells
• *) Effect of orange peel derived biochar on herbicides mobility in agricultural soil
• *) Enhanced removal of chromium(VI) from tannery industry wastewater and soil remediation with biochar
• *) Adsorption of moxifloxacin and ofloxacin from water using biochars produced from different feedstock
• *) Carbon negative potential of biochar derived from solid waste in saline soil
• *) Potential of saw dust- and rice husk-derived biochars on leaching behavior of arsenic in contaminated soil
• *) Nitrates and phosphates removal from water by biochar and its application to soil as fertilizer
• *) Revitalization of saline soil with acidic biochar derived from municipal solid waste