Prof. Usha K Aravind joined the School of Environmental Studies in 2019 after a long and fruitful career as a Research Coordinator (Research Scientist) at the Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development (ACESSD), M.G. University. She specializes in Green technology, especially in the development of nanomembranes for environmental applications such as water purification, low-pressure filtrations, water treatment, water pollution, protein adhesive surfaces, protein-based sensors, and structural variation of proteins, and Advanced Oxidation Processes (for the degradation of organic pollutants). She holds 16+ years of experience teaching Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Water-Air-Soil Chemistry, membrane chemistry and technology, bio-energy, etc.

Advanced Oxidation Process, Biophysical studies of proteins, Fate of emerging contaminats, Membrane Technology

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Occurrence of azo-dyes, plasticizers, and PAH-bound microplastics: an emerging source and sink for hazardous compounds in indoor environments?, Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, Springer 2023

Human exposure to methyl and butyl parabens and their transformation products in settled dust collected from urban, semi-urban, rural, and tribal settlements in a tropical environment, Environmental Research, Elsevier 2023

Degradation studies of Bisphenol S by ultrasound activated persulfate in aqueous medium, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Elsevier 2023

Singlet oxygen in the removal of organic pollutants: An updated review on the degradation pathways based on mass spectrometry and DFT calculations, Chemosphere, Pergamon 2023

Delineating the cascade of molecular events in protein aggregation triggered by Glyphosate, Aminomethylphosphonic acid, and Roundup in Serum albumins., Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDIES OF RAW MATERIALS FOR OBTAINING PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING FERTILIZERS, Chemical Journal of Kazakhstan, 2023

Advanced Oxidation Processes for Degradation of Water Pollutants—Ambivalent Impact of Carbonate Species: A Review, Water, MDPI 2023

Nonphotochemical generation of Singlet oxygen in pollutant remediation: A mini-review on the degradation pathway based on mass spectrometry and DFT calculations, , 2023

TECHNOLOGY FOR OBTAINING CHELATED ORGANOMINERAL MICRO-FERTILIZERS BASED ON HUMATE-CONTAINING COMPONENTS , RASAYAN Journal of Chemistry , 2023

Spectro-kinetic investigations on the release mechanism of lysozyme from layer-by-layer reservoirs, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces,, Elsevier 2023

Nanolayered Coir fiber -A green material for the recycling of color industry waste water, 35 th Kerala Science Congress , 2023

Presence of Traditional and Emerging Contaminants in Environmental Matrices: Toxicological Implications Based on Protein Amyloid Formation, International conference on water: From pollution to purification ICW 2023, 2023

"Antimicrobial Activity of Lysozyme Loaded CHI/PSS Multilayer Membranes", International conference on water: From pollution to purification ICW 2023, 2023

"Mass Spectrometric Analysis for the Occurrence of Steroid Hormone in River Water in Southern India", International conference on water: From pollution to purification ICW 2023, 2023

"Interaction of Chlorophene with PEI/PSS Coated Microfiltration membrane", International conference on water: From pollution to purification ICW 2023, 2023

Characterization of Gorakhpur Terracotta Clay and its Potential use as a Water Filter in Eastern UP, India, Proceedings of the International conference in recent advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2023

Identification of flame retardants in indoor dust and it's interaction with biomacromolecules, Natural Science and green technologies for sustainable Development (NTSD 2022), 2022

Continuous mapping of riverine system in Kochi city using mass spectrometry., Natural Science and green technologies for sustainable Development (NTSD 2022), 2022

Biomonitoring of indoor air contaminants using spider webs, International Conference on Soil, Water, and Air Pollution-ICSWAP 2022, 2022

"Polyelectrolyte coated Microfiltration membranes for the Enrichment of phosphate from aquatic Matrix. ", International Conference on Soil, Water, and Air Pollution-ICSWAP 2022, 2022

World Scientist and University Rankings 2021 from AD Scientific index -scientific rankings, in the year 2021

World Scientist and University Rankings 2022 from AD Scientific index -scientific rankings, in the year 2022

World Scientist and University Rankings 2023 from AD Scientific index -scientific rankings, in the year 2023

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Development of multilayer (nano)membranes for protein purification" (Department of Science and Technology (DST),- 2004 -2008 , Total outlay Rs.1750000)

"Immobilization of proteins to self- assembled (nano) films and their related applications as sensor." (DST, New Delhi- 2009 -2012 , Total outlay Rs.1300000)

"Chemical transformation and bioaccumulation of mercury in Vembanad wetland and Cochin Near Shore Areas" (Department of Ocean Development, New Delhi- 2008 -2011 , Total outlay Rs.6500000)

"Clean Energy: An Alternate Route To DMFC Through Chitosan Based Nanomembranes" (University Grants Commission (UGC) Under Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative- 2012 -2015 , Total outlay Rs.12500000)

"Polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes for the treatment of paper and pulp industry waste water" (Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Trivandrum- 2014 --0001 , Total outlay Rs.260000)

"Nanoskinned coir matrix for the removal of biological contaminants from water" (DST, New Delhi- 2017 -2020 , Total outlay Rs.3200000)

"Detection and identification of pharmaceutical waster in Vembanad lake" (Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Trivandrum- 2018 -2021 , Total outlay Rs.2500000)

"“Nanofibre structures for efficient enzyme immobilization in membrane applications”" (Danish Research Council- 2016 -2017 )

"Layer by layer (LbL) assisted antimicrobial membranes for water purification" (SPARC (MHRD) New Delhi- 2019 -2023 , Total outlay Rs.4459175)

"Towards sustainable surface water ecosystems in India: Predicting the fate, transport and effects of urban wastewater pollutants in rivers." (SPARC (MHRD) New Delhi- 2019 -2023 , Total outlay Rs.4849175)

"Establishment of centre for sensor Devices" (Government of Kerala under PLEASE(Performance Linked Encouragement for Academic Studies and Endeavours)- 2021 --0001 , Total outlay Rs.24800000)

"Portable Device for the preliminary analysis of preeclampsia (consortium project)" (DST NEW DELHI- 2021 -2022 , Total outlay Rs.2444083)

"Carbon dioxide selective membrane creation using hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymer for the recovery of methane as an energy carrier form biogas " ( INDO –RUSSIA (SPARC (MHRD) New Delhi- 2023 -2025 , Total outlay Rs.4690089)

"• Antifouling Multi- Layered Membranes for the Removal of Micro Organisms from Water" (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan 2.0 (RUSA 2.0)- 2023 -2024 , Total outlay Rs.3500000)