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Dr. RAJESH P P

Assistant Professor

Department of Biotechnology

Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022, Kerala, India

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rajeshpp@cusat.ac.in



BRIEF BIO
Dr. Rajesh P P is Assistant Professor in Biotechnology department of Cochin University of Science and Technology. He completed his B.Tech Degree in Biotechnology from Sree Chitra Tirunal College of Engineering, Trivandrum and M.Tech degree from IIT Guwahati. He did his PhD from IIT Kharagpur in the field of Bioenergy. His thesis title was “Improving performance of microbial fuel cell by enhancing the bio-catalytic activity of anodic inoculum and electrodes”. He got his Post-Doctoral Research from Korea Maritime and Ocean University. In 2015 he got the prestigious award “Ghandian Young Technological Innovation” from Rashtrapathi Bhavan. Dr. Rajesh has joined in Cochin University of Science and Technology in October 2020.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Microbial fuel cell and microbial electrolysis cell

RESEARCH PROFILES
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=yqWG_EgAAAAJ&hl=en

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 8]
  • 7. Improving Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell by Using Polyaniline-Coated Carbon–Felt Anode, , 2020

  • 8. Performance Evaluation of Microbial Fuel Cell Operated with Pd or MnO2 as Cathode Catalyst and Chaetoceros Pretreated Anodic Inoculum, , 2020

  • 6. Long-term effects of anti-biofouling proton exchange membrane using silver nanoparticles and polydopamine on the performance of microbial electrolysis cells, , 2020

  • 3. Graphene Oxide/Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composite anode and inoculum pre-treatment for improving performance of microbial fuel cell, , 2018

  • 5. Pre-treatment of anodic inoculum with nitroethane to improve performance of a microbial fuel cell, , 2018

  • 4. Modification of carbon felt anode with graphene oxide-zeolite composite for enhancing the performance of microbial fuel cell, , 2017

  • 2. Improving performance of microbial fuel cell while controlling methanogenesis by Chaetoceros pretreatment of anodic inoculum, , 2015

  • Controlling methanogenesis and improving power production of microbial fuel cell by lauric acid dosing, WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2014

  • CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 1]
  • Bioelectricity generation from marine algae Chaetoceros using microbial fuel cell., First International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-energy Research (ICRABR-2015), Kapurthala, 2016

  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
  • GANDHIAN YOUNG TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AWARD from SRISHTI, in the year 2015

  • SPRINGER AWARD from SPRINGER, in the year 2015

  • Ministry of Human Resource Development scholarship from MHRD, in the year 2010

  • SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW from DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, in the year 2012