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Shantonu Roy

About


Core Research Area:
a) Development of technologies for biofuels like biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen.
b) Wastewater treatment using membrane bioreactor.
c) Membrane-based water treatment.
d) Hydrothermal Liquefaction.
e) Feasibility studies on the integration of biomethanation process with electricity generation. 

Academic Qualifications


  • B. Sc. (Hons in Microbiology) at Vidyasagar University;
  • M.Sc Biotechnology at Jadavpur University;
  • Ph.D. (Biochemical Engineering) at IIT Kharagpur

Research Statement


Core Research Area:
a) Development of technologies for biofuels like biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen.
b) Wastewater treatment using membrane bioreactor.
c) Bioelectrochemical systems
d) Development of catalytic Hydrothermal Liquefaction Technologies.
e) Feasibility studies on the integration of biomethanation process with electricity generation. 

Latest Publications


  • 1 Ruma Dutta, Saheli Ghosal, Shantonu Roy, Dipak K Bhattacharyya, Jayati Bhowal, Phytochemical screening and antioxidative property evaluation of lipid-producing fungi, Archives of Microbiology, 2023
  • 2 Laxmi Linggi, Mohanadhas Berlin, Mainak Mallik, Shantonu Roy, Narayanan Natarajan, Mangottiri Vasudevan, Feasibility investigation of adsorptive removal of NH4+ and NO3? species from clayey aquifer using special soils, 1-20, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2020
  • 3 Ghosh, Supratim; Roy, Shantonu, Novel integration of biohydrogen production with fungal biodiesel production process, 288, 121603, Bioresource Technology, 2019
  • 4 Ghosh, Supratim; Banerjee, Abhik; Brajagopal Dutta; Roy, Shantonu, Bio-H2 production using De-oiled cake as cheap nitrogen source and subsequent electricity generation by hybrid system., 4, 1-8, Bioresource Technology Reports, 2018
  • 5 Dev Subhabrata, Shantonu Roy, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Optimization of the operation of packed bed bioreactor to improve the sulfate and metal removal from acid mine drainage, 200, 135-144, Journal of Environmental Management, 2017
  • 6 Supratim Ghosh, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das., Enhancement in lipid content of Chlorella sp. MJ 11/11 from the spent medium of thermophilic biohydrogen production process., 223, 219–226, Bioresource Technology, 2017
  • 7 Pallavi Sinha, Kartik Gaurav, Shantonu Roy, G Balachandar, Debabrata Das, Improvement of biohydrogen production with novel augmentation strategy using different organic residues., 41, 14015–14025, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016
  • 8 Dev Subhabrata, Shantonu Roy, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Understanding the performance of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria based packed bed reactor by growth kinetics study and microbial profiling., 177, 100-107, Journal of Environmental Management, 2016
  • 9 Shantonu Roy, Andrea Schievano, Deepak Pant, Electro-stimulated Microbial Factory for value added product synthesis., 213, 129-139, Bioresource Technology, 2016
  • 10 Shantonu Roy, Pallavi Sinha, Debabrata Das, Genomic and Proteomic approaches for dark fermentative biohydrogen production., 56, 1308–1321, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016
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    Research Areas


    • Biofuel Production

    Publications


    1 Ruma Dutta, Saheli Ghosal, Shantonu Roy, Dipak K Bhattacharyya, Jayati Bhowal, Phytochemical screening and antioxidative property evaluation of lipid-producing fungi, Archives of Microbiology, 2023 2 Laxmi Linggi, Mohanadhas Berlin, Mainak Mallik, Shantonu Roy, Narayanan Natarajan, Mangottiri Vasudevan, Feasibility investigation of adsorptive removal of NH4+ and NO3? species from clayey aquifer using special soils, 1-20, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2020 3 Ghosh, Supratim; Roy, Shantonu, Novel integration of biohydrogen production with fungal biodiesel production process, 288, 121603, Bioresource Technology, 2019 4 Ghosh, Supratim; Banerjee, Abhik; Brajagopal Dutta; Roy, Shantonu, Bio-H2 production using De-oiled cake as cheap nitrogen source and subsequent electricity generation by hybrid system., 4, 1-8, Bioresource Technology Reports, 2018 5 Dev Subhabrata, Shantonu Roy, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Optimization of the operation of packed bed bioreactor to improve the sulfate and metal removal from acid mine drainage, 200, 135-144, Journal of Environmental Management, 2017 6 Supratim Ghosh, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das., Enhancement in lipid content of Chlorella sp. MJ 11/11 from the spent medium of thermophilic biohydrogen production process., 223, 219–226, Bioresource Technology, 2017 7 Pallavi Sinha, Kartik Gaurav, Shantonu Roy, G Balachandar, Debabrata Das, Improvement of biohydrogen production with novel augmentation strategy using different organic residues., 41, 14015–14025, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016 8 Dev Subhabrata, Shantonu Roy, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Understanding the performance of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria based packed bed reactor by growth kinetics study and microbial profiling., 177, 100-107, Journal of Environmental Management, 2016 9 Shantonu Roy, Andrea Schievano, Deepak Pant, Electro-stimulated Microbial Factory for value added product synthesis., 213, 129-139, Bioresource Technology, 2016 10 Shantonu Roy, Pallavi Sinha, Debabrata Das, Genomic and Proteomic approaches for dark fermentative biohydrogen production., 56, 1308–1321, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 11 Preeti Mishra, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das, Comparative evaluation of the hydrogen production by mixed consortium, synthetic co-culture and pure culture using distillery effluent., 198, 593-602, Bioresource Technology, 2015 12 Bidus Das, Shantonu Roy, Dev Subhabrata, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Debabrata Das, Improvement of the degradation of sulfate rich wastewater using sweetmeat waste (SMW) as nutrient supplement., 300, 796-807, Journal of Hazardous Material, 2015 13 Dev Subhabrata, Shantonu Roy, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Debabrata Das, Improvement of Biological Sulfate Reduction by Supplementation of Nitrogen Rich Extract Prepared from Organic Marine Wastes., 104, 264-273, International Biodeterioration& Biodegradation, 2015 14 Jhansi Varanasi, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das, Improvement of energy recovery from cellobiose by thermophillic dark fermentative hydrogen production followed by microbial fuel cell, 40, 8311-8321, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015 15 SoumyaPandit, ShantimoyKhilari, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Pradhan, Debabrata Das., Reduction of start-up time through bioaugmentation process in microbial fuel cells using a newly isolated microbial strain in anode., 01, 106-115, Water Science and Technology, 2015 16 Supratim Ghosh, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das, Improvement of biomass production by Chlorella sp. MJ 11/11 for use as a feedstock for biodiesel., 175, 3322-3335., Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2015 17 Pallavi Sinha, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das, Role of formate hydrogen lyase complex in hydrogen production in facultative anaerobes., 40, 8806-8815, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy., 2015 18 Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das, Biohythane production from organic wastes: Present state of art., 2, 12, Environmental Science and Pollution Research., 2015 19 Shantonu Roy; Debopam Banerjee; Mainak Dutta; Debabrata Das., Metabolically redirected biohydrogen pathway integrated with biomethanation for improved gaseous energy recovery., 158, 471, Fuel Journal, 2015 20 SoumyaPandit, ShantimoyKhilari, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Pradhan, Debabrata Das, Improvement of power generation using Shewanellaputrefaciens mediated bioanode in a single chambered microbial fuel cell: Effect of different anodic operating conditions., 166, 451–457, Bioresource Technology, 2014 21 Bikram K. Nayak, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das, Biohydrogen production from algal biomass (Anabaena sp. PCC 7120) cultivated in airlift photobioreactor., 39, 7553–7560, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2014 22 Shantonu Roy; M Vishnuvardhan; DebabrataDas., Continuous thermophilic biohydrogen production in packed bed reactor., 78, Applied Energy, 2014 23 Shantonu Roy, Kanhaiya Kumar, Supratim Ghosh, Debabrata Das., Thermophilic biohydrogen production using pre-treated algal biomass as substrate., Biomass and Bioenergy, 2014 24 Shantonu Roy, M Vishnuvardhan and Debabrata Das, Improvement of hydrogen production by newly isolated Thermoanaerobacteriumthermosaccharolyticum IIT BT-ST1, 39, 7541–7552., International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2014 25 Kanhaiya Kumar, Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das., Continuous mode of carbon dioxide sequestration by C. sorokiniana and subsequent use of its biomass for hydrogen production using E. cloacae IIT-BT 08., 145, 116-122, Bioresource Technology, 2013 26 Shantonu Roy, Souparno Ghosh, Debabrata Das, Improvement of hydrogen production with thermophilic mixed culture using rice spent wash of distillery industry., 37, 15867–15874, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2012

    Patents


    # Patents Year
    1 MICROALGAL BIOMASS FLOCCULATION USING L-ARGININE TAGGED GUAR GUM 2022

    Projects


    • Concomitant Biofuel production and reclaiming water by integrating acidogenic biohydrogen and Membrane Bioreactor based oleaginous fungal cultivation, Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Realizing “Waste To Energy” Concept Using Hybrid Two Stage Biohydrogen And Biodiesel Production Process, Sponsored
      Ongoing

    Awards


    • DST INSPIRE Faculty, Year: 2016
    • Gold Medal in B.Sc Microbiology Hons., Year: 2008

    Research Groups


    Sayan Roy
    Ph. D.
    09932754108 / 6290516004
    roys9038@gmail.com / 2021ctp001.sayan@students.iiests.ac.in

    Research:
    Algal Biorefinery

    Alisha Mondal
    Ph. D.
    +919932754108 / 9875412237
    mondalalisha13@gmail.com / 2022ctp001.alisha@students.iiests.ac.in

    Research:
    Probiotic Food Product Development

    Citations


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    Created: 23 November 2019