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Prof. PRADHAN, Nirakar

Associate Professor

(+852) 3411 7747
(+852) 3411 7747
RRS 831

Education

Ph.D. (Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France)

M.Eng. (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)

B.Tech. (Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, India)

Academic Staff
OVERVIEW
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RECENT RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS
SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
OTHER POSITIONS & COMMUNITY SERVICES
POSITION(S) AVAILABLE

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

  1. Luo, L., Vecchione, D., Aponte, M., Blaiotta, G., Pradhan, N.*, Dessi, P.* (2026) Yeast bioaugmentation fosters medium-chain carboxylates and polyhydroxyalkanoates production from cheese whey. Bioresource Technology 387, 134979.
  2. Luo, L., Leelayouthayotin, C., Di Capua, F., Pradhan, N.* (2026) Multilayer graphene reshapes syntrophic interactions and enhances methane production during anaerobic digestion of food waste. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 14, 121872.
  3. Luo, L., Chan, T.T., Tan, G.Y.A., Di Capua, F., Pradhan, N.* (2025) Comparison of mono-and co-digestion of moderately thermo-alkaline pretreated sewage sludge with food waste: Effects on methane production and microbial communities. Biomass and Bioenergy 208, 108789.
  4. Luo, L, Pradhan, N.* (2024). Anaerobic mono-digestion and co-digestion of food waste and mixed sewage sludge: A comparative analysis of metabolic patterns and taxonomic profiles. Chemical Engineering Journal 489, 151397.
  5. Luo, L, Lim, R., Pradhan, N.* (2024). Lactic acid-based fermentative hydrogen production from kitchen waste: Mechanisms and taxonomic insights. Chemical Engineering Journal 488, 150854.
  6. Luo, L., Mak, K., Mal, J., Khanal, S.K., Pradhan, N.* (2023). Effect of zero-valent iron nanoparticles on taxonomic composition and hydrogen production from kitchen waste. Bioresource Technology 387, 129578.
  7. Luo, L., Pradhan, N.* (2022). Salinity impact on the metabolic and taxonomic profiles of acid and alkali treated inoculum for hydrogen production from food waste. Bioresource Technology 362, 127815.
  8. Luo, L., Sriram, S., Johnravindar, D., Martin, T.L.P., Wong, J.W.C., Pradhan, N.* (2022) Effect of inoculum pretreatment on the microbial and metabolic dynamics of food waste dark fermentation. Bioresource Technology 358, 127404.
  9. Pradhan, N.*, d’Ippolito, G., Dipasquale, L., Esposito, G., Panico, A., Lens, P.N.L., Fontana, A. (2021) Kinetic modeling of hydrogen and L-lactic acid production by Thermotoga neapolitana via capnophilic lactic fermentation. Bioresource Technology 332, 125127
  10. Roy, S., Pradhan, N., Ng, H.W., Wuertz, S.* (2021) Denitrification kinetics indicates nitrous oxide uptake is unaffected by electron competition in Accumulibacter. Water Research 189,116557.