Dr. P. Senthil Kumar
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Dr. P. Senthil Kumar received his B.Tech Chemical Engineering from University of Madras (16th Rank), M.E. Environmental Engineering from Anna University (1st Rank) and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India. He has a wide research experience in the fields of Water/Wastewater Analysis, Pollution Control Treatment Methods, Environmental Nanobiotechnology and Alternative Fuels. He has 18 years of teaching and research experience. He holds one Indian Patent on “Shrimp Shell Waste into Biodegradable Grocery Bags”, 700+ International Journal Publications, 100+ book chapters and 100+ National/International Conference Publications. He has 50700 citations with a Google Scholar h-index of 105 along with i10 index of 635. He has been listed in Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2022 (Cross-Field), Top 2% Scientist reported by Elsevier and Stanford University, United States based on Scopus database for consecutive 5 years from 2020 to 2024, Ranked #3 in India among Best Scientists (Environmental Sciences) for the years 2023 and 2024 from Research.com, and also received AICTE National Technical Teachers Award (NTTA 2022), Malaviya Memorial (Young Faculty) Award 2019, IEI Young Engineers Award 2017-2018, Hiyoshi Think of Ecology Award 2017, CTS Best Teacher Award and Many Young Scientist Awards. Under his guidance, 17 Ph.D. Scholars have completed their Ph.D. degree, guided 10 Post Doctoral Fellows and 7 Ph.D. scholars are currently pursuing their research in the various fields of environmental and chemical engineering.
Notable & Recent Publications
Gowri Pooja, Ponnusamy Senthil Kumar*, Chitra Boobalan, Gayathri Rangasamy, Efficient removal of pharmaceutical contaminants from aqueous solution using plant-derived biosurfactant assisted dissolved air flotation process, Langmuir, Vol. 40, pp. 27676-27689, 2024.
Jenet George, Vahulabaranan Rajagopalan, P. Senthil Kumar*, Maheswari Purushothaman, Panneerselvam Perumal, Vinoth Kumar Vaidyanathan*, Gayathri Rangasamy, Fabrication and characterization of poly(methyl vinyl ether maleic anhydride) blended poly(lactic acid) ultrafiltration membrane with upgraded antifouling and separation performance, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 181, pp. 2237-2246, 2024.
B. Senthil Rathi, P.Senthil Kumar*, Gayathri angasamy, Michael Badawi, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, Membrane-based removal of fluoride from groundwater, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 488, pp. 150880, 2024.
Simiyon Denisdon, Ponnusamy Senthil Kumar*, Gayathri Rangasamy, High-performance NiO/GCN nanohybrids synthesized under different thermal conditions for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 63, pp. 6951-6959, 2024.
P.Senthil Kumar*, M. Shanmugapriya, G. Prasannamedha, Gayathri Rangasamy, Immobilization of hydrochar in cellulose beads for eradicating paracetamol from synthetic and sewage water, Environmental Pollution, Vol. 342, pp. 123035, 2024.
