Dr. Ganesh Moorthy I

Designation : Associate Professor Senior
School / Centre : School of Chemical Engineering
Department : Chemical Engineering

Educational Details

Anna University, Chennai

Ph.D
Chemical Engineering
Graduated in 2014

NIT, Tiruchirappalli

M.Tech.
Chemical Engineering
Graduated in 2007

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

B.Tech.
Chemical Engineering
Graduated in 2002

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • • Bioenergy
  • • Wastewater Treatment
  • • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • • Statistical Modelling and Optimization

: 20
: 31

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Development of agro-waste based heterogeneous catalyst for the production of biodiesel from used cooking oil Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology
Culturable actinomycetes associated with costal lichens: A potential source of bioactive compounds (Co-PI) DBT, New Delhi
Optimization of medium, process parameters and purification of Alkaline protease production from novel Bacillus species through design of experiments All India Council For Technical Education
Eco-friendly biodegradable films derived from Aloe vera Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
An alkaline protease enzyme purifying, recovering apparatus and process thereof 318480
Effective biological delignification of noxious lignocellulosic substrate Prosopis juliflora for bioethanol production with newly isolated Paecilomyces sp. GARJ 355156

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Sustainable Development in Energy and Environment Springer 2020
Microwave-assisted pretreatment of biomass in to biofuel (pg. 271-296) CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Publishers 2019
Microbial Biodiesel Production using Microbes in General CRC Press 2021
Membrane Technology in Bioprocess Engineering Springer, Berlin 2020
Analytical methods in biodiesel production Springer-Nature 2018

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam Innovative Research Award-Society for Engineering Education Enrichment (SEEE)-2020
  • Outstanding Reviewer -Journal of Molecular Liquids-2018
  • Summer Research Fellowship-Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad -2015
  • Young Scientist Fellowship-Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai-2010
  • Academic proficiency prize-National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli-2007