Dr. Monali Priyadarshini

Designation : Assistant Professor Senior Grade 1
School / Centre : Centre for Clean Environment
Department : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

Educational Details

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Ph.D
Environmental Science and Engineering
Graduated in 2024

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Odisha

M.Tech
Environmental Science and Engineering
Graduated in 2018

College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

B.Tech
Civil Engineering
Graduated in 2016

Post Doctoral Experiences

Project Associate in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras from February 2024 - May 2024 on the project titled “Providing Technical Advisory Services on Water Quality Assurance in all the cities of the state of Odisha”

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • • Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) • (Bio)electrochemical systems • Emerging contaminants • Life cycle assessment (LCA) • Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) • Wastewater treatment and reuse • Waste valorization and resource recovery

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Innovative Strategies Empowering Sustainable Livelihoods: AI-Driven Smart Approaches for Poly Generation, Innovative Farming, and Biopharmaceutical Research ANRF-PAIR 2025 (ANRF/PAIR/2025/000011/PAIR-B)
Quantitative Assessment of Socio-Economic and Environmental impacts of the Leather Industry in India and Identification of Remedial Pathways SPARC 2025 (SPARC/2025-2026/P4013) SPARC 2025 (SPARC/2025-2026/P4013)

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
A method for treatment of petrochemical wastewater 202431033673
Waste-derived Fe3O4/biochar composite for photocatalytic dye degradation 202541122053
Aluminum-based metal-organic framework filter for methylene blue removal 202541122046

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Hybrid treatment solutions for removal of micropollutant from wastewaters John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2023
Application of Electrochemical Technologies for the Efficacious Removal of Persistent Organic Pollutants from Wastewater Springer Nature 2023
Role of Catalysts in Bioelectrochemical Systems Wiley‐VCH GmbH 2 2023
Microbial Remediation Cell Wiley‐VCH GmbH 2023
A Global Overview of Traditional Biological Treatment Technologies Springer Nature Switzerland 2024

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Received TEQIP scholarship in the year 2016-18 in VSSUT.
  • ASCE–EWRI Best Practice Paper Award (2026), ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, Alabama, USA
  • Seal of Excellence, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (2025)
  • Recognized among the world’s top 30 young scientists in climate technologies, Paris, France
  • ICS-ES Best poster award at 59th Annual Convention of Chemists & International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS) -2022, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, India., Best poster presentation in the International Conference on “Sustainability in chemical process through Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence and Green Chemistry”, CHEMCON-2022, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur.

Other Information

Editorial Experience : • Editorial Board Member, Discover Water (Springer Nature), since August 2024 • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), since October 2024
Personal Website Link : https://www.linkedin.com/in/monali-priyadarshini-96a214114/