- M.Sc. ; Ph.D. (Chemistry) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee* (* Formerly known as University of Roorkee).
- Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS).
- Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
- Environmental/Aquatic/water/Surface Chemistry
- Climate change mitigation: Carbon sequestration
- Water/wastewater monitoring, assessment, modeling and remediation using physicochemical treatment methods
- Development of low cost adsorbents/biosorbents/magnetic adsorbents(MACs)/magnetic nanosorbents/ magnetic nanoparticles/nanospheres/hybrid adsorbents for the remediation of priority pollutants(arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, iron, pharmaceuticals, phenols, pesticide from water)
- Biorenewable Resources: Biomass fast pyrolysis for the development of Bio-oils (bio fuels) and Biochars, Bio-oils fractionation, Biorefineries
- Development of Biochar/Engineered biochar/Nanobiochar for Water Purification, Soil Management, Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation
- Surface chemistry of activated carbons and/or alternative adsorbents (physical and chemical properties),
- Acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment and control
- Development of environmentally friendly wood preservatives
- Deinking of pulp and paper
We are also interested in the transfer of basic research to the private sectors/industries/organizations/NGOs for commercial development to aid the poor peoples who cannot afford the sophisticated costly water treatment methods. This research can range from applied to fundamental basic research.
Total Research and Teaching Experience: 26 years
- Professor School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2014– to date)
- Concurrent Faculty, School of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2017– to date)
- Director, Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility (AIRF), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2017-2019)
- Associate Director, Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility (AIRF), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2017)
- Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department, Mississippi, State University, Mississippi State, USA (2017- to date)
- Eminent Visiting Scholar, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia (2017)
- Adjunct Professor, International Centre for Applied Climate Science, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia (2017-2019)
- Visiting Professor, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka (2013)
- Visiting Professor, Kangwon National University (KNU), Chuncheon, Korea (2012)
- Associate Professor School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2008– 2014)
- Post-Doctoral Associate, Chemistry Department,Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA (2005-2007)
- Scientist, Environmental Chemistry Division, Indian CSIR-Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow (2000-2008)
- Lecturer, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad (2000)
- Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Energy & Geo-Environmental Engineering, Penn State University, Uni.Park, State College, PA, USA (1997-1999)
- Visiting Professor, Universidad Autónoma San Luis, Potosí, México (1997)
- Research Associate (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi), Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (1995-1997)
- Senior Research Fellow (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi), Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (1993-1995)
- Clarivate Analytics highly cited Researcher 2016, 2117, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Recipient of prestigious Dr. S. S. Deshpande National Award 2017 (received on Oct 04, 2021)
- Recipient of the Clarivate Analytics India Research Excellence – Citation Awards 2019
- Recipient of the USQ 2017 Research Giant Award given by University of Southern Queensland, Australia
- Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA
- Adjunct Professor, International Centre for Applied Climate Science, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
- Thomson Reuters highly cited Researcher 2014 and 2015
- Chemical Reviews Your Favorite Review campaign winner 2019
- Elsevier’s most Highly Cited Researchers 2016 in Two Categories (1) Environmental Science and Engineering and (2) Chemical Engineering
- Indo-US 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (3rd Cycle) on "Indo-US initiatives on Cleaner Energy and Water Research" awarded by UGC
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Outstanding Scientist in the basic and applied fields recognized by Council and Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in the CSIR report on "70 years of OUTSTANDING SCIENCS IN INDIA".
- NASI - SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 2007 in Environmental Sciences
- Hiyoshi Environmental Award 2010 in recognition of the pioneering spirit, dedication and outstanding research in the field of environmental conservation and protection in India given by Hiyoshi Corporation Japan.
- Awarded the 4th International Biochar Congress Fellowship for the excellent work presented at the Congress (16th-20th Sep 2012, Beijing, China).
- Member, International Advisory Committee of the Prestigious International Biochar Initiatives (IBI) (2013-till to date).
- Associate Editor, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Elsevier ISSN: 2352-801X
- Guest Editor, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Elsevier ISSN: 2352-801X for the special issue on Arsenic and fluoride in natural water, health impacts, risk assessment and removal for safe drinking water supply.
- Editorial Board Member, Biochar, Springer, ISSN: 2524-7972 (w.e.f 2018-till to date)
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier) (w.e.f 2006-2019) ISSN: 0304-3894.
- Associate Editor, Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology( ISSN: 2476-7204)
- Life member of “Indian Network for soil Contamination Research”
- Life member of “Indian Society of Analytical Scientists”
- Invited member, Nature Reader Panel
- Mentor for the Innovation Project (DDU-101) on “Studies on Water Pollution of River Yamuna in Delhi, awarded to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Delhi University sponsored by Delhi University.
- Included/Selected for Who's Who in America, 2009 Edition
- Selected for 7th and 8th Edition of Who’sWho in Science and Engineering
- Nominated as International Scientist of the Year by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2007
Collaboration has been established with several Laboratories around the world and various research activities were carried out/ in progress:
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
- Department of Environmental Geosciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University Seoul. Republic of Korea.
- Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Toowoomba, Australia
- Chemistry Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA
- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA
- Forest Product Lab,Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA
- University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus X1-18, Australia
- Soil Sciences Department, College of Food and agriculture Sciences, P O Box 89770, Riyadh, 11692
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, PR China
- GeoEnvironmental Engineering,Penn State University, University Park, USA
- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russia
- College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Rajagiriya, CO, 10107, Sri Lanka
- Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
- Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Total Publications: >150; H Factor: 69; Total Citations: 33780
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Biochar production and applications in soil fertility and carbon sequestration – a sustainable solution to crop-residue burning in India. Dinesh Mohan,* Kumar Abhishek, Ankur Sarswat, Manvendra Patel, Prachi Singh and Charles U. Pittman Jr, RSC advances, 8, 508-520, 2018 [IF: 3.119; Times Cited: 51] Download
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Heavy Metals [Chromium (VI) and Lead (II)] Removal from Water Using Mesoporous Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanospheres, Madhu Kumari, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Dinesh Mohan, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 442, 120-132, 2015 [IF:7.489 ; Times Cited: 262] Download
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Pyrolysis of wood/biomass for bio-oil: a critical review, Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman, Jr. and Philip H. Steele, Energy and Fuels (ACS), 20(3), 848-889, 2006 [IF:3.412 ; Times Cited: 5310] Download
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Sorption of arsenic, cadmium and lead by chars produced from fast pyrolysis of wood and bark during bio-oil production, Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Mark Bricka, Fran Smith, Ben Yancey, Javeed Mohammad, Philip H. Steele, Maria F. Alexandre-Franco, Vicente Gómez-Serrano and Henry Gong, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science, 310(1), 57-73, 2007 [Impact Factor: 3.066 ; Times Cited: 824] Download
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Arsenic removal from water/wastewater using adsorbents- a critical review, Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman, Jr., Journal of Hazardous Materials, 142(1-2), 1-53, 2007 [IF: 9.038 ; Times Cited: 3285] Download
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Multivariate statistical techniques for the evaluation of spatial and temporal variation in water quality of Gomti River (India)- A case study, Kunwar P. Singh, Amrita Malik, Dinesh Mohan and Sarita Sinha, Water Research, 38, 3980-3992, 2004 [IF: 9.13 ; Times Cited: 1289] Download
- Single and multicomponent adsorption of zinc and cadmium from wastewater using activated carbon derived from bagasse-an agricultural waste material, Dinesh Mohan and Kunwar P. Singh, Water Research, 36( 9), 2302-2316, 2002 [IF: 9.13 ; Times Cited: 1289] Download
- Nanomaterials for Soil Remediation, 1st Edition, Editors: Abdeltif Amrane, Dinesh Mohan, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Aymen Amine Assadi, Ghulam Yasin (ISBN:9780128228913), Elsevier, 2021 (Full Information)
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Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in the Environment: Occurrence, Persistence, Analysis in Aquatic Systems and Possible Management, Manvendra Patel, Abhishek Kumar Chaubey, Charles U. Pittman Jr.; Todd Mlsna, and Dinesh Mohan, Science of the Total Environment, In Press, 2020 (IF= 6.551) Download
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Pharmaceuticals of Emerging Concern in Aquatic Systems: Chemistry, Occurrence, Effects and Removal Methods, Manvendra Patel, Rahul Kumar, Kamal Kishor, Todd Mlsna, Charles U. Pittman, Jr. & Dinesh Mohan* Chemical Reviews, 119(6), 3510-3673, 2019 (IF= 52.758) Download
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Sustainable Low Concentration Arsenite [As(III)] Removal in Single and multicomponent systems using Hybrid Iron Oxide-Biochar Nanocomposite Adsorbents-A mechanistic study, Prachi Singh, Ankur Sarswat, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Todd Mlsna, and Dinesh Mohan, ACS Omega, 5 (6), 2575-2593, 2020 (IF: 2.87) Download
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Biochar Adsorbents with Enhanced Hydrophobicity for Oil Spill Removal, Chanaka Navarathna, Narada Bombuwala Dewage, Cameron Keeton, Jaylen Pennisson, Rand Henderson, Brooke Lashley, Xuefeng Zhang, E Barbary Hassan, Felio Perez, Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman, Jr. and Todd Mlsna, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (8), 9248-9260, 2020 (IF: 8.758) Download
Patent Granted
Pyrolysis Reactor for Biochar Production from Agricultural Residues (Patent No. 380921)
Patent Filed
- Development of Sustainable Hybrid Rice Husk Iron oxide Biochar (RHIOB) and Wheat Husk Iron Oxide Biochar (WHIOB) Nanocomposites for As(III) Removal from Water (Patent application no. 201811010032)
