Dr. Priyanka Gupta

		Dr. Priyanka Gupta DST INSPIRE Faculty Ph.D, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Ph: 06115-233-984 E-mail: priyanka[AT]iitp.ac.in Website:
Research Areas	:	Bio-electrochemical systems including microbial photo electrosynthesis and microbial fuel cells; Synthesis of value-added chemicals via CO2 reduction; Advanced oxidation processes including catalytic wet air oxidation and photocatalysis; Biodegradation; Synthesis of multi-functional nanomaterials
Courses taught at IIT P	:	CB 303: Mass Transfer II CB 424: Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering CB 510: Advanced Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
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Professional Experience	:	DST INSPIRE Faculty (June 2023 - present)
Awards & Honours	:	INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, 2022 call Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis award, 2023 Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship, IIT Kanpur Ministry of Education, Government of India, Delhi, India
Patent	:	A packed bed microbial fuel cell (MFC) to treat wastewater in continuous mode (Patent no. 429748, Application no. 202111038920, 24 April 2023; Inventors: Komal Pandey, Priyanka Gupta, Nishith Verma (IIT Kanpur), Shiv Singh).
Book Chapters	:	Gupta, N. Verma. Exploring carbon surface using electron microscopy: Applications to energy, environment and health, IITK Directions, Krishanu Biswas et al. (Eds): Electron Microscopy in Science and Engineering, ISBN 9789-8116-5100-7, Springer Nature, 6 (2022). Gupta. Recent advancements in photocatalytic materials for applications in photo-assisted microbial electrosynthesis, Emerging Trends and Advances in Microbial Electrochemical Technologies, Elsevier (2024). T. Noori, P. Gupta, I. Das. Scaling up efforts and challenges in microbial electrochemical technologies for electricity, hydrogen, and volatile fatty acid productions, Emerging Trends and Advances in Microbial Electrochemical Technologies, Elsevier (2024).
Publications	:	Gupta, N. Verma. Conversion of CO2 to formate using activated carbon fiber-supported g-C3N4-NiCoWO4 photoanode in a microbial electrosynthesis system, Chemical Engineering Journal, 446 (2022), 137029. Gupta, K. Pandey, N. Verma. Augmented complete mineralization of glyphosate in wastewater via microbial degradation post CWAO over supported Fe-CNF, Chemical Engineering Journal, 428 (2022), 132008. Gupta, N. Verma. Evaluation of degradation and mineralization of glyphosate pollutant in wastewater using catalytic wet air oxidation over Fe-dispersed carbon nanofibrous beads, Chemical Engineering Journal, 417 (2021), 128029. Gupta, K. Pandey, N. Verma. Improved oxygen reduction and simultaneous glyphosate degradation over iron phthalocyanine and reduced graphene oxide‒dispersed activated carbon fiber electrodes in a microbial fuel cell, Journal of Power Sources, 514 (2021), 230592. Gupta, M. T. Noori, A. E. Nunez, N. Verma. An insight into the bioelectrochemical photoreduction of CO2 to value-added chemicals, iScience, 24 (2021), 102294. Pandey, P. Gupta, N. Verma, S. Singh. CeO2 sprinkled graphitic novel packed bed anode-based single-chamber MFC for treatment of high organic-loaded industrial effluent in upflow continuous mode, Journal of Materials Chemistry: A, 9 (2021), 23106-23116. Awasthi, A. Arya, P. Gupta, R. Kumar, J. Singh, and D. Datta. Adsorption of reactive blue-13, an acidic dye, from aqueous solution using magnetized activated carbon, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 65 (2020), 2220–2229. Gupta, M. T. Noori, J. Jack. Microbial Photo Electrosynthesis for Efficient CO2 Conversion using MXenes: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2024).
Conferences	:	P. Gupta, N. Verma, Removal of glyphosate from water by catalytic wet air oxidation using Fe nanoparticles-dispersed carbon nanofibrous activated carbon beads, International Conference on Energy and Environmental Technologies for Sustainable Development (CHEM-CONFLUX20), 14-16 February 2020, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India. (Best oral presentation award) P. Gupta, N. Verma, Efficient mineralization of glyphosate in wastewater by integrated air oxidation-microbial degradation over Fe-CNF supported beads, International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Research for Energy and Environmental Management (ASREEM), 6-8 August 2021, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat, India. (Best oral presentation award) P. Gupta, N. Verma, Efficient production of formate in microbial electrosynthesis system based on novel activated carbon fiber-supported nickel-cobalt tungstate and graphitic carbon nitride z-scheme photoanode, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress & 74th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, CHEMCON 2021, 27-30 December 2021, Bhubaneswar, India. P. Gupta, N. Verma, Efficient conversion of aqueous carbon dioxide to formate with solar to fuel conversion efficiency of 1.48%, 7th International New York Conference on Evolving Trends in Interdisciplinary Research & Practices, 1-3 October 2022, Manhattan, New York City. P. Gupta, N. Verma, An insight into semiconductor biohybrid nanomaterials and genetically engineered microbes for solar-driven CO2 reduction to carbonaceous products, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress & 75th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, CHEMCON 2022, 27-30 December 2022, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India. P. Gupta, Recent Advancements in Solar-Driven CO2 Bioelectrosynthesis, Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, An International Conference on Energy Transition: Challenges and Opportunities, IIChE-CHEMCON 2023, 27-30 December 2023, Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata, India. (Best oral presentation award) P. Gupta, Microbial Electrosynthesis: Sustainable Approach Towards CO2-neutral economy, Young Scientists Conference, 9th India International Science Festival 2023, 17th to 20th January, 2024, DBT THSTI - RCB Campus, Faridabad, India.