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	:	CB303: Mass Transfer II
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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	:	P. 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 978-981-16-5100-7, Springer Nature, 6 (2022).
Publications	:	P. 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. P. 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. P. 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. P. 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. P. 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. K. 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. A. 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.