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Dr. Faiz Ahmad Ansari   
Researcher
Ph.D. Biotechnology; Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa
Email: faizahmad04@gmail.com
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=P0fycH0AAAAJ&hl=en

Research Area
1. Microalgae cultivation in different medium at lab to large scale
2. Microalgae downstream processing
3. Application of microalgae in aquafeed and energy production
Dr. Phumza Vuyokazi Tikilili- Zungu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Chemical Technology; University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Email: phumzatikilili@gmail.com
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IZ89ksQAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Area
1. Anammox for nitrogen removal from wastewater
2. Biodegradation of pollutants from wastewater
3. Molecular Biology
4. Biological wastewater treatment
5. Environmental Biotechnology
Dr. Arvind Kumar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), India
Email: ArvindK@dut.ac.za; akumar6@ch.iitr.ac.in
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kEJR8G8AAAAJ&hl=en

Research Area
1. Water and Wastewater Treatment
2. Heterogeneous Catalysis with Perovskite and Nanomaterials
3. Catalyst Synthesis and Characterization
4. Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)
Dr. Ncumisa Mpongwana 
Postdoctoral Researcher 
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town South Africa 
Email: ncumisam@dut.ac.za 
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SB_f21kAAAAJ

Research areas 
1. Biological wastewater treatment 
2. Anammox for nitrogen removal from wastewater 
3. Environmental Biotechnology 
Dr. Sourav Kumar Bagchi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. in Algal Biotechnology; Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), India
Email: SouravB@dut.ac.za
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=vX14E_oAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Area
1. Algal Biofuel production, Upstream and downstream processing,
2. Large-scale microalgae cultivation in photobioreactor and 40000 L high-rated raceway ponds,
3. Industrial Wastewater Bioremediation using microalgae,
4. Carbon di-oxide biofixation, lipid biochemistry, carbohydrate biochemistry
Dr. Reeza Patnaik
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. in Algal Biotechnology; Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), India
Email: ReezaP@dut.ac.za
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XETwf6EAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Area
1. Algal bio-refinery: aquafeed, carotenoids, biodiesel, bioethanol
2. Large-scale microalgae cultivation in photobioreactor and 40000 L high-rated raceway ponds,
3. Algal auto-floccuation under outdoor conditions
4. Pigment production from marine and freshwater algae
5. Mutagenesis for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids from algae
Dr. Shisy Jose
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Durban University of Technology Durban, South Africa
Email: ShisyJ@dut.ac.za
Orchid: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-6876-4686
ResearchGate:    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shisy-Jose 
Scholar:   https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dGoiGLkAAAAJ&hl=en 

Research Area
1. Microbiome analysis
2. Metagenomics
3. Metabolomics
4. Microalgal bioinoculants
Dr Suresh Naidu
Research Fellow
Qualification: PhD in Biochemistry
Email: sureshk@dut.ac.za
Google Scholar: ‪Krishna Suresh Babu Naidu – ‪Google Scholar

Research area:
1. Algal Biotechnology
2. Micronanoplastics
3. Application of nanotechnology in improving antimicrobial efficacy and drug delivery via bioactives and compounds (natural products) through improved nanoparticle sensitivity research.
4. Algae mediated biosynthesis of nanoparticles for biomedical applications
5. Isolation, purification, characterization & optimization studies for large scale productions of bioactive compounds.
Dr. Luveshan Ramanna
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Durban University of Technology Durban, South Africa
Email: luveshanr@dut.ac.za
Orchid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7757-2117
ResearchGate:       https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luveshan_Ramanna
Scholar:  https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=2rTJddkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Research Area:
1. Algae cultivation (media and wastewater optimisation), raceway pond and photo-bioreactor operation
2. Spectral conversion e., increasing light availability and photosynthetic rates algae
3. CO2mitigation by microalgae and macroalgae
4. High-value metabolite production in microalgae and macroalgae
Dr. Tonmoy Ghosh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
Email: tonmoyg@dut.ac.za
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gHXRwDsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Orchid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-6229

Research Area:
1. Modulators for enhancement of algal metabolites and/or biomass
2. Optimization of algal pigments (phycobiliproteins, carotenoids) through non-GMO methods
3. Phycobiliproteins’ stability and utility in various applications
Dr. Thobela Biyela
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Durban University of Technology, Kwa Zulu Natala South Africa 
Email: ThobelaC@dut.ac.za
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dXbPZNsAAAAJ

Research Area:
1. Biological wastewater treatment 
2. Wastewater Microbiome
3. Environmental Biotechnology 
4. Antimicrobial resistance and Mobile Genetic Elements
5. One Health
Dr. Cornelius Arome Omatola
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Microbiology; University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
 
Research Area
Clinical and Wastewater-based surveillance with bias for enteric, oncogenic and hepatitis viruses
Dr. Lohith Kumar Dasarahally Huligowda
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD in Biosciences and Bioengineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, M. Tech in Food Process Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India.
  
Research Area:
1. Bioprocess engineering
2. Sensors development for emerging contaminants
3. Extremophiles
4. Lignocellulosic biomass
5. Bioplastics from microbes and plants
Dr. Buyisile Kholisa   Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering; University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Email: buyisilek1@dut.ac.za; bkholisa@gmail.com
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Tne-Zp0AAAAJ&hl=en
 
Research Area:
1. Water and Wastewater Treatment
2. Heavy metal bioremediation
3. Water Reuse and Desalination
Dr. Adegoke Isiaka AdetunjiPostdoctoral Researcher
Degree: Ph.D. Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Email: adegokea@dut.ac.za
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-3652-4984
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=MUBYB7MAAAAJ&hl=en

Research area:
1. Wastewater Treatment & Reuse, and Resource Recovery
2. Microbial Bioprocess Simulation and Modelling
3. Algal Biotechnology
4. Geomicrobiology
5. Climate Change Mitigation
6. Nanobiotechnology
7. Enzymology
8. Environmental Sustainability
Dr. Sandeep Singh Shekhawat
Postdoctoral Researcher 
Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering), Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India
Email: sandeepshekhawat.86@gmail.com ; SandeepS@dut.ac.za  
Orcid ID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7273-5597
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OF8kGGUAAAAJ&hl=en 

Research Area: 
1. Wastewater microbiome 
2. Metagenomics
3. Antimicrobial resistance in wastewater
4. Water disinfection (Chlorine, UV and Hybrid disinfection)
5. Wastewater based epidemiology (WBE)  
Dr. Rahul Kumar Goswami
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, India
Email: rahulg@dut.ac.za; rahulgoswami454@gmail.com   
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SGla9uQAAAAJ&hl=en
 
Research Area:
1. Development of low-cost microalgal cultivation systems
2. Microalgae-assisted wastewater treatment
3. Conversion of biomass to bioenergy and value-added co-products
4. Production of carotenoids from microalgal biomass
5. Process optimization and scale-up from lab to pilot scal
6. Waste Valorization
Dr. Piyush Kant Rai
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Biotechnology, AKS University, India
Email: Piyushr@dut.ac.za; Raipro556@gmail.com
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vIf1-nYAAAAJ&hl=en
 
Research Area:

1. Effect of Drought tolerant PGPR on the growth of plants.
2. Metabolic activity of plants and bacteria.
3. Genomics and proteomics of microbes.
4. Metagenomics and transcriptomics of water and plants.