Research group
PhD
| No | Name | Topic | Period | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sairam Sirigina | Multiple greenhouse gases mitigation: Techno-economic assessment | 2021-2026 (Graduated Mar 2026) | Main supervisor |
2 | Nardana Bazybek | Proof of concept for methane removal from air | 2022-present | Main supervisor |
3 | Pedro Henrique Cabral | Bed materials for biomass gasification and pyrolysis processes | 2022 - present | Main supervisor |
| 4 | Alva Sarby | Using high and low grade heat in bioenergy conversion and negative emission technologies | 2024 - present | Main supervisor |
| 5 | Amirhosein Rajabzadeh Nobakht | H2 use in copper making and CO2 capture and utlisation | 2026 - present | Main supervisor |
Postdoc
| No | Name | Topic | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Greencorn | Oxy-fuel combustion in Kraft mills | 2024-present |
Researcher
| No | Name | Topic | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lucio Rodrigo Alejo Vargas | Processes for production of biooils for transportation fuels: Process modelling and analysis | Feb 2021 – Jan 2022 |
Visiting researchers
| No. | Name (Home University) | Topic | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daria Katla (Silesian University of Technology, Poland) | Techno-economic analysis of power to "X" (biomethane) routes | Nov 2021 - Jan 2022 |
| 2 | Jianqiao Zhao (China University of Mining and Technology, China) | Integrating biomass gasification and electric arc furnace steel making | Nov 2024 - Nov 2025 |
Master thesis (Supervisor/Examiner)
| No | Name | Topic | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lucio Rodrigo Alejo Vargas | Analysis of Negative Emission Ammonia Fertilizer (urea) Process | Jan – Dec 2020 |
2 | Soumia Amara | CO2 capture in industry using chilled ammonia process | Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 |
3 | Salome Lusson | Hydrogen liquefaction chain: Co-product hydrogen and upstream study | Sep 2020 – Mar 2021 |
4 | Abhishek Subramani | Techno-Economic Assessment of a Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Unit in SCA Östrand Pulp Mill | Feb - Jul 2022 |
5 | Adel Mokhtari | Integrating CO2 Utilisation and Biomass Gasification with Steel-making Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF) | Jan - Oct 2022 |
6 | Matilda Palmér | Integrating Chemical Looping Gasification for Hydrogen Generation and CO2 Capture in Pulp Mills | Jan - Jul 2022 |
7 | Mit Rakesh Surati | Experimental characterization of a specific chemisorbent and a physisorbent for direct air capture application | Feb - Sep 2022 |
8 | Mit Jayesh Vora | Calcium Oxide based Carbon Capture in District Energy Systems | Jan - Sep 2022 |
9 | Shivani Jambur | Techno-Economic Assessment of High-Temperature H2O/CO2 Co- Electrolysis in Solid Oxide Electrolysers for Syngas Production | Feb - Jul 2022 |
Interns
| No. | Name (Home University) | Topic | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sehaj Virk (IIT Delhi, India) | Machine learning modules for chemical engineering experiments | May - July 2020 |
2 | Oumar Diakite (Chimie ParisTech, France) | Effect of fuel switching in energy intensive industrial processes | Apr - Aug 2021 |
3 | Abdur Rahman (IIT Delhi, India) | Modeling the reduction of iron ore with different fuels | May - Jul 2021 |
4 | Aditya Goel (BITS Pilani, Goa, India) | Modelling conversion of CH4 at very low concentrations in air | May - Jul 2021 |
5 | Vansh Kalshan (IIT Delhi, India) | Modeling of biomass conversion processes | May - Jul 2021 |
6 | Pranshul Bhatnagar (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India) | Review of catalytic processes for N2O removal from air | May - Jul 2022 |
7 | Harshita Jain (IIT Delhi, India) | 1-D modelling of temperature swing adsorption process for direct air capture of CO2 | May - Jul 2022 |
8 | Deeksha Shridhar (BITS Pilani, Pilani, India) | Techno-economic analysis of modular direct air capture of CO2 capture | May - Jul 2022 |
