Debkumar Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

Department of Life Sciences

GITAM School of Science

Visakhapatnam

Education

PGPCM

dchakrab@gitam.edu

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ORCiD

1. Eight years of postdoctoral research and teaching experience 2. Doctorate in Biotechnology (Specialization: Fermentation Technology/Metabolic Engineering/Food Biotechnology/Biohydrogen and bio methanation) 3. Well-versed in the design of anaerobic digestion/fermentation processes 4. Currently working on wastewater and solid waste treatment and bioresource recovery

Research Publications

1. Chakraborty, D., Chatterjee, S., Althuri, A., Palani, S.G., Venkata Mohan, S. 2022. Sustainable enzymatic treatment of organic waste in a framework of circular economy. Bioresource Technology, 370, p2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022. I.F: 11.889
2. Chakraborty, D., Karthikeyan, O.P., Selvam, A., Palani, S.G., Ghangrekar, M.M. and Wong, J.W.C 2022. Two-phase anaerobic digestion of food waste: Effect of semi-continuous feeding on acidogenesis and methane production. Bioresource Technology, 346, p.126396. I.F: 11.889
3. Chakraborty D*., and Venkata Mohan, S. 2019. Efficient resource valorization by co-digestion of Food and Vegetable Waste using Three Stage Integrated Bioprocess. Bioresource Technology, 284, 373-380. I.F: 11.889
4. Chakraborty D., and Venkata Mohan, S. (2018) Effect of Food to Vegetable Waste Ratio on Acidogenesis and Methanogenesis During Two-Stage Integration. Bioresource Technology, 254, 256-263.
Doki, M.M., Mehta, A.K., Chakraborty, D., Ghangrekar, M.M., Dubey, B.K., Alloul, A., Moradvandi, A., Vlaeminck, S.E. and Lindeboom, R.E., 2024. Recovery of purple non-sulfur bacteria-mediated single-cell protein from domestic wastewater in two-stage treatment using high rate digester and raceway pond. Bioresource Technology, p.131467

Ongoing Research Projects

1) “Effects of salt and heat pre-treated inoculum on bio hydrogen production and metabolic profiling during acidogenesis of food and vegetable waste”, GITAM SEED grant (5/12/2023-5/12/2024), 5 lakh (ongoing). GITAM Visakhapatnam campus
2. “ZDHYDRO Development of an Integrated Zero Discharge Model for Sewage Sludge to Enhanced Hydrogen Production”, a multi-Institute and Multi nation project (DST/INT-ETC/IGDF-2022/08) (96,56,702/-) (ongoing at IIT KGP). Team member.
3. “Selective resource recovery from kitchen waste by integrated Dark Fermentation-Microbial electrolysis cell and ion substitution electrodialysis”. IIT KGP and National Institute of Research and Development for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Romania (PNRR-I8-2023). Accepted. Team member.
4. Biohydrogen and biochemical production in 100L scale, GITAM MURTI fund, Rs. 5 lakh

Expertise

Biohydrogen and biomethanation in circular economy
Microbial technology
Environmental Biotechnology and organic waste management
Metabolic engineering
Fermentation technology