Education Qualification

Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2007

Expertise

Ocean Engineering

Experience

Professor Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2019 - Present

Honours and Awards

• Effect of promoters and inhibitors on the phase stability and kinetics of natural gas hydrates
• Models for phase equilibrium of gas hydrates in the presence of inhibitors, promoters and their mixtures
• Microbial degradation of long chain paraffins and waxy crude oil using mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria
• Evaluation of ionic liquids for crude oil dissolution and enhanced oil recovery
• Formulation of nanofluids and their effect on functional properties of water-based drilling mud
• Synthesis, characterization and performance evaluation of nanoparticle stabilized emulsions for enhanced oil recovery
• Phase equilibria predictions and kinetics of formation and dissociation of gas hydrate systems in bulk and porous media