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• Ph.D., Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2005
• M. Tech, Dairy and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India, 2000
• B.E., Agricultural Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India, 1998

• Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, 2018 – present
• Associate Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, 2013 – 2018
• Assistant Professor, The University of Georgia, 2007 – 2013
• Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia, 2005 – 2006

• Biological and chemical process modeling, simulation & optimization
• Sustainable biomass feedstock supply logistics system
• Novel biomass densification, torrefaction and thermal conversion technologies
• Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Novel routes to produce nano-size cellulose, chemicals & biocomposites

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• Nitric oxide-releasing packaging membranes
  U.S. Patent 10,494,493
• Torrefaction reduction of coke formation on catalysts used in esterification and cracking of biofuels from pyrolysed lignocellulosic feedstocks
  U.S. Patent 9,175,235

• Integrated Biorefinery and Carbon Cycling
• BioEnergy Engineering Research Laboratory
• ResearchGate Profile