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Dr. Rupam Kataki

Professor

Qualification: PhD
Contact Address:
Department of Energy,
Tezpur University,
P.O.- Napaam, Tezpur,
Assam - 784028, India

Phone: +91 3712275308 (Office); +91 3712275318 (Laboratory);
Fax: +91 3712 267005
E-mail: rupam@tezu.ernet.in; rupamkataki@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization/ Research:

Research Publications (Recent Publications):

  • Mondal SC, Sarma B, Narzari R, Gogoi L, Kataki R, Garg A, Gogoi N. (2022). Role of pyrolysis temperature on application dose of rice straw biochar as soil amendment. Environmental Sustainability, 5: 119–128 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-022-00217-w).
  • Simha P, Barton MA, Perez-Mercado LF, McConville JR, Lalander C, Magri ME, Dutta S, Kabir H, Selvakumar A, Zhou X, Martin T, Kizos T, Kataki R, Gerchman Y, Herscu-Kluska R, Alrousan D, Goh EG, Elenciuc D, Głowacka A, Korculanin L, Tzeng RV, Sinha Ray S, Niwagaba C, Prouty C, Mihelcic JR, Vinnerås B. (2021). Willingness among food consumers to recycle human urine as crop fertiliser: Evidence from a multinational survey. Science of the Total Environment, 765: 14438 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144438).
  • Sohtun P, Bora M, Kataki R, Saikia BK. (2021). Oxidative Synthesis of Activated Carbon from Low-grade Indian Tertiary Coal and Its Chemical Characterization. Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics, 13(3), (https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.13(3).03016).
  • Bhuyan N, Choudhury ND, Dutta BK, Upadhyaya K, Saikia N, Kataki R.(2021). Assessment of kinetic parameters, mechanisms and thermodynamics of Tithonia diversifolia pyrolysis. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery [In press] [DOI: (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01575-x).
  • Barton MA, Simha P, Magri ME, Dutta S, Kabir H, Selvakumar A, Zhou X,Lv Y, Martin T. Kizos T, Triantafyllou E, Kataki R, Gerchman Y, Herscu-Kluska R, Alrousan D, Dalahmeh S, Goh EG, Elenciuc D, Głowacka A, Korculanin L, Tzeng RV, Sinha Ray S, Ganesapillai M, Niwagaba C, Prouty C, Mihelcic JR, Vinnerås B. (2021). Attitudes of food consumers at universities towards recycling human urine as crop fertiliser: A multinational survey dataset. Data in Brief, 35:106794 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.106794).

Papers in Conference Proceedings:

  • Goswami PK, Choudhury ND, Kataki R. Comparison of Various Solar Radiation Data Sources for Feasibility Study of Parabolic Trough Collector Power Plant in Assam. In: Advances in Mechanical Engineering, (Eds. Biswal B, Sarkar B, Mahanta P.), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 2020 (ISBN 978 981 15 0123 4), (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_126).
  • Gohain PP, Sut D, Baruah SD, and Kataki R. (2018). Biodiesel production from tea seed oil, In: Renewable Energy Technologies: Issues and Perspectives (Eds. Das B, Biswas A, and Bhowmik S.), AIP Conference Proceedings 1998, 020019 (2018) (ISBN 978-0-7354 1714 4).
  • Gogoi S, Bhuyan N, Sut D, Narzari R, Gogoi L, and Kataki R. Sesame Stalk as a Feedstock for Thermo-chemical Conversion: Products Distribution and Characterization, In: Sustainable Waste Management (Ed. Ghosh, S.K.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management (8th IconSWM), 2018, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, AP, India November 22 – 24, 2018, pp. 791-800.
  • Gogoi S, Narzari R, Bordoloi N, Sut D, Gogoi L, Bhuyan L, and Kataki R. Temperature Influence on Quality and Yield of Pyrolytic Products of Seedcake of Kayea assamica. In: Sustainable Waste Management (Ed. Ghosh SK.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management (8th IconSWM), Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, AP, India November 22 – 24, 2018, pp. 801-810.
  • Das C, and Kataki R. A review on catalytic reforming techniques for hydrogen production from biomass derived oxygenated hydrocarbons, in proceedings of the International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICORE2011) organized by Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) and Tezpur University, Tezpur, India, November 2-4, 2011, pp. 185-191.

Other Publications (Books/ Book Chapters, etc.):

     Books:
    • Rupam Kataki, Ashok Pandey, Deepak Pant, Samir Khanal (2020).Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Bioresources for Emerging Bioeconomy. Elsevier.
    • R. Praveen Kumar, B. Bharathiraja, Rupam Kataki, V.S. Moholkar (2019). Biomass Valorization to Bioenergy, Singapore: Springer (ISBN 978-981-15- 0409-9).
    • Rupam Kataki, Anil C Borah (2012). Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development,Guwahati: EBH Publishers (ISBN: 978 93 80261 78).
    • S C Patra, B C Kusre, R Kataki (2007). Renewable Energy and Energy Management, Lucknow:International Book Distributing Co. (ISBN: 81 8189 194 5).
     Book Chapters:
    • Biswal T, Shadangi KP, Kataki R. Advanced Practices in Biodiesel Production. In: Biodiesel Production: Feedstocks, Catalysts, and Technologies (Eds. Rokhum SL, Halder G, Assabumrungrat S, Ngaosuwan K.), Willey, 2022. Pp. xxx-xxx [ISBN: 9781119771364] [https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119771364.ch20].
    • Sarma B, Gogoi L, Gogoi N, Kataki R. Crop Plants Under Metal Stress and Its Remediation. In: Plant Stress: Challenges and Management in the New Decade, (Eds. Roy S, Mathur P, Chakraborty AP, Saha SP.), Springer Nature, 2022 (ISBN: 978-3-030-95365-2) [http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95365-2_3].
    • Deka A, Bardhan P, Mandal M, Kataki R. Nano-biomaterials as a Potential Tool for Futuristic Applications. In: Handbook of Smart Materials, Technologies, and Devices, (Eds. Chaudhery MH, Paolo DS.), Springer, Singapore, 2022 (ISBN: 978-3-030-58675-1) [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58675-1_32-1].
    • Bardhan P, Deka A, Bhattacharya SS, Mandal M, Kataki R. Economical aspect in biomass to biofuel production. In: Value-Chain of Biofuels: Fundamentals, Technology, and Standardization, (Eds. Yusup S, Rashidi NA.), Elsevier, 2022. (ISBN: 978-0-12-824388-6) [https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824388-6.00003-8].
    • Kataki R, Kataki MD. Weeds as a renewable bioresource: prospects for bioconversion to biofuels and biomaterials through a cascade of approaches. In: Biofuels and Bioenergy -Opportunities and Challenges (Eds. Gurunathan B, Sahadevan R, Zakaria ZA.), Elsevier, 2022 (ISBN: 978-0-323-85269-2) [https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85269-2.00021-6].

Research Projects:

  • A collaborative research project under Indo-European Union collaboration titled "Strengthening networking on BiomAssresearcH and biowaste conversion-biotechnologY for EurOpe India inteGration (SAHYOG)", supported by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7-289615) and by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, as one of the PI of 14 multi-national partners (Rs. 44.79 Lakh) – Completed
  • Production of Biochar from various bio-wastes and its soil application for sustainable soil management and mitigation of GHG emission, sponsored by UGC (Rs. 12.958 Lakh.) – Completed
  • Women empowerment and skill development through technological intervention in cooking stove, sponsored by DSIR, Ministry of Science & Technology (Rs. 15.97 lakh) – Completed
  • Biomass conversion to Fuels and chemicals, sponsored by AICTE (Rs. 23 lakh) – Ongoing

Patent/ Consultancy/ Innovations, etc.:

     Consultancy:
    • A National Consultancy, Water quality baseline survey and follow-up monitoring assessment of hydrological and biological status of streams in upper watersheds for Water resource Conservation (COSFOM), Manipur, awarded by Govt. of Manipur (Rs. 58,98,820/-) – Ongoing
    • National Consultancy on Energy Study with special reference to wood balance situation in Assam, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Govt. of Assam (Rs.5.79 lakhs) – Completed

Awards/ Honours, etc.:

  • Served as an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, at Pullman, WA 99163, USA from July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019.
  • Awarded the DBT Overseas Research Associateship in 2019
  • Top Reviewer Award 2017 from Bioresource Technology, Elsevier
  • 04 Best Poster awards in National and International Conferences/seminars