RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS

Total Citations: 377    h-index: 9 (Google Scholar)

Journal Publications

1. Bhatt, A., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S. K. (2024). Unveiling mechanistic intricacies of Chlorella pyrenoidosa-mediated pathogen removal from sewage. npj Clean Water, 7(1), 116. 

2. Bhatt, A., Sahu, N., Dada, A. C., Prajapati, S. K., & Arora, P. (2024). Assessing sustainability of microalgae-based wastewater treatment: Environmental considerations and impacts on human health. Journal of Environmental Management, 354, 120435. 

3. Bhatt, A., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S. K. (2023). Chlorella pyrenoidosa-mediated removal of pathogenic bacteria from municipal wastewater–multivariate process optimization and application in the real sewage. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 109494. 

4. Bhatt, A., Dada, A. C., Prajapati, S. K., & Arora, P. (2022). Integrating life cycle assessment with quantitative microbial risk assessment for a holistic evaluation of sewage treatment plant. Science of The Total Environment, 160842. 

5. Bhatt, A., Khanchandani, M., Rana, M. S., & Prajapati, S. K. (2022). Techno-economic analysis of microalgae cultivation for commercial sustainability: A state-of-the-art review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 133456. 

6. Bhatt, A., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S. K. (2020). Occurrence, fates and potential treatment approaches for removal of viruses from wastewater: A review with emphasis on SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8(5), 104429. 

7. Bhatt, A., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S. K. (2020). Can algal derived bioactive metabolites serve as potential therapeutics for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 like viral infection?. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 2668. 

Conference Publications

1. Bhatt, A., Suthar, M., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S.K. (2023). Microalgae-mediated simultaneous removal of pathogenic bacteria and nutrients from wastewater. 31st European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, 236-240. https://doi.org/10.5071/31stEUBCE2023-1DV.3.1 

2. Bhatt, A., Prajapati, S. K., & Arora, P. (2021). Life cycle assessment of an SBR-based sewage treatment plant and development of algae-based scenarios. 29th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, 137 – 139. https://doi.org/10.5071/29thEUBCE2021-1BV.1.11 

International Conferences

1. Bhatt, A., Sahu, N., Dada, A. C., Prajapati, S. K., & Arora, P. Microalgae for wastewater treatment reduces microbial disease burden without environmental trade-offs in water reuse: Oral presentation at International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts (AlgalBBB 2024); June 10-12, 2024, Florida, USA. 

2. Bhatt, A., Suthar, M., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S.K. Microalgae-mediated simultaneous removal of pathogenic bacteria and nutrients from wastewater: Visual poster presentation at 31st European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE); June 05-08, 2023, Italy.

3. Bhatt, A., Suthar, M., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S. K. Microalgae-mediated pathogen removal from wastewater: Poster presentation at 3rd International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE); June 20-24, 2022, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India.

4. Bhatt, A., Prajapati, S. K., & Arora, P. Life cycle assessment of an SBR-based sewage treatment plant and development of algae-based scenarios: Poster presentation at 29th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE); April 26-29, 2021 (Online).

5. Bhatt, A., Arora, P., & Prajapati, S. K. Recent advancements in microalgae-mediated pathogen removal for wastewater disinfection: current status and challenges: Oral presentation at 2nd International Virtual Conference on Recent Trends in Clean Technologies for Sustainable Environment (CTSE); May 6-7, 2021 (Online).

Book Chapters

1. Bhatt, A., Shandilya, J., Singal, S. K., & Prajapati, S. K. (2023). Application of Genetically Modified Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals from Wastewater. In Genomics Approach to Bioremediation: Principles, Tools, and Emerging Technologies (pp. 295-320). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119852131.ch16 

2. Bhatt, A., Prajapati, S. K., & Arora, P. (2022). Assessing algae-based wastewater treatment—a life cycle assessment approach. In Clean Energy and Resource Recovery (pp. 137-154). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90178-9.00002-0  

3. Bhatt, A., Agrawal, K., & Verma, P. (2021). Phycoremediation: Treatment of Pollutants and an Initiative Towards Sustainable Environment. In Phytoremediation for Environmental Sustainability (pp. 485-511). Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5621-7_18 

4. Agrawal K., Bhatt A., Bhardwaj N., Kumar B., & Verma P. (2020). Algal Biomass: Potential Renewable Feedstock for Biofuels Production – Part I. In: Srivastava N., Srivastava M., Mishra P., Gupta V. (eds) Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis for Sustainability. Clean Energy Production Technologies. (pp. 203-237). Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8637-4_8

5. Agrawal, K., Bhatt, A., Bhardwaj, N., Kumar, B., & Verma, P. (2020). Integrated Approach for the Treatment of Industrial Effluent by Physico-chemical and Microbiological Process for Sustainable Environment. In Shah M., Banerjee A. (eds) Combined Application of Physico-Chemical & Microbiological Processes for Industrial Effluent Treatment Plant (pp. 119-143). Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0497-6_7 

6. Agrawal, K., Bhatt, A., Chaturvedi, V., & Verma, P. (2020). Bioremediation: an effective technology toward a sustainable environment via the remediation of emerging environmental pollutants. In Shah M., Rodriguez-Couto S., Sengor S. (eds) Emerging Technologies in Environmental Bioremediation (pp. 165-196). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819860-5.00007-9