Dr. Deepak Kumar
Dr. Deepak Kumar
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Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
https://www.esf.edu/faculty/kumar/
Education
Ph.D. Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, 2014
M.S. Agricultural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2009
B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, India, 2006
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY (2025 – Present)
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY (2019 – 2025)
Adjunct Research Scientist, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (2019 – 2022)
Research Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2018 – 2019)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2015 - 2018)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss, UIUC (2014 - 2015)
Graduate Research Assistant, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (2009 – 2014)
Other Professional Activities
Services
Journal Editorial Service
Associate Editor, Cereal Chemistry, Wiley (2020-Present)
Associate Editor, PRS (Processing Systems) technical community, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2021-Present)
Associate Editor, ES (Energy Systems) technical community, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2021-Present)
Editorial Board Member, Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials, BMC (2024-Present)
Guest Editor, Special Issue " Integrated Biorefineries for Sustainable Production of Biofuel and Bioproducts", Processes (2024-2026)
Guest Editor, Special Issue " Urban Waste Valorization for a Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy", Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (CSCEE) (2021)
Guest Editor, Special Issue "Process Simulation and Techno-Economic Analysis of Food and Bioproducts Processing Systems", Processes (2019-2020)
Professional Society
Chair, Energy Systems (ES) Community Executive Committee, ASABE (2025-Present)
Session Organizer and Moderator, “Techno-economic & Life Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy & Agricultural Systems”, ASABE (2014-Present)
Chair, M-154 International Food Engineering Award Committee, ASABE (2024-2025)
Vice Chair, Energy Systems (ES) Community Executive Committee, ASABE (2023-2025)
Chair, Processing Systems (PRS) Community Executive Committee, ASABE (2023-2024)
Chair, PRS-280 Bioconversion and Bioprocesses, Processing Systems Community, ASABE (2022-2024)
Secretary, Energy Systems (ES) Community Executive Committee, ASABE (2021-2023)
Chair, ES-220 Biobased Energy, Fuels, and Products, Energy Systems Community, ASABE (2021-2023)
Vice-chair, Processing Systems (PRS) Community Executive Committee, ASABE (2022-2023)
Secretary, Processing Systems (PRS) Community Executive Committee, ASABE (2021-2022)
Vice-chair, PRS-280 Bioconversion and Bioprocesses, Processing Systems Community, ASABE (2020-2022)
Vice-chair, ES-220 Biobased Energy, Fuels, and Products, Energy Systems Community, ASABE (2019-2021)
Judge, Boyd-Scott Graduate Research competition, ASABE (2020 – 2024)
President, Association of Agricultural, Biological & Food Engineers of Indian Origin (AABFEIO within ASABE) (2016-17)
Chair, “Graduate Student Research Paper Competition” AABFEIO within ASABE (2014-2016)
Session Co-organizer and Moderator, Special invited session “Appropriate Scale Mechanization Issues in India and Other Developing Countries”, ASABE (2014-2015)
Co-organizer “Bioprocess Modeling” session (BE-28), ASABE (2014-15)
Co-organizer “Challenges in lignocellulosic conversions” session (BE-28), ASBE (2012-13)
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