Dr. Deepak Kumar
Assistant 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
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY (2019 – Present)
Adjunct Research Scientist, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (2019 – Present)
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
Associate Editor, Cereal Chemistry, Wiley (2020-Present)
Associate Editor, PRS (Processing Systems) community, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2021-Present)
Associate Editor, ES (Energy Systems) community, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2021-Present)
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)
Vice-chair, ES-220 Biobased Energy, Fuels, and Products, Energy Systems Community, ASABE (2019-Present)
Vice-chair, PRS-280 Bioconversion and Bioprocesses, Processing Systems Community, ASABE (2020-Present)
Session Organizer and Moderator “Techno-economic & Life Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy & Agricultural Systems”, ASABE (2014-Present)
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 on theme “Appropriate Scale Mechanization Issues in India and Other Developing Countries”, ASABE (2014-2015)
Co-organizer “Bioprocess Modeling” session (BE-28), ASABE (2014-15)
Professional Memberships