Principal Investigator: Dr Manoj Kumar Jena
Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur, India (February 2025 - till date)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (November 2024 to January 2025)
Postdoctoral Researcher, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia ( October 2022 to September 2024)
Sessional Academic, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, ( June 2022 to October 2022)
System Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd. (TCS), Kolkata, India (September 2011 to September 2015)
Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, in joint association with the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India. 2022.
M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India, 2015
B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India, 2011
Email: manojkumarjena@iitj.ac.in, Phone: 0291 280 1713
Ph.D. Student: Javed Ahmad (2025), P24CH0009 — Jointly supervised with Dr. Gangawane Krunal Madhukar
B.Tech and M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ph.D. Student: Ujjwal Dangi (2024), P24CH0019 — Jointly supervised with Dr. Gangawane Krunal Madhukar
B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology (DCRUST), Sonipat, Haryana, India
M.Tech, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology (DCRUST), Sonipat, Haryana, India
Ph.D. Student: Jitendra Bairwa (2025), P25CH0008
B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, MBM University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, India
Ph.D. Student: Akanksha Yadav (2025), P25CH0003
B.Tech, Biochemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, UP, India
M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, UP, India
M.Tech. Student: Neha Borikar (2025), MT25CHE007
B.Tech, Petrochemical Engineering, Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India
B_Tech Project (2025)
Abhishek Kumar (B22CH001): Project title: Process model for coal, biomass gasification, and hydrogen production.
Apurva Jalwaniya (B22CH003): Project title: Process modeling of hydrothermal liquefication for the chemical recycling of plastic bottle.
Avichal Sinha (B22CH004): Project title: Integrated process design of anaerobic digestion of farm waste and carbonization of digestate residue.
Ayushi Singh (B22CH005): Project title: Process model for carbon nanotube production from plastic waste using agro animal biochar.
Subhash (B22CH036): Project title: Techno-eco comparison of biochar & hydrochar of H2S removal from biogas.