Dr. Soni Kumari
IoE Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Technologies,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Email: sonik@iisc.ac.in
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EDUCATION
2022 - PhD in Environmental Science
IIT (ISM), Dhanbad
Dissertation: Phosphorus recovery from nutrient-rich wastewater through struvite crystallization
2015 - M.Sc. Environmental Science and Management
Patna University
2013 - B.Sc. Zoology
Patna Women’s College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
since Mar 2023: Post-doctoral researcher, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Recovery and recycling of nutrients
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kumari, S.; Jagadevan, S. Phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater through struvite biomineralization using model gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial strains. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 366, 132992.
Kumari, S.; Jose, S.; Tyagi, M.; Jagadevan, S. A holistic and sustainable approach for recovery of phosphorus via struvite crystallization from synthetic distillery wastewater. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 254, 120037.
Kumari, S.; Jose, S.; Jagadevan, S. Optimization of phosphate recovery as struvite from synthetic distillery wastewater using a chemical equilibrium model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019, 26(29), 30452–30462.
AWARDS & HONOURS
Gold Medallist in M.Sc. Environmental Science & Management from Patna University, 2015.
NET-JRF in Environmental Sciences, UGC National Eligibility Test (UGC NET), June 2015.
Lectureship in UGC NET in Environmental Sciences, December 2014.