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Overview
Varenyam Achal is an Associate Professor appointed by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He joined GTIIT’s Environmental Engineering Program in September 2018. Prof. Achal was awarded a PhD from Thapar University, India. Prior to joining GTIIT, he was Professor at East China Normal University, Shanghai. He was Assistant Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) between 2010 and 2012 during which he also obtained International Young Scientist fellowship from CAS. Dr. Achal has a very board interest in environmental biotechnology and biological based building materials. He has authored more than 50 SCI papers in journals of repute along with several book chapters and one book. He is member of the Editorial Board of Socio-Ecological Practice Research and has been Guest Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology. Some of his original research has had a global impact on microbially induced calcite precipitation and attracted worldwide attention.
Research Interests
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Environmental Microbiology
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Bioremediation of Organics and Inorganics from Soil and Water
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Soil Heavy Metal Pollution
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Ecological Restoration and Environmental Sustainability
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Microbial-Based Sustainable Building Materials
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Research output
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Biochemical composite material using corncob powder as a carrier material for ureolytic bacteria in soil cadmium immobilization
Li, W., Yang, Y. & Achal, V., 1 Jan 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 802, 149802.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Review on Role of Enzymes and Microbes in Healing Cracks in Cementitious Materials
Fang, C., Plaza, G. & Achal, V., 29 May 2021, Building Materials for Sustainable and Ecological Environment. Achal, V. & Chin, C. S. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer Singapore, p. 151-162Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Building Materials for Sustainable and Ecological Environment
Achal, V. (ed.), 1 Jan 2021, 1 ed. Springer Singapore. 172 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Ca-mediated alleviation of Cd2+ induced toxicity and improved Cd2+ biomineralization by Sporosarcina pasteurii
Fang, L., Niu, Q., Cheng, L., Jiang, J., Yu, Y-Y., Chu, J., Achal, V. & You, T., 15 Sep 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air pollution in Chinese megacities from the perspective of traffic volume and meteorological factors
Gao, C., Li, S., Liu, M., Zhang, F., Achal, V., Tu, Y., Zhang, S. & Cai, C., 15 Jun 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 773, 145545.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations