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Overview
Varenyam Achal is a 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 Institute of Engineering & Technology, 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 broad interest in environmental biotechnology and biological based building materials. He has authored more than 100 papers in journals of repute along with several book chapters and two books. 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
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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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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Denitrification-induced carbonate precipitation by bio-composite material with Pseudomonas aeruginosa for simultaneous nitrate and cadmium remediation
Fang, C., Achal, V., Lin, R. & Xu, K., 23 Oct 2022, In: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improvement in Metal Immobilization with Biomineralization During Carbonate Precipitation by Poly-Lysine
He, J., Kumari, D. & Achal, V., 1 Aug 2022, In: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 233, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanisms of cadmium retention on enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) of Ca/Mg: nucleation, chemisorption, and co-precipitation
Li, W., Zhang, Y. & Achal, V., 4 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
Sustainable bio-bricks prepared with synthetic urine enabled by biomineralisation reactions: Must read article
Achal, V., Mar 2022, Microbiologist, 23, 1, p. 31.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article