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Arun Karthick. R

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PROFILE:

Exceptionally dynamic and motivated Ph.D. graduate with proven research expertise in chemical engineering, Pharamaceutical technology. Resilient personality with high analytical and technical skills seeking a platform in process development of Chemical, Agrochemical and Pharmaceutical industries. EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS:

Degree/Branch Institute/University

Date of

Passing

Marks obtained

(% or CGPA)

Ph.D./Chemical Engineering Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Aug 2020 9

M.Tech/Pharmaceutical Technology SASTRA University, Thanjavur June 2014 7.254 B.Tech/ Biotechnology Kalasalingam University,

Krishnankovil

May 2012 7.8547

HSC Idhayam Rajendran Residential

School, Madurai.

May 2008 81.5%

High school Idhayam Rajendran Residential

School, Madurai.

June 2006 76%

Ph.D. THESIS: Synthesis and characterization of surfactant foams for remediation of contaminated soil and detergent formulation

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PH.D. TOPIC:

My Ph.D. thesis work was focused on the application of surfactant foam stabilized by nanoparticles (Silica, nano Zero Valent Iron) and other additives (Allyl alcohol, Ethylene glycol) for the treatment of diesel- contaminated soil. Remediation of diesel contaminated soil poses severe challenges, and it is crucial to develop suitable treatment technologies to remediate diesel contaminated soils successfully. In view of achieving this goal, I have been involved in developing nanomaterial, producing stable surfactant foam, and utilizing it to treat contaminated soil. My Ph.D. work’s ultimate aim was to overcome the environmental damage caused by the release of petroleum contaminants such as in the soil subsurface and groundwater due to oil spill incidents at drilling sites & refineries and pipelines and leaks from damaged storage tanks. The work involved the synthesis of nano Zero Valent Iron (nZVI) and iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles and stabilization of the aqueous alkyl poly glucoside phosphate (APG-Ph) foam and to study the efficacy of these nanoparticles dispersed foam for the removal of diesel hydrocarbon from the soils of different composition and nature. First, of its kind, our work was reporting the remediation of diesel-contaminated desert soil, coastal soil, and clay soil by aqueous alkyl poly glucoside phosphate (APG-Ph) surfactant foams stabilized by nZVI and Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The nZVI and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were prepared by liquid-phase reduction and precipitation methods, respectively. The effects of nZVI and Fe3O4 nanoparticles on foamability, foam stability, surface tension, and remediation of diesel- contaminated desert soil were examined at various surfactant concentrations (vol %) and nanoparticles (mg/l). The nZVI (3.5 mg/l) nanoparticle stabilized APG-Ph foam (0.1 vol %) results in diesel removal efficiency of 94.6, 95.3, 57.5 % for desert soil, coastal soil and clay soil, respectively. The Fe3O4 (3.5 mg/l) nanoparticle stabilized APG-Ph foam (0.1 vol %) manifests maximum removal efficiency of 76.0, 79.6, and 51.6% for desert soil, coastal soil, clay soil, respectively. Thus, I have been focused on broad areas of scientific themes, including material science, surfactant chemistry (surface phenomenon), and environmental technology. 2

SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS:

• Received Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship from The Indo- U.S. Science and Technology Forum (DST-IUSSTF) for six months at Univ. of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA 2020.

• Received Summer Research Fellowship from Indian Academy Of Science to work at National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune 2012 (May - June).

• Certification course in Advanced Molecular Biology from Sangenomics Bangalore.

• Cleared level B1 Business English Certificate examination conducted by University of Cambridge in March 2011.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Surface chemistry, Material science, Environmental remediation, Nanomaterials, Analytical techniques, Process design and development, Process optimization. PUBLICATIONS:

1. Dandigunta, B.; Karthick, A.; Chattopadhyay, P.; Dhoble, A. S., Impact of temperature and surfactant addition on milk foams. Journal Food Engineering. 2021, 299, 110509. (Impact Factor: 4.499) SCI 2. Arun Karthick, R.; Roy, B.; Chattopadhyay, P. A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil-contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019, 243, 187-205. (Impact Factor: 5.647) SCI

3. Arun Karthick, R.; Roy, B.; Chattopadhyay, P. Comparison of Zero-Valent Iron and Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Stabilized Alkyl Polyglucoside Phosphate Foams for Remediation of Diesel-Contaminated Soils. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019, 240, 93-107. (Impact Factor: 5.647) SCI 4. Arun Karthick, R.; Chauhan, M.; Krzan, M.; Chattopadhyay, P. Potential of Surfactant Foam Stabilized by Ethylene Glycol and Allyl Alcohol for the Remediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 2019, 14, 100363. (Impact Factor: 3.356) SCI 5. Karthick, R. A.; Jangir, K.; Chattopadhyay, P., Foaming and Cleaning Performance Comparison of Liquid Detergent Formulations using Mixtures of Anionic and Nonionic Surfactants. Tenside Surfactant and Detergent. 2018, 55 (2), 162-168. (Impact Factor- 1.089) SCI 6. Arun Karthick, R.; Ramya Devi, D.; Vedha Hari, B. N. Investigation of Sustained Release Mucoadhesive In-Situ Gel System of Secnidazole for the Persistent Treatment of Vaginal Infections. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 2018, 43, 362-368. (Impact Factor: 2.606) SCI 7. Chattopadhyay, P.; Arun Karthick, R. Characterization and Application of Surfactant Foams Produced from Ethanol-Sodium Lauryl Sulfate-Silica Nanoparticle Mixture for Soil Remediation. Macromolecular Symposia. 2017, 376, 1600182. (Impact Factor: 0.53) 8. Arun Karthick, R; Chattopadhyay, P. Remediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil by Tween-20 Foam Stabilized by Silica Nanoparticles. International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications. 2017, 8, 194-198. (Impact Factor: 0.7)

9. Chattopadhyay, P.; Arun Karthick, R. An In-Depth Analysis of Ethanol Based Aqueous Foams for Environmental Applications. International Journal of Chemical Sciences. 2016, 14, 1711-1717. (Impact Factor: 0.5)

10. Chattopadhyay, P.; Arun Karthick, R. “Optimum Dodecanol-detergent foam performance for formulation of eco-friendly surfactants”, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 20(3), 16-20, 2016. (Impact Factor: 0.63)

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11. Chattopadhyay, P.; Arun Karthick, R. Optimum Isopropanol foams for soil remediation applications. Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment. 2016, 20, 18-24. (Impact Factor: 0.63) 12. Chattopadhyay, P.; Arun Karthick, R. “Optimum Ethanol-Hexanol foams for Formulation of Detergents”, International Journal of Chemical Sciences,, 13(4), 1961-1968, 2015. (Impact Factor: 1.6) 13. Chattopadhyay, P.; Arun Karthick, R,; P. Kishore. Foamability of Foam Generated by Use of Surf Excel and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. Edited by Dr. Bharat A. Bhanvase, Rajendra P. Ugwekar, Apple Academic Press, ISBN: 978**********, 2016. (International Book Chapter) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:

• Arun Karthick. R, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, “Remediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil by Tween- 20 Foam stabilized by Silica Nanoparticles”, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Chemical and Food Engineering (ICCFE 2017), Osaka, Japan, March 28-30, 2017.

• Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Arun Karthick. R, “Characterization and Application of Surfactant Foams Produced from Ethanol-Sodium Lauryl Sulfate-Silica Nanoparticle Mixture for Soil Remediation”, Abstract in Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM-2016), Jaipur, India, December 12-16, 2016.

• Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Arun Karthick. R, Venkata Vijayan, Soumya Chowdhury, “Optimum Dodecanol-detergent foam performance for formulation of eco-friendly surfactants”, Proceedings of World Research Journals Conference (WRC 2015), Dubai, UAE, 7-9th December 2015. TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Nano particle synthesis and characterization

• Analytical techniques (FTIR, UV, XRD, HPLC, XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, XPS, GC,)

• Process optimization (DoE, RSM)

• Design and performing scientific experiments

• Analyse and interpret results from the experimental data set

• Expertise in scientific literature search and documentation

• Bacterial and Cell culture techniques

• Bioassay development

• Vaccine serum analysis

• Pharmaceutical formulation

• Pharmaceutical process development

ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. Junior Research Fellow (2014-2017).

Evaluation and process enhancement of foam stability of ethanol based aqueous foam using commercial surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate.

SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India

M.Tech Project Student (2012-2014)

Design and development of vaginal drug delivery systems of Secnidazole. Immunobiology and molecular research lab, Serum Institute of India Ltd, Pune, India Research Project Trainee (July-Dec 2011)

Characterization & use of bacterial strains in serum bactericidal assay 4

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Chemical engineering department Tutorial Instructor - Engineering Chemistry

Teaching Assistant - PDP-I and PDP-II

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : R. Arun Karthick

Gender : Male

Date of Birth : 14-08-1990

Nationality : Indian

Marital Status : Married

Address : 7/347, Ajay Pandan Ricemill, Checkanurani 6255-14, Madurai (Tamil Nadu). Phone : +91-979*******

RESEARCH LINKS

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qzUVCw8AAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Arun_Karthick

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=572******** REFERENCES

Dr. Pradipta Chattopadhyay

Assistant Professor,

Department of Chemical Engineering,

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani Campus, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India

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