Academic Information
Doctor of Philosophy (2016 – 2021) awarded 2022
Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India Specialization: Environment Engineering
Thesis: Performance evaluation of microbial fuel cell employing ceramic separator for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
Master of Technology (2014-2016) awarded on 23rd May 2016 (GPA – 8.58) Environmental Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India
Thesis: Removal of ammonia from air stream using biotrickling filter
Bachelor of Technology (2009-2013) awarded on 9th January 2014 (GPA – 8.22)
Biotechnology, Haldia Institute of Technology, West Bengal, India
Research Areas
Courses Taught
Positions Held
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Area of research: Removal of heavy metals and PFAS using biochar adsorption, designing of green infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff, Monitoring and reporting of performance of existing green infrastructure, biouptake of PFAS
Postdoctoral research assistant (March 2022- March 2023)
Nebraska Water Centre and Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute, University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-6204, United States.
Area of research: Analyzing and reporting of performance of Aquifer, Storage and Restoration facility treating nitrate contaminated groundwater, theoretical and statistical analysis of effects of agricultural best management practices to remove nitrate contamination from vadose zone, biodegradation of PFAS
Publications
Journal Articles
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2019). Methanogenesis suppression in microbial fuel cell by aluminium dosing. Bioelectrochemistry, 129, 206–210.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2020). Assessment of heavy metal removal in different bioelectrochemical systems: A review. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 24(3), 04020010.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2020). Evaluating the effect of the antibiotic ampicillin on performance of a low-cost microbial fuel cell. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 24(3), 04020011.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2020). Performance evaluation of microbial fuel cells employing ceramic separator of different surface area modified with mineral cation exchanger. SN Applied Sciences, 2(2), 309.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2020). Methanogenesis suppression and increased power generation in microbial fuel cell during treatment of chloroform containing wastewater. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 148, 249–255.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2021). Evaluation of the effect of anolyte recirculation and anolyte pH on the performance of a microbial fuel cell employing ceramic separator. Process Biochemistry, 102, 207–212.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2021). Bioaugmentation using Pseudomonas aeruginosa with an approach of intermittent aeration for enhanced power generation in ceramic MFC. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 45, 101138.
Bagchi S., Sahoo R. N., Behera M. (2021). Sodium nitrate as a methanogenesis suppressor in earthen separator microbial fuel cell treating rice mill wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2021). Effect of pharmaceuticals on the performance of earthen pot microbial fuel cell. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 26(2).
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2023). Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment in ceramic separator MFC: Optimisation of operating parameters to improve organic removal and power generation. Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 6, 100063.
Bagchi S., Zhang Z., Olayiwola O., Mandala B., Datta R., et al. (2026). Culvert retrofit with green filter media for the removal of phosphorus from stormwater runoff. Materials.
Book Chapters
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2019). Microbial fuel cells: A sustainable technology for pollutant removal and power generation. In Bioelectrochemical Interface Engineering (pp. 91–116). Wiley.
Bagchi S., Behera M. (2020). Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment in microbial fuel cell. In Integrated Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment (pp. 135–155). Elsevier.
Gurjar R., Raychaudhuri A., Bagchi S., Behera M. Biomass to fuel and chemicals: Enabling technologies. In Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemical – Circular Bioeconomy. Elsevier.
Bagchi S., Behera M. Microbial degradation of xenobiotics in bioelectrochemical systems. In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes. Elsevier.
Raychaudhuri A., Gurjar R., Bagchi S., Behera M. Application of microbial electrochemical system for industrial wastewater treatment. Elsevier.