Dr. Manaswini Behera

Assistant Professor School of Infrastructure IIT Samantapuri, Odisha751 013 Ph: +91674 2306206 Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Education • (2008-2012) Civil Engineering, Indian Kharagpur, India Specialization: Environmental Engineering and Management Thesis: Performance of microbial fuel cell under different operating conditions and employing earthenware as separator • Master of Technology (2005-2007) Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Specialization: Environmental Engineering and Management Thesis: Study of indoor air quality and ventilation in a public school in Delhi city, India. • Bachelor of Engineering (2001-2005) Civil Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, , India

Experience • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (India), August, 2011 - Present • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India, April 2014-June 2014. • Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, VSSUT Burla, Odisha, India, Ocober 2011- April 2014. • Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, IGIT Sarang, Odisha, India, August 2007- January 2008. Research Interests • Bioenergy recovery during wastewater treatment • Microbial fuel cells • Water and wastewater treatment • Wastewater reuse • Industrial wastewater treatment and reuse Publications International Journals 1. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2009, Performance of microbial fuel cell in response to change in sludge loading rate at different anodic feed pH. Bioresource Technology, 100 (21), 5114-5121. (Impact factor: 4.98) 2. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar. M.M., 2010, Performance evaluation of low cost microbial fuel cell fabricated using earthen pot with biotic and abiotic cathode, Bioresource Technology, 101(4), 1183-1189. (Impact factor: 4.98) 3. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., More, T.T., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2010., Rice mill wastewater treatment in microbial fuel cells fabricated using proton exchange membrane and earthen pot at different pH, Bioelectrochemistry, 79(2), 228-233. (Impact factor: 3.759) 4. More, T.T., Behera, M., Ghangrekar. M.M., 2010, Study of the effect of the cathode surface area and sonication of inoculum on the power production of the microbial fuel cell, International Journal of Anaerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy, 1(1), 59-64. 5. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2010, Performance comparison of up-flow microbial fuel cells fabricated using proton exchange membrane and earthen cylinder, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35 (11), 5681-5686. (Impact factor: 4.054) 6. Ghangrekar, M.M., Murthy, S.S.R., Behera, M., Duteanu, N.M., 2010, Effect of sulfate concentration in the wastewater on microbial fuel cell performance, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 9(9), 1227-1234. (Impact factor: 1.004) 7. Behera, M., Murthy, S.S.R., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2011, Effect of operating temperature on performance of Microbial fuel cell, Water Science and Technology, 64(4), 917-922. (Impact factor: 1.122) 8. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2011, Electricity generation in low cost microbial fuel cell made up of earthenware of different thickness, Water Science and Technology, 64(12), 2468- 2473. (Impact factor: 1.122)

National Journals 1. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2012, Effect of organic loading rate and proton exchange surface area on performance of microbial fuel cell, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, 54 (9), 1-9.

International Conferences 1. Ghangrekar. M.M., Murthy, S.S.R., Behera M., Duteanu, N.M., Effect of sulfate concentration in the wastewater on microbial fuel cell performance, Journees d Electrochimie 2009, Sinaia, Romania - (6-10 July, 2009). 2. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M.,Electricity generation and wastewater treatment in a low cost up-flow microbial fuel cell fabricated with earthen cylinder, International Symposium on Bioenergy, IIT Kharagpur, India - (5-7 January, 2010). 3. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Wastewater treatment and electricity generation in novel up-flow microbial fuel cell under different organic loading rates, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Energy and Environment (ICETEE-2010), Chennai, India - (7-8 January, 2010). 4. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M., Electricity generation from synthetic wastewater and real sewage in an up flow dual chambered microbial fuel cell, International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10), University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius- (16-18 September, 2010). 5. Behera, M., More, T.T., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M., Rice mill wastewater treatment using microbial fuel cell, IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Montreal, Canada - (19-24 September, 2010). 6. Behera, M., Murthy, S.S.R., Ghangrekar, M.M., Effect of Operating Temperature on Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell, IWA-Microbes in Wastewater and Waste Treatment, Bio- remediation and Energy Production (MWT-2011), BITS Pilani, Goa campus, India- (24-27 January, 2011). 7. Bandaru, S.S.R., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Performance and economics of low cost clay cylinder microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment, World Renewable Energy Congress, Linkoping, Sweden - (8-13 May, 2011) 8. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Electricity generation in low cost microbial fuel cell made up of earthenware of different thickness, 8th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- (6-10 June, 2011). 9. Ghangrekar M.M., Behera, M., Using wastewater as fuel in a low cost bioelectrochemical system to generate direct electricity, International Symposium on New Horizons in Bioenergy Research, IIT Kharagpur, India - (14-16 January, 2013).

National Conferences 1. Behera, M., Bhattacharjee, S., Assessment of risk due to intake of groundwater contaminated with heavy metals at some places of West Bengal, India, National Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health-Problems and Solutions, organized by the International Development Centre Foundation in collaboration with CPCB, Delhi and COEH, India, (19- 20 April, 2007). 2. More, T.T., Behera, M., Ghangrekar. M.M., Study of the effect of the cathode surface area and sonication of inoculum on the power production of the microbial fuel cell, National conference on Anaerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy through Microbes (ADREM- 2009), BITS Pilani, Goa campus, India - (13-15 January, 2009).

Book chapters in edited books 1. Ghangrekar M.M., Behera, M., 2012. Suspended growth processes, Comprehensive water quality and purification, vol. 3, Editor: S. Sengupta, Elsevier Publication. 2. Ghangrekar M.M., Behera, M., 2011. Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Strategies and Requirements. Environmental Health Risk Mitigation, Editor S.R. Garg, Satish Serial Publishing House, Delhi.

Articles in magazines/ webpage

1. Behera, M., Ghangrekar M.M., 2009, Green energy technologies: The need to fulfill future energy demand and save planet. Special issue on Green Technology, Nehru Museum of Science & Technology, IIT Kharagpur. 2. Ghangrekar M.M. and Behera, M., 2010, Microbial fuel cell: a technology for wastewater treatment and renewable energy. Electrical India, vol. 50 (4), 78-85. 3. Behera, M., Ghangrekar M.M., 2011, Energy Recovery Wastewater Treatment Processes. Power Genxt, e-journal vol. 1, by Engineers’ Welfare Forum, WBPDCL, Kolkata, 10-22. (www.wbpdclewf.org/e-journal.pdf). Patent Indian patent entitled “Earthen pot based proton exchanger cum anode chamber and microbial fuel cell (MFC) obtained thereof” (1198/KOL/2009 dated 24-09-2009) has been filed. Award Chief Minister’s Merit Award for securing 7th position in state in High School Certificate Examination conducted by Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.

Fellowship • Awarded Swedish International Development cooperation Agency (SIDA) fellowship to attend World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC 2011), Linkoping, Sweden. • Awarded Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) fellowship to attend International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10), University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.

Manuscript Reviewer • Bioresource Technology, Elsevier publication • Biochemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier publication • Process Biochemistry, Elsevier publication • Bioelectrochemistry, Elsevier publication • Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier publication • Desalination and Water Treatment, Taylor and Francis publication. • The Scientific World Journal, Hindawi Publishing Corporation.