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Saumyen Guha
PhD (Princeton University)
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Research Interest
Subsurface Flow and Transport, Bioremediation of Toxic Organics in Natural Systems, Fate and Transport of Pesticides and Heavy Metals in the Natural Systems, Metal uptake in plants, Natural Isotopes
Office
303 F Western Laboratory Extension
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering
Education
PhD, Princeton University,1996
M.Tech, IIT Kanpur, 1989
B.E., Bengal Engineering College, 1987
Teaching Area
CE 662: Advanced Modeling of Subsurface Flow and Transport
CE 602: Advanced Mathematics for Civil Engineers
ESO 208: Computational Methods in Engineering
CE 262: Engineering Hydraulics
CE 361: Engineering Hydrology
Selected Publications
Singh, S. P., Guha, S., Bose, P. and Kunnikuruvan, S. (2017). Mechanism of the hydrolysis of Endosulfan isomers, J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 121, No. 27, pp5156-5163.
Singh, S. P., Guha, S. and Bose, P. (2017). Impact of the Composition of the Bacterial Population and Additional Carbon Source on Pathway and Kinetics of Degradation of Endosulfan Isomers, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, Vol. 19, No. 7, pp 964-974.
Tiwari, M. K., and Guha, S. (2014). Kinetics of biotransformation chlorpyrifos in aqueous and soil slurry environments, Water Research, V. 51, pp 73-85.
Tiwari, M. K., and Guha, S. (2013). Kinetics of the biodegradation pathway of endosulfan in the aerobic and anaerobic environments, Chemosphere, V. 93, pp657-573.
Tiwari, M. K., and Guha, S. (2012). Role of Soil Organic Matter on Sorption and Cosorption of Endosulfan and Chlorpyrifos on Agricultural Soils, J. Env. Eng., ASCE., V. 138, No. 4, pp 426-435.
Quaff, A. R. and Guha, S. (2011). Evaluation of Mixing and Performance of Lab-Scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactors Treating Domestic Wastewater, J. Env. Eng., ASCE., V 137, No. 5, pp322-331.
Ghosh, I., Guha, S., Balasubramaniam, R., and Ramesh Kumar A. V. (2011). Leaching of Metals from fresh and sintered Red Mud, J. of Haz. Mat., V. 185, pp 662-668.
Dey, D. K.; Guha, S. (2007) Determination of Community Structure through Deconvolution of PLFA-FAME Signature of Mixed Population, Biotecnology Bioengineering, V. 96, No. 3, pp409- 420.
Guha, S.; Raymahashay, B. C.; Banerjee, A.; Acharyya, S. K.; Gupta, A. (2005). Collection of Depth-Specific Groundwater Samples from an Arsenic Contaminated Aquifer in West Bengal, India, Environ. Eng. Sci., V. 22, No. 6, pp870-880.
Acharyya, S. K., Chakraborty, P., Lahiri S., Raymahashay, B. C., Guha, S. and Bhowmik, A. (1999) Arsenic Poisoning in the Ganges Delta, Nature, V. 401, p 545.
Brown, D. G., Guha, S. and Jaffé, P. R. (1999) Bioremediation of a residual PAH in slurry reactors using a non-ionic surfactant, Bioremediation Journal, V. 3, pp 269 – 283.
Guha, S., Peters, C. A. and Jaffé, P. R (1998). Solubilization of PAH mixtures by a non-ionic surfactant, Env. Sci. Tech., V. 32, No. 7, pp 930 - 935.
Guha, S., Peters, C. A. and Jaffé, P. R. (1998). Bioavailability of mixtures of PAHs partitioned into the micellar phase of a non-ionic surfactant , Env. Sci. Tech., V. 30, No. 4, pp 2317 - 2324.
Guha, S. and Jaffé, P. R. (1996). Biodegradation kinetics of phenanthrene partitioned in the micelle-phase of non-ionic surfactant, Env. Sci. Tech, V. 30, No. 2, pp 605 - 611.
Guha, S. and Jaffé, P. R. (1996). Bioavailability of hydrophobic compounds partitioned into the micellar phase of nonionic surfactants, Env. Sci. Tech., V. 30, No. 4, pp 1382 - 1391.
Guha, S. and Jaffé, P. R. (1996). Determination of monod kinetic coefficients for volatile hydrophobic organic compounds, Biotech. Bioeng, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp 693 - 699.
Books and Book chapters:
Guha S., Srivastava R. (2010). Numerical Methods for Engineering and Science, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Guha, S. (2001). Dealing with draught: Issues for implementation, in India Infrastructure Report (IIR), Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Keywords
Bioremediation, groundwater, pesticide, heavy metals, transport, water resources