S. (Sanjeeb) Mohapatra PhD
S. (Sanjeeb) Mohapatra PhD
Profile
Dr. Sanjeeb Mohapatra is a Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSC) Fellow at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. Prior to this position, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Mohapatra is the recipient of several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Marie Curie Fellowship from the EU, the Newton Bhabha PhD Placement Fellowship from the British Council, the Water Advanced Innovation Fellowship from the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), and the INSPIRE fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology India.
His research primarily focuses on identifying and quantifying emerging contaminants (ECs) and evaluating their fate during wastewater treatment. He employs cutting-edge high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) technology for this purpose. Through the Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSC) Fellowship, Dr. Mohapatra aims to develop a novel photoanode to remove emerging contaminants (ECs) such as pharmaceuticals, poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) through photoelectrochemical oxidation (PEC) of secondary treated wastewater (sewage).
Research interests
● Detection, occurance and fate of emerging contaminants (ECs)
● Photoelectrochemical degradation of ECs such as antibiotics and PFAS
● Wastewater-based epidemiology
● Wastewater reuse and circular economy
● Dissolved organic matter and wastewater proteomics
Publications
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2024
Photochemical fate of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) and degradation pathways predication through computational analysis
Sanjeeb Mohapatra / Jovina Lew Li Xian / Andy Gálvez-Rodríguez / Onkar Sudhir Ekande / Jörg E. Drewes / Karina Yew-Hoong Gin
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2023
Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and chemical markers in campus dormitories in an evolving COVID-19 pandemic
Sanjeeb Mohapatra / Sumedha Bhatia / Kavindra Yohan Kuhatheva Senaratna / Mui-Choo Jong / Chun Min Benjamin Lim / G. Reuben Gangesh / Jia Xiong Lee / Goh Shin Giek / Lin Yutao / You Luhua / Karina Yew-Hoong Gin
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2023
Quaternary ammonium compounds of emerging concern: Classification, occurrence, fate, toxicity and antimicrobial resistance
Sanjeeb Mohapatra / Lin Yutao / Goh Shin Giek / Charmaine Ng / You Luhua / Ngoc Han Tran / Karina Yew-Hoong Gin
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2023
Photodegradation of a mixture of five pharmaceuticals commonly found in wastewater
Experimental and computational analysis
Sanjeeb Mohapatra / Daniel Snow / Patrick Shea / Andy Gálvez-Rodríguez / Manish Kumar / Lokesh P Padhye / Suparna Mukherji -
2023
Confronting PFAS
Charting a sustainable path to safe drinking water in developing countries
Sanjeeb Mohapatra -
Media
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2022-09-27
Sanjeeb Mohapatra in de media 2022
Appeared in: The Academic
Prizes
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2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship
The aim of this project is to provide a novel photoanode to remove emerging contaminants (ECs) through photoelectrochemical oxidation (PEC) of secondary treated wastewater (sewage).
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2017
Newton Bhabha PhD Placement Programme
The aim of this research was to access the potential of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) for degradation of a mixture of pharmaceuticals in water and wastewater. In addition, the impact of different types of wastewater on the enzyme catalysed degradation at a higher dosage of enzyme was also assessed. The change in the microbial community during wastewater treatment was accessed through 16S rRNA next-generation sequencing.
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2016
Water Advanced Research and Innovation Fellowship
The aim of this research was to explore the role of various reactive species (*DOM, •OH and 1O2) during indirect photodegradation of pharmaceuticals commonly found in wastewater. Additionally, this work studied the effect of particulate organic matter (POM) obtained from wastewater and natural water sources on the photodegradation of pharmaceuticals. Photodegradation of pharmaceuticals may result in the formation of several degradation products, which require computational techniques to identify the active sites. Thus, Density Functional Theory (DFT) based calculations together with UHPLC-MS/MS analysis were used to obtain insights on the active sites participating in the phototransformation processes of the selected pharmaceuticals. Mechanistic studies concerning these aspects are lacking in the literature.
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2013
INSPIRE Fellowship
The objectives of this research were as follows:
1. Detection of pharmaceuticals in wastewater influent and effluent streams of WWTPs in India and the role of organic matter and reactive species in the removal of pharmaceuticals
2. Seasonal characterization and quantification of DOM in wastewater obtained from WWTPs around Mumbai
3. Interaction among pharmaceuticals and DOM
4. Enzymatic degradation of pharmaceuticals
Ancillary activities
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2023-10-01 - 2025-09-30