Development of Biofiltration Technology for the Treatment of Acid Rain Drainage in Red Dog Mines
This project aims in developing psychrophilic and acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria immobilized packed bed bioreactor for the successful treatment of sulfate and metal-rich acidic mine water at low temperatures.
Investigating Impact of 2021 Munson Creek Wildfire on the Localized Microbial Communities and Water Quality
This project aims to evaluate the short- and long-term impact of 2021 Munsoon creek Wildfires on the water quality of the middle fork of Chena river and the microbial community structure of associated sediments.
09/2021- Present: Research Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
07/2018- 09/2021: Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
04/2017- 02/2018: Postdoctoral research fellow, Hanyang University, South Korea.
03/2016- 01/2017: Project associate, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
01/2010- 02/2016: Research scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
2016 Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Dissertation: Improvement of sulfate and metal removal from industrial wastewater using marine waste extract as an economic source of nitrogen supplement.
2009 M.Sc, Biotechnology, Osmania University, India
2007 B.Sc., Microbiology, North Bengal University, India
Dev, S., Galey, M., Chun, C., Novotny, C., Ghosh, T., Aggarwal, S., (2021). Enrichment of Psychrophilic and Acidophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Consortia - A Solution toward Acid Mine Drainage Treatment in Cold Regions. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Published, DOI. 10.1039/D1EM00256B.
Dev, S., Barnes, D., Kadir, A., Betha, R., Aggarwal, S., (2021). Outdoor and indoor concentrations of size-resolved particulate matter during a wildfire episode in interior Alaska and the impact of ventilation. Air Qual Atmos Health 15, 149–158.
Mehrotra, T., Dev, S., Banerjee, A., Chatterjeee, A., Singh, R., Aggarwal, S., (2021). Use of Immobilized Bacteria for Environmental Bioremediation: A Review. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9: 105920.
Huntington, H., P., Schmidt, J., I., Loring, P., A., Whitney, E., Aggarwal, S., Byrd, A., G., Dev., S., Dotson, A., D., Huang, D., Johnson, B., Karenzi, J., Penn, H., J., F., Salmon, A., Sambor, D., J., Schnabel, W., E., Wies, R. W., Wilber., M., (2021). Applying the FEW nexus concept at the local scale. Nature Sustainability 4: 672-679.
Eichelberger, L., Dev, S., Barnes, D., Bortz, E., Briggs, B., R., Cochran, P., Dotson, A., D., Drown, D., M., Hahn, M., B., Mattos, K., Aggarwal, S., (2021). Implications of inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure for community spread of COVID-19 in remote Alaskan communities. Science of The Total Environment 776: 145842.
