Specialization

Advanced Oxidation Processes, Wastewater Treatment

Email

shilpi.verma@thapar.edu

She also worked as project fellow in Ganga River Basin Management Plan (GRBMP), prepared by consortium of 7 IITs. The plan is being implemented by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under Namami Gange Programme.

Dr. Shilpi has worked as post-doctoral researcher (2014) at LUT Finland with Prof. Mika E. T. Sillanpää.The project was focused on the treatment of anatoxin-a (a cyanotoxin, released during the algal bloom) contaminated water using advanced oxidation processes. UV-C LEDs were used in conjunction with  H₂O₂ and PMS. Anatoxin-a was successfully  removed both from natural lake water and synthetic water. During her tenure as Post-doctoral researcher she had the opportunity to interact and get insights from Prof. Shuji Nakamura (Noble Laureate) which resulted in a research article.

She has also explored the area of renewable energy (2016) through the research work on methanol steam reforming for the production of hydrogen at IIT Guwahati.

Research Interest:

 Dr. Shilpi performs research in the fields of

• Advanced oxidation technologies for water treatment

• Drinking water treatment and purification

• Water quality, treatment, reuse, and monitoring

• Sustainable water processes

• Destruction of biological toxins in water

• Environmental nanotechnology

• Waste to  clean energy technologies

Research Collaborations :

• Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Laboratory for Open Systems and Networks, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Universitetsbyen 36, 8000 Aarhus ,Denmark

• Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247667, India

Research Grant:

• SEED Grant -TIET 2022.Enhanced degradation of anatoxin through the coupling of sulfate radicals and upconversion photocatalyst

• Indo-German Science and Technology Centre: Women Involvement in Science and Engineering Research, 2024. Development of upconversion photocatalytic materials for efficient degradation of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water using solar activation

Fellowships:

• UGC-NET (2005), ICAR-NET (2006)

• MHRD fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2008-2012)

• International Travel Support Grant from Department of Science and Technology, India for Presenting Research Paper

Publications in Journals & Book Chapters:  

• Peer-reviewed International Journals: 18

• Book Chapter: 02

Google Scholar

Presentations at Conferences:

• Kaur, M.; Dhir, A.; Verma, S., 2024. Optimizing p-Nitrophenol (PNP) Degradation with Iron-Doped Bismuth and Tungsten Photocatalyst: Exploring Water Matrix Effects for Enhanced Performance, Sustainable Development in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (SDCEE-2024), TIET, Patiala, India.

• Kumar, P; Verma, S.; Štangar, U. L., 2023. Synergistic Effect of Bismuth and Molybdenum-Based Heterojunction Photocatalysts with Peroxymonosulfate for Efficient Degradation of N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone, EUROPACAT2023, Prague, Czech Republic

• Verma, S.; Kumar, P; Štangar, U. L., 2022. Preparation of a Z-scheme heterojunction bismuth-doped ZnWO4 based photocatalyst with improved photocatalytic activity for the degradation of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Chemical Engineering : Enabling Transition Towards Sustainable Future 2022 (CHEMTSF-2022), IIT Roorkee, India

• Kumar, P; Verma, S.; Kaur, R; Štangar, U. L., 2022.  Study of the influence of water matrix components on the degradation of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone by UV/PMS and application of ANN modelling, SCS Annual Meeting 2022, Portoroz-Portorose, Slovenia

• Kumar, P; Verma, S.; Štangar, U. L., 2021.  Increasing the Photocatalytic Efficiency of ZnWO4 by Synthesizing a Bi2WO6/ZnWO4 Composite Photocatalyst, Fifth International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering (CCE-2021), USA.

• Kumar, P; Verma, S.; Štangar, U. L., 2021.  Enhanced photo-degradation of N -Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP): Influence of matrix components and kinetic study, 4th International Caparica Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions and Molecules (PTIM – 2021) Caparica, Portugal

• Kumar S.; Verma S., 2019. Job Safety Analysis in Steel Manufacturing Unit and Recommendations to Improve the Work Safety Environment, Safety Convention-2019, New Delhi, India.

• Verma, S.; Prasad, B.; Mishra, I.M., 2012.Treatment of PTA Wastewater Through Coagulation-Flocculation Using Iron and Aluminum Salts. CHEMFERENCE2012, IIT Bombay, India.

• Garg, K.K.; Verma, S.; Prasad, B.; Mishra, I.M., 2011.Studies on Removal of Boron by Electrocoagulation Process, CHEMCON2011, Bangalore, India.

• Verma, S.; Prasad, B.; Mishra, I.M., 2011. Thermochemical Precipitation for the Pre-treatment of Purified Terephthalic Wastewater, International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

• Verma, S.; Prasad, B.; Mishra, I.M., 2009. Review on Biological Treatment of Purified Terephthalic Acid Wastewater, International Conference on Recent Trends in Management, Technology and Environment, Muzzafarnagar, India.

Invited Talks:

• Invited Talk at ACS Environment & Sustainability Event, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 2022

• Speaker Address during the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast on “Quality Education Empowering Rural Women” (GWB-2022)

• Keynote Speaker at Parul University, 2020: Cyanotoxins: Impact, Detection, and Treatment through Advanced Oxidation Processes

• Invited at All India Radio, Patiala as panelist for discussion on Environmental Issues and creating awareness among stakeholders, Dated: July 12, 2024

• Invited at Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab Sate Open University, Patiala as panelist for discussion on “Lifestyle for the Environment: Sustainable Living for a Greener Future”, a national workshop sponsored by Punjab Pollution Control Board Dated: August 21, 2024

Student Advising:

• Shubham Sharma (Masters-2020) - Safety Work for Four-Lanning of Udhampur-Ramban Sec of NH-1A

• Prakriti Neupane (Masters - 2021) - Analysis of Onsite Sanitation, Centralized and Decentralized Wastewater Management System of Kathmandu Valley

• Anshika Deo Ojha (Masters - 2022) - Integrated Technologies for Restoring Degraded Land- A Meta-Analysis

• S K M Mizanur Rahaman (Masters - 2023)  Achieving Sustainable Development Goal for Water Saving through AWS Certification Approach

   

Reviewer of SCI Journals:

•  Chemical Engineering Journal

• Water Research

• Chemosphere

• Journal of Hazardous Materials

• Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

• Journal of Environmental Management

• Science of the Total Environment

• Applied Clay Science

• Journal of Molecular Liquids

Awards:

1. Indo-German Science and Technology Centre: Women Involvement in Science and Engineering Research IGSTC-WISER Award-2024

Guest Editor

1. Special Issue (2024): Materials innovation and mechanistic features of photo/thermal catalysis for sustainable chemical production (Sustainable chemicals) in  Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (Online ISSN: 1879-2553, Print ISSN: 0022-3697), (IF: 4.3)