Dr. Sri Shalini Sathyanarayanan
Email : srishalini.sat@mahidol.ac.th
Tel : +66 2889 2138 ext. 6396 – 7
ORCID: 0000-0003-1277-8808
Education
Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Anna University, India, 2015
M.Sc. in Environmental Science, Anna University, India, 2008
B.Sc. in Bio-Chemistry, University of Madras, India, 2006
Postdoc in Environmental Science, McGill University, Canada, 2018
Professional Specialization & Research Interests
Circular Economy, Solid Waste Management, Climate Change Mitigation, Sustainable Development, Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Novel biological processes and Environmental biotechnology
Teaching Subjects
- Circular Economy and Waste Reuse and Recycling
- Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
- Research Seminar in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
- Water Quality Engineering
- Thesis Writing and Research Methodology
Journal Publications
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K, Ramachandran A & and Vijaya Raghavan 2021, Biochar from biomass waste as a renewable carbon material for climate change mitigation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions – A review, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, vol. 11, pp. 2247 – 2267.
- Sri Shalini S & Kurian Joseph 2018, Combined SHARON and ANAMMOX processes for ammoniacal nitrogen stabilization in landfill bioreactors, Bioresource Technology, vol.250, pp. 723 – 732.
- Ahamed Ibrahim, Sri Shalini S, Ramachandran A & Palanivelu, K 2022, Spatio-temporal variation and sensitivity analysis of Aerosol Particulate Matter during the COVID-19 phase-wise lockdowns in Indian cities, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, vol. 79, pp.39-66.
- Whelinta Sherin ANR, Palanivelu K, Sri Shalini S & Brindha K 2023, Impacts of climate change on groundwater quality in Coimbatore Smart city areas of Tamil Nadu, India, Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 82, 488.
- Sri Shalini S & Kurian Joseph 2013, Start-up of the SHARON and ANAMMOX process in landfill bioreactors using aerobic and anaerobic ammonium oxidising biomass, Bioresource Technology, vol. 149, pp.474-485.
- Sri Shalini S & Kurian Joseph 2012, Nitrogen management in landfill leachate: Application of SHARON, ANAMMOX and Combined SHARON-ANAMMOX process – A review, Waste Management, vol.32, pp. 2385-2400.
- Sri Shalini S, Karthikeyan OP & Kurian Joseph 2010, Biological stability of municipal solid waste under simulated landfill conditions’, Bioresource Technology, vol.101, pp.845-852.
- Sri Shalini S, Kurian Joseph & Wong JWC 2015, Aerobic and anaerobic ammonium oxidising bacterial enrichment from municipal solid waste, International journal of Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 12, pp. 1107 – 1122.
- Ligy Philip, Kalaivani, K, Praveen Rosario, Vamsi Krishna & Sri Shalini S 2020, Performance Evaluation of Anaerobic Baffled Biodigester for Treatment of Black Water, Current Science, vol. 118, pp. 1265 – 1274.
- Sri Shalini, S, Yvan Gariepy & Vijaya Raghavan 2017, Effects of soil types on Nitrogen cycling and Electricity production from Microbial Fuel cells with Dried Leaves, Expert Opinion on Environmental Biology, vol. 6, 4,65.
- Sri Shalini, S & Kurian Joseph (2014), Aerobic and anaerobic ammonium oxidising bacteria enrichment from mined municipal solid waste in SHARON-ANAMMOX process, Malaysian Journal of Science, vol.33, pp.42-49.
- Suneethi S, Sri Shalini, S & K Joseph 2014, State of the art strategies for successful ANAMMOX startup and development: A Review, International Journal of Waste Resources, vol. 4: 168, pp.1 -14.
- Aishwarya Subramanian, Aditya Mosur Nagarajan, Sruthi Vinod, Samarshi Chakraborty, Krishanasamy Sivagami,Thomas Theodore, Sri Shalini Sathyanarayanan, Perumal Tamizhdurai and Mangesh VL 2023, Long-term impacts of climate change on coastal and transitional eco-systems in India: an overview of its current status, future projections, solutions, and policies, RSC Advances, Vol. 13, 12204.
Book Publications
- Palanivelu K and Sri Shalini S 2024. Sustainable Circular Economy in the Indian context: Policies and Best Practices. In Cyclic Economy: Policies in Major Countries and the EU, (eds) Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto and Franck Dumeignil, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 63-96.
- Sri Shalini S and Joseph K 2022. Anaerobic Ammonia Oxidation Enrichment to Enhance Landfill Leachate Treatment. In: Pathak, P., Palani, S.G. (eds) Circular Economy in Municipal Solid Waste Landfilling: Biomining & Leachate Treatment. Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in the Environment. Springer, Cham, pp. 189-217.
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K and Ramachandran A 2022, Application of Biochar for Carbon dioxide sequestration and Sustainable agriculture, J Aravind, M Kamaraj, S. Karthikeyan (eds) Strategies and tools for pollutant mitigation – Research trends in the developing nations, Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 113-126.
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K and Ramachandran A 2022. Biochar Pyrolyzed from Municipal Solid Waste—Properties, Activation, Applications and Climate Benefits. In: Nandabalan, Y.K., Garg, V.K., Labhsetwar, N.K., Singh, A. (eds) Zero Waste Biorefinery. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore, pp. 383-423.
- Sri Shalini S, Kurian Joseph, Binghua Yan, Karthikeyan OP, Palanivelu K and Ramachandran A (2021) “Solid waste management practices in India and China – Sustainability issues and Opportunities”, Pardeep Singh, Yulia Milshina, Kangming Tian, Anwesha Borthakur, Pramit Verma and Ajay Kumar (eds), Waste Management Policies and Practices in BRICS Nations, CRC Press of Taylor & Francis, UK, pp.42.
- Joseph K, Suneethi S, Sri Shalini S 2016, Biotransformation of Nitrogen in Landfills. In: Karthikeyan, O., Heimann, K., Muthu, S. (eds) Recycling of Solid Waste for Biofuels and Bio-chemicals. Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes. Springer, Singapore.
Conference Publications
- Sri Shalini Sathyanarayanan, Shoaib Salman, Nawatch Surinkul, Palanivelu Kandasamy and Kurian Joseph, Production of Biochar from Green waste and Coconut husk for Soil Amendment and Environmental Pollution Control, International Conference on Solid Waste 2025 -Waste Management for Carbon Neutrality and Circular Economy (ICSWDG2025), Dongguan, China, 9-12 June 2025.
- Shoaib Salman, Nawatch Surinkul, Trakarn Prapaspongsa, Kritsanat Surakit and Sri Shalini Sathyanarayanan, Development of Modified Bio-Char from Coconut Husk Base Material Used for Nutrient Removals, 14th International Conference on Environmental Engineering, Science and Management Bangsaen Heritage Hotel, Chon Buri, Thailand, May 20-21, 2025.
- Sri Shalini Sathyanarayanan, Palanivelu Kandasamy and Kurian Joseph, Effect of Pyrolysis temperature on Composition, Carbon retention and Carbon stability of Food Waste biochar, The 6th Symposium of the International Waste Working Group-Asian Regional Branch (IWWG-ARB), Quezon City, Philippines, 10-12 March 2025.
- Sri Shalini Sathyanarayanan, Achara Ussawaujikulchai, Narin Boontanon, Suwanna Kitpati Boontanon and Chettiyappan Visvanathan, Tools and Protocols for monitoring plastic pollution in Lower Mekong River Basin Countries: Status and Challenges, 14th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management-Circular Economy (ICONSWM-CE) and IPLA Global Forum 2024 organised by International Society of Waste Management Air and Water, GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh, India, Nov 28 – Dec 1, 2024.
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K and Ramachandran, Valorisation of kitchen waste to biochar for Carbon sequestration, Waste Management and Valorisation for a sustainable future, Nature Conference, Seoul Korea, Virtual, Oct 26-28, 2021.
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K and Ramachandran A, Biochar from Organic fraction of solid waste for Circular Economy, 3rd ISWA YPG Conference, July 17-18, 2020.
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K & Ramachandran A, Academics World International Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, Jan 20, 2020.
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K and Ramachandran A, Production of Biochar from organic solid waste by pyrolysis for global climate change mitigation, ISERD – International Conference on Environment and Natural Science, Jan 18 – 19, 2020, London, UK.
- Sri Shalini S, Palanivelu K and Ramachandran A, Role of Biomass Waste-derived biochar and by-products in renewable energy production and climate change mitigation – A review, International conference on Energy and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Industries, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Jaipur Regional Centre, December 28-29, 2019.
- Sri Shalini S and Kurian Joseph, Enrichment of Aerobic and Anaerobic ammonium oxidising bacteria from solid waste dumps, 2nd ISWA YPG Online conference: The Ultimate journey from dumpsites to a circular economy: Best practices & Innovative solutions for Low- and Middle Income countries, July 12-13, 2019.
- Sri Shalini S and Palanivelu K, Biomass derived Biochar material for Carbon Sequestration, National conference on Sustainable Materials for Energy & Environmental Applications, Anna University, Chennai, Mar, 2, 2019.
- Sri Shalini S, Yvan Gariepy and Vijaya Raghavan, Effects of soil types on Nitrogen cycling and Electricity production from Microbial Fuel cells with Dried Leaves, 4th International conference on Green Energy and Expo & 6th International conference on Recycling: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Nov 6 – 8, 2017, Las Vegas, USA.
- Sri Shalini S and Kurian Joseph, Combined SHARON-ANAMMOX process for ammoniacal nitrogen stabilisation in Landfill Bioreactors, Asia-Pacific Conference on Biotechnology for Waste Conversion, Dec 6-8, 2016, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. CHINA.
- Sri Shalini S, Laila Jaseela, Archana P Abraham, Jayakumar R, Suneethi S, Dinesh Kumar R and Ligy Philip, Performance evaluation of DRDO Based Anaerobic Biodigesters for Blackwater Treatment, 4th International faecal sludge management conference (FSM4), ITC Grand Chola, Chennai, February 19-23, 2017.
- Sri Shalini S and Kurian Joseph, In situ nitrogen management in landfill bioreactors using combined SHARON and ANAMMOX processes, Linnaeus Eco-Tech 2014, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, November 24 – 26th, 2014.
- Sri Shalini S and Kurian Joseph, SHARON and ANAMMOX process development in landfill bioreactors, National Conference on Energy and Environment Conference (EECON 2014), AC Tech., Anna University, Chennai, 3rd March, 2014.
- Sri Shalini S and Kurian Joseph, “Sustainable nitrogen management in landfill bioreactors using SHARON and ANAMMOX processes”, National conference on Challenges of Water Resources and Environmental Management, Easwari Engineering College, Department of Civil Engineering, Chennai – 600089, January 27 – 28, 2014.
- Sri Shalini S and Kurian Joseph, Enriching of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria from mined municipal solid waste, The International Conference on Waste Management and Environment, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 26-27, 2013.
- Sri Shalini S and Kurian Joseph, Enrichment of aerobic ammonium oxidising bacteria from mined municipal solid waste, International conference on Role of Green Technologies for Sustainable Development, Guru Nanak Engineering college, Ibrahimpatnam, Andhra Pradesh, March 30 – 31, 2012.
- Sri Shalini S & Kurian Joseph, Enrichment of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium oxidising bacteria from fresh and mined municipal solid waste & leachate, International Conference of Solid Waste 2011 Moving Towards Sustainable Resource Management, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. CHINA, May 2-6, 2011.
- Sri Shalini S, Suneethi S and Kurian Joseph, ANAMMOX and SHARON process for nitrogen management in Landfill Bioreactor, International Conference on Solid Waste Management (IconSWM), Kolkatta, India, November 4-6, 2009.
