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Dr. Sandip Mandal

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Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Visiting Faculty and Professor of Practice

School of Science and Humanities

National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha

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Nature walks, reading, bird watching, gardening

Sustainable Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Water Quality & Treatment (antibiotics, heavy metals), Resource Recovery (PGMs from E-waste and other waste), Biomass valorisation and utilisation as biochar’s, Photo-catalysis, Adsorption, Energy Materials (Battery materials and reuse), artificial intelligence in environmental chemistry.

Mail: sandip.mandal@sru.edu.in

Educational
Qualifications
(From Highest)

2016

PhD Chemistry

2010

Chemistry

2008

Chemistry Honors

Student
Supervision

2

PG

Key Publications

Mandal, S., Padhi, T., Patel, R.K. Studies on the removal of arsenic (III) from water by a novel hybrid material (2011), Journal of Hazardous Materials, 192 (2), pp. 899-908.

Giri, A.K., Patel, R., Mandal, S. Removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by Eichhornia crassipes root biomass-derived activated carbon (2012), Chemical Engineering Journal, 185-186, pp. 71-81.

Mandal, S., Sahu, M.K., Patel, R.K. Adsorption studies of arsenic (III) removal from water by zirconium polyacrylamide hybrid material (ZrPACM-43) (2013), Water Resources and Industry, 4, pp. 51-67.

Mandal, S., Tripathy, S., Padhi, T., Sahu, M.K., Patel, R.K. Removal efficiency of fluoride by novel Mg-Cr-Cl layered double hydroxide by batch process from water (2013), Journal of Environmental Sciences, 25 (5), pp. 993-1000.

Sahu, M.K., Mandal, S., Dash, S.S., Badhai, P., Patel, R.K. Removal of Pb (II) from aqueous solution by acid-activated red mud (2013), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 1 (4), pp. 1315-1324.

Mandal, S., Sahu, M.K., Giri, A.K., Patel, R.K. Adsorption studies of chromium (VI) removal from water by lanthanum diethanolamine hybrid material (2014), Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 35 (7), pp. 817-832.

Mandal, S., Mahapatra, S.S., Sahu, M.K., Patel, R.K. Artificial neural network modeling of As (III) removal from water by novel hybrid material (2015), Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 93, pp. 249-264.

Mandal, S., Mahapatra, S.S., Adhikari, S., Patel, R.K. Modeling of Arsenic (III) Removal by Evolutionary Genetic Programming and Least Square Support Vector Machine Models (2015), Environmental Processes, 2 (1), pp. 145-172.

Mandal, S., Mahapatra, S.S., Patel, R.K. Neuro-fuzzy approach for arsenic (III) and chromium (VI) removal from water (2015), Journal of Water Process Engineering, 5, pp. 58-75.

Mandal, S., Mahapatra, S.S., Patel, R.K. Enhanced removal of Cr (VI) by cerium oxide polyaniline composite: Optimization and modeling approach using response surface methodology and artificial neural networks (2015), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 3 (2), pp. 870-885.

Sahu, M.K., Mandal, S., Yadav, L.S., Dash, S.S., Patel, R.K. Equilibrium and kinetic studies of Cd (II) ion adsorption from aqueous solution by activated red mud (2016), Desalination and Water Treatment, 57 (30), pp. 14251-14265

Devani, M.A., Munshi, B., Oubagaranadin, J.U.K., Lal, B.B., Mandal, S. Remediation of Hg (II) from solutions using Cajanus cajan husk as a new sorbent (2017), Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 38 (15), pp. 1878-1886.

Adhikari, S., Mandal, S., Sarkar, D., Kim, D.-H., Madras, G. Kinetics and mechanism of dye adsorption on WO 3 nanoparticles (2017), Applied Surface Science, 420, pp. 472-482.

Pu, S., Hou, Y., Yan, C., Ma, H., Huang, H., Shi, Q., Mandal, S., Diao, Z., Chu, W. In Situ Coprecipitation Formed Highly Water-Dispersible Magnetic Chitosan Nanopowder for Removal of Heavy Metals and Its Adsorption Mechanism (2018), ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6 (12), pp. 16754-16765

Devani, M.A., Oubagaranadin, J.U.K., Munshi, B., Lal Bipin, B., Mandal, S. BP-ANN approach for modeling Cd(II) bio-sorption from aqueous solutions using Cajanus cajan husk (2019), Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 38 (1), pp. 111-125.

Adhikari, S., Mandal, S., Kim, D.-H. Z-scheme 2D/1D MoS2 nanosheet-decorated Ag2Mo2O7 microrods for efficient catalytic oxidation of levofloxacin (2019), Chemical Engineering Journal, 373, pp. 31-43.

Hou, Y., Pu, S., Shi, Q., Mandal, S., Ma, H., Xue, S., Cai, G., Bai, Y. Ultrasonic impregnation assisted in-situ photoreduction deposition synthesis of Ag/TiO2/rGO ternary composites with synergistic enhanced photocatalytic activity (2019), Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 104, pp. 139-150.

Mandal, S., Adhikari, S., Pu, S., Wang, X., Kim, D.-H., Patel, R.K. Interactive Fe2O3/porous SiO2 nanospheres for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants: Kinetic and mechanistic approach (2019), Chemosphere, 234, pp. 596-607.

Mandal, S., Adhikari, S., Shengyan, P., Hui, M., Kim, D.-H. Constructing gold-sensitized ZnIn2S4 microarchitectures for efficient visible-light-driven photochemical oxidation and sensing of micropollutants (2019), Applied Surface Science, 498, art. no. 143840.

Ma, H., Pu, S., Liu, S., Bai, Y., Mandal, S., Xing, B. Microplastics in aquatic environments: Toxicity to trigger ecological consequences (2020), Environmental Pollution, 261, art. no. 114089

Mandal, S., Pu, S., Adhikari, S., Ma, H., Kim, D.-H., Bai, Y., Hou, D. Progress and future prospects in biochar composites: Application and reflection in the soil environment (2020), Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Mandal, S., Pu, S., Shangguan, L., Liu, S., Ma, H., Adhikari, S., Hou, D. Synergistic construction of green tea biochar supported nZVI for immobilization of lead in soil: A mechanistic investigation (2020), Environment International, 135, art. no. 105374

Mandal, S., Pu, S., Wang, X., Ma, H., Bai, Y. Hierarchical porous structured polysulfide supported nZVI/biochar and efficient immobilization of selenium in the soil (2020), Science of the Total Environment, 708, art. no. 134831

Mandal, S., Pu, S., He, L., Ma, H., Hou, D. Biochar induced modification of graphene oxide & nZVI and its impact on immobilization of toxic copper in soil (2020), Environmental Pollution, 259, art. no. 113851.

Bowen Li, Shengyan Pu, Sandip Mandal, Miao Li, Viscosity modification enhanced the migration and distribution of colloidal Mg (OH)2 in aquifers contaminated by heavy metals, Environment International, Volume 138, 2020, 105658

Sangeeta Adhikari, Sandip Mandal, Do-Heyoung Kim, Free-standing Ag nanoparticle-decorated MoS2 micro flowers grown on carbon cloth for photocatalytic oxidation of Rhodamine B, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Springer (Accepted), 2020,

Sandip Mandal, Thangarasu Sadhasivam, Pham Tan Thong, Sang-Chai Kim, Shim Jin-Yong, Ho-Young Jung, Positive electrode active material development opportunities through carbon addition in lead-acid batteries: A recent progress, Journal of Power Sources, 485,229336, 2020

Adhikari, S., Mandal, S., Kim, D.-H., 1D/2D constructed Bi2S3/Bi2O2CO3 direct Z-Scheme heterojunction: A versatile photocatalytic material for boosted photodegradation, photoreduction and photoelectrochemical detection of water-based contaminants, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 418,126263, 2021

Sahu, U.K. 1, Mandal, S. 1, Sahu, S., Gouda, N., Patel, R.K., Preparation and characterization of mesoporous cerium oxide for toxic as(v) removal: performance and mechanistic studies, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 30(2), pp. 321-330, 2022.

Mandal, S., Adhikari, S., Choi, S., Lee, Y., Kim, D.-H., Fabrication of a novel Z-scheme Bi2MoO6/GQDs/MoS2 hierarchical nanocomposite for the photo-oxidation of ofloxacin and photoreduction of Cr (VI) as aqueous pollutants, Chemical Engineering Journal, 444,136609, 2022

Sahu, U.K., Zhang, Y., Huang, W., Jui, Ma., Mandal, S., Patel, R.K., Pu, S., Nanoceria-loaded tea waste as bio-sorbent for Cr (VI) removal, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 290,126563, 2022.

Mohan, Indra, Raj, Anshu, Shubham, Kumar, Lata D.B., Mandal, Sandip, Kumar, Sachin, Potential of potassium and sodium-ion batteries as the future of energy storage: Recent progress in anodic materials, Journal of Energy Storage, 55,105625, 2022.

Mohan, I., Sahoo, A., Mandal, S., Kumar, S., Kinetic modeling and thermogravimetric investigation of Phoenix dactylifera and Phyllanthus emblica non-edible oil seeds: artificial neural network (ANN) prediction modeling, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, (Article in Press), 2023.

Mandal, S., Binti Bakaruddin, B.R., Jeon, S., Lee, Y., Kim, K.-W., Assessment of the recycling potential of valuable metals by mapping the elemental composition in discarded light-emitting diodes (LEDs), Journal of Environmental Management, 328,116900, 2023.

Pandey, S.P., Singh, S.K., Panda, A.K., Mandal, S., Kumar, S., Catalytic pyrolysis of Argemone mexicana seeds over synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles to produce renewable fuels, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 56,103091, 2023

Adhikari, S. 1, Mandal, S. 1, Kim, D.-H., Recent Development Strategies for Bismuth-Driven Materials in Sustainable Energy Systems and Environmental Restoration, Small, 19(10), 2206003, 2023

Sahu, U.K., Chen, J., Ma, H., Mandal, S., Lai, B., Pu, S. As(III) removal from aqueous solutions using simultaneous oxidation and adsorption process by hierarchically magnetic flower-like Fe3O4@C-dot@MnO2 nanocomposite, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 21(1), pp. 47-61, 2023.

Mohan, I., Sahoo, A., Panda, A.K., Mandal, S., Kumar, S., S., S, Screening of modified kaolin catalysts in the catalytic pyrolysis of waste high-density polyethylene: Kinetics and thermodynamic analysis, Artificial Neural Network prediction, batch pyrolysis study and characterization of liquid fuel, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11(5),111039, 2023.

Mohan, I., Panda, A.K., Mandal, S., Kumar, S., Co-pyrolysis of Azadirachta indica non-edible seed and waste LDPE: Analysis of kinetic models using thermogravimetric analyser and prediction modeling with Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Fuel, 350,128765, 2023.,

Adhikari, S. , Mandal, S. , Kim, D.-H., Construction of 3D Ni3Se2@NiCo-LDH heterostructured system for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction, Catalysis Today, 423,114282, 2023

Sangeeta Adhikari, Sandip Mandal, Do-Heyoung Kim, p-n Junction catalysis in action: Boosting norfloxacin photodegradation with ZIF-67-based Co3O4 wrapped in MoS2 with surface functionalized graphene quantum-dot, Applied Surface Science, 653, 159374, 2024,

Indra Mohan, Sandip Mandal1 Achyut Kumar Panda, Ramakrishnan Prakash, Sachin Kumar. An experimental investigation in a CI engine for the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of liquid fuel produced through catalytic co-pyrolysis, Fuel, 363, 130909, 2024,

Sandip Mandal, Sangeeta Adhikari, Byeong-Hoon Kim, Do-Heyoung Kim, Tetracycline removal via photo-Fenton processes using Fe-based metal-organic frameworks loaded with Bi2S3: Performance evaluation and insights into the charge-transfer mechanism, Applied Surface Science, 161564, 2025

Sandip Mandal, Sangeeta Adhikari, Manasi Murmu, Byung-Hoon Kim, Do-Heyoung Kim, Nanohybrid Synergy: Graphene vs. Carbon Quantum Dots in Photoelectrochemical Applications, Small, 21 (40), e05846, 2025

Research Projects / Patents

Gravity flow portable water bottle with filtration system -961/Kol/2014 (Product Patent), Granted-370831

The present invention discloses a process of water purification by a gravity flow portable water bottle with filtration system.

MULTIPURPOSE BIODEGRADABLE LIQUID CLEANING AGENT

The present invention discloses the simple formulation of Chlorine and Sulphur free multipurpose liquid cleaning agent.

Gravity flow portable water bottle with filtration system

Design Patent

Awards and Honors / Achievements

Project

Excellence Award, Bhaswati Paul Memorial-2010

Project

CCC-2012-NIT Jalandhar, Best Poster

Project

ISC-2013, Coimbatore, Best Poster

Project

Highly Cited Research-Water Resources and Industry, Elsevier

Books

Chapter- 2, Functional Green Carbon Nanocomposites for Heavy Metal Treatment in Water, Advance Removal Techniques and Practices

Sandip Mandal, Sangeeta Adhikari, Pu Shengyan, Ajay Kumar Mishra, R.K Patel,

Willey

An overview of treatment technologies for the removal of emerging and nanomaterials contaminants from municipal and industrial wastewater

Sangeeta Adhikaria , Sandip Mandalb , Do-Heyoung Kima , Ajay Kumar Mishra

Elsevier

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