Dr Bhavya B Krishna

Principal Scientist

B Tech	2009, Anna University, Chennai
M Tech	2011, AcSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Ph D	2015, AcSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
E Mail	bhavya@iip.res.in
Telephone No.	+91 – 135 – 2525820, 806, 941
Cell No.	+91 – 9897157477

Research Interest

• Thermochemical conversion of Biomass mainly pyrolysis
• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Chemical Engineering

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• CSIR-Young Scientist Award 2021 (Engineering Sciences)
• Young Researcher Award 2020 by PyroAsia Forum
• Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) (2023-2026)
• Best Oral and Poster presentation Awards at several conferences and symposia  
• University Gold Medal, Anna University

Patents

• Catalytic Hydrothermal Process for the Production of Bio Oil from Water Hyacinth
  T Bhaskar, R Singh, B Balagurumurthy and A Prakash
  Indian Patent Application Number: 3241Del2013

Selected Publications

• Investigations into pyrolytic behaviour of spent Citronella waste:  Slow and Flash pyrolysis study
  Bioresour Technol (2023) Just accepted
• Physiochemical characteristics of bio‑char derived from pyrolysis of rice straw under different temperatures
  Biomass Conv Biorefinery (2023), 13, 1-9 
• Py‑GC/MS and pyrolysis studies of eucalyptus, mentha, and palmarosa biomass
  Biomass Conv Biorefinery (2022), 1-12
• Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of alkali lignin at low temperature: Effect of acid and base catalysts on phenolic monomers production
  Biomass Conv Biorefinery (2022), 1-10 
• Oxidative catalytic valorization of industrial lignin into phenolics: Effect of reaction parameters and metal oxides
  Bioresour Technol (2022), 352, 127032