Rahul Jain

About

I work in the area of sustainable development and circular bio-economy with a focus on the transition towards 'Net-Zero'. I am a thriving environmentalist, keen to gain knowledge about new technologies in the area of renewable energy, decarbonization, bioenergy, sustainable fuels, waste management, carbon capture and climate change. With experience spanning academia, industry, NGO, and multilateral institutions, I bring a unique ability to operate at the nexus of science, policy, finance, management, and research.

Employment

• World Bank Biofuels Specialist
  2024 - Present
• Centre for Science and Environment Deputy Program Manager
  2022 - 2024

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi PhD, Sustainable Energy and Environment
  2017 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati MS(R) in Energy
  2015 - 2017
• Panjab University Bachelor of Engineering (Biotechnology)
  2011 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Compressed Biogas (CBG)
  Springer Nature Singapore 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-5697-4
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• Exploring the Synergistic Effects of Mixing, Initial pH Variability, and Light Wavelength on Diatom-Mediated Wastewater Remediation
  ACS ES&T Water 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00277
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• Sustainable biorefining: Hydrothermal liquefaction of diatom biomass for bio-crude and nano-biosilica recovery
  Process Safety and Environmental Protection 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2024.05.025
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• Cultivation of Navicula sp. on rice straw hydrolysate for the production of biogenic silica
  Bioresource Technology 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127577
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• Effect of different polystyrene nano-plastic concentrations on Chlorella pyrenoidosa
  Algal Research 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102835
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• Recovery of diatom bio-silica using chemical, thermal, and plasma treatment
  Bioresource Technology Reports 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2022.101035
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• Comparative Life-Cycle assessment of microalgal biomass production in conventional growth media versus newly developed nanoemulsion media
  Bioresource Technology 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127069
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• Cattle wastewater as a low-cost supplement augmenting microalgal biomass under batch and fed-batch conditions
  Journal of Environmental Management 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114213
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• Environmental Resilience and Circular Agronomy Using Cyanobacteria Grown in Wastewater and Supplemented with Industrial Flue Gas Mitigation
  Ecophysiology and Biochemistry of Cyanobacteria 2022
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• Enhanced microalgae biomass productivity with three-dimensional biofilm substratum
  nternational Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH-2021) 2021
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