Professor S. A. Abbasi

About

Prof S. A. Abbasi has been a full university professor since 1987 after being Head-in-charge of the Water Quality & Environment Division at the Centre for Water Resources, Kozhikode, during 1979-87. He was a Visiting-cum-adjunct Professor at California State University during 1984-1987, and has been a Visiting Professor at the universities of Minnesota, Florida, Las Vegas, California-Berkeley, Malaya and Al-Ahsa.From 2015 till 2024 he was Emeritus Professor at Pondicherry University and was then made a Distinguished Professor at UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun)

​With 55 books, over 400 papers in indexed journals, 12 patents, 26000+ citations and a Hirsch Index exceeding 85, Prof Abbasi is among the world’s foremost environmental experts, rated among top 2 in India and top 100 in the world (https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist.php?id=409777). Among numerous coveted honours and...

​Married to Dr Naseema in 1978, Prof Abbasi has three daughters: The eldest Dr Tasneem Abbasi is a chemical-environmental engineer trained at the University of Surrey, Pondicherry University, and Anna University of Technology. Tarannum holds a BTech and an MS (BITS, Pilani). Tabassum has taken her masters and PhD in environmental engineering. The eldest and the youngest daughters are associate professors while the middle daughter works for Infosys.

Employment

• Pondicherry University Professor/Senior Professor/ Emeritus Professor, Pondicherry University
  1987 - 2024
• Lecturer/Scientist/Head-in-charge/Visiting Professor Lecturer/Scientist/Head-in-charge/Visiting Professor
  1970 - 1987

Education

• Cochin University of Science and Technology DSc
  1982 - 1989
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay PhD
  1970 - 1976

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (357)

• Intelligent Effluent Management: AI-Based Soft Sensors for Organic and Nutrient Quality Monitoring
  Processes 2025 5 citations DOI: 10.3390/pr13061664
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• Different Species of Epigeic and Anecic Earthworms Cause Similarly Effective and Beneficial Biocomposting—A Case Study Involving the Pernicious Aquatic Weed Salvinia (Salvinia molesta, Mitchell)
  Life 2023 4 citations DOI: 10.3390/life13030720
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• A Closed Loop Wastewater Biorefinery Based on the Recently Introduced SHEFROL Reactor and Two Freely Available Macrophytes
  CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water 2023 4 citations DOI: 10.1002/clen.202100287
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• Feasibility of a Novel (SHEFROL) Technology in Pre-Treating Eatery Wastewater at Pilot Scale
  Water 2022 4 citations DOI: 10.3390/w14223789
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• Process Design and Assessment of the Performance of Three Macrophytes in a Biorefinery Polishing Partly Treated Sewage in Novel SHEFROL Bioreactors
  Processes 2022 4 citations DOI: 10.3390/pr10112350
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• Assessment of Methane Emission and the Factors That Influence It, from Three Rice Varieties Commonly Cultivated in the State of Puducherry
  Atmosphere 2022 10 citations DOI: 10.3390/atmos13111811
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• Rapid, Clean, and Sustainable Bioprocessing of Toxic Weeds into Benign Organic Fertilizer
  Agriculture 2022 4 citations DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12101511
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• A Circular Biorefinery-Integrating Wastewater Treatment with the Generation of an Energy Precursor and an Organic Fertilizer
  Sustainability 2022 12 citations DOI: 10.3390/su14095714
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• A Comparative Study of the Fertilizer-Cum-Pesticide Effect of Vermicomposts Derived from Cowdung and the Toxic Weed Lantana
  Agriculture 2021 4 citations DOI: 10.3390/agriculture11121263
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• A novel vermicomposting machine for rapid processing of phytomass and other organic solid waste
  2020 0 citations DOI: 10.22541/au.157935993.31461521
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