Nalok Dutta

About

I am Dr. Nalok Dutta, a dedicated researcher with extensive experience in biomass processing and enzyme-mediated bioremediation. Currently, I am a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Biochemical Engineering Department at UCL, where I am developing a magnetic nanoparticle-aided sustainable continuous flow biocatalytic process on enzyme microreactors.

Previously, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Chemical Engineering Department, BSEL, Washington State University, I led a DOE-funded project implementing advanced pretreatment and anaerobic digestion (APAD) technology, achieving increased conversion of biowaste to bio-natural gas. Additionally, I demonstrated successful bioremediation strategies for groundwater at NASA’s Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), leveraging anaerobic microorganisms in microcosms and batch scale studies.

I am passionate about advancing sustainable biotechnological solutions that address critical environmental challenges.

My thrust area during my PhD was based on chemically engineered robust biocatalysts on suitable nano-supports for downstream processing of agricultural resources. I have isolated extremophilic bacterial consortium from nutrient enriched soil from various environmental sources. These microorganisms were then grown on a limiting nutrient media to isolate the enzymes of interest. For improved and prolonged activity of the enzyme, I have immobilized enzymes coupled to appropriate nanoparticles on suitable matrices in the form of Single walled carbon nano tube and graphene oxide. I have had the experience of using enzyme-nanocomposites (Ca-Hap and Magnesium oxide nanoparticles) for increasing enzyme activities at temperature and pH extremes.

Employment

• Washington State University Postdoctoral research associate
  2019 - 2022
• University College London

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (41)

• Biosensors in heavy metal and metalloid detection: Genetic, cellular, and nanomaterial applications
  Sangay Wangmo, Avishek Talukdar, Nalok Dutta

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  • Annet Nabumpenje
  • Jeewen Kumar Bastola
  • Sayan Bhattacharya
  Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes 2025 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-13615-3.00015-7
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• Application of microalgae in wastewater treatment with special reference to emerging contaminants: a step towards sustainability
  Frontiers in Analytical Science 2024 DOI: 10.3389/frans.2024.1513153
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• Role of exosomal RNA in wound healing and tissue repair
  Exosomal RNA 2024
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• Microplastic contamination in wastewater: Sources, distribution, detection and remediation through physical and chemical-biological methods
  Avishek Talukdar, Pritha Kundu, Sayan Bhattacharya +1 more
  Science of The Total Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170254
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• Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Materials to Enhance Biogas Recovery
  Biogas Plants 2023 DOI: 10.1002/9781119863946.ch2
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• The Biogas Use
  Biogas Plants 2023 DOI: 10.1002/9781119863946.ch6
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• Technoeconomic Assessment of Emerging Technologies for the Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion Processes at Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities
  AIChE Annual Meeting 2023
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• Arsenic contaminated water remediation: A state-of-the-art review in synchrony with sustainable development goals
  Sayan Bhattacharya, Avishek Talukdar, Shubhalakshmi Sengupta +4 more
  Groundwater for Sustainable Development 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2023.101000
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• EnCPdock: a web-interface for direct conjoint comparative analyses of complementarity and binding energetics in inter-protein associations
  Gargi Biswas, Debasish Mukherjee, Nalok Dutta

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  • Prithwi Ghosh
  • Sankar Basu
  Journal of Molecular Modeling 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05626-0
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• Implementation and Optimization of Algal Biomass in Value-Added Products Recovery: A Step towards Algae-Based Green Economy
  Nalok Dutta, Pritha Kundu, Jonathan T.E. Lee +1 more
  Hydrobiology 2023 DOI: 10.3390/hydrobiology2020021
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• Methods to convert lignocellulosic waste into biohydrogen, biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel and value-added chemicals: a review
  Springer 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s10311-022-01511-z
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• Efficacy of emerging technologies in addressing reductive dechlorination for environmental bioremediation: A review
  Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.hazl.2022.100065
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• Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy
  Nanomaterials in Clinical Therapeutics 2022 DOI: 10.1002/9781119857747.ch15
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• Algae Biomass Conversion Technologies
  Handbook of Research on Algae as a Sustainable Solution for Food, Energy, and the Environment 2022 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-2438-4.ch021
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• An Insight into Valorization of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Optimization with the Combination of Hydrothermal (HT) and Biological Techniques: A Review
  Sustainable Chemistry 2022 DOI: 10.3390/suschem3010003
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• A critical review of recent advances in the bio-remediation of chlorinated substances by microbial dechlorinators
  Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 2022 DOI: 10.1016/J.CEJA.2022.100359
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• A review of recent advancements in pretreatment techniques of lignocellulosic materials for biogas production: Opportunities and Limitations
  Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2022.100263
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• Bioaugmentation of Methanosarcina thermophila grown on biochar particles during semi-continuous thermophilic food waste anaerobic digestion under two different bioaugmentation regimes
  Bioresource Technology 2022 DOI: 10.1016/J.BIORTECH.2022.127590
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• Current challenges of hydrothermal treated wastewater (HTWW) for environmental applications and their perspectives: A review
  Environmental Research 2022 DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2022.113532
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• Degrading chlorinated aliphatics by reductive dechlorination of groundwater samples from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
  Chemosphere 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134115
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