S K RAI

About

I am currently working as a Scientist at CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India. My research interests are biofuel, bioenergy, enzymology, and biomass valorization.

Employment

• National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Scientist-C
  2026 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee ANRF-NPDF
  2026 - 2026
• University of Calgary Postdoctoral Associate
  2025 - 2026
• Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing Research Associate
  2023 - 2024

Education

• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research M. Tech. (Pharm.)
  2013 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Algae to Biofuels: Catalytic Strategies and Sustainable Technologies for Green Energy Conversion
  Catalysts 2025 DOI: 10.3390/catal15090806
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• Algae to Biofuels: Catalytic Strategies and Sustainable Technologies for Green Energy Conversion
  2025 DOI: 10.20944/preprints202507.0004.v1
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• Robust nano-enzyme conjugates for the sustainable synthesis of a rare sugar D-tagatose
  International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123406
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• Development of Recyclable Magnetic Cross Linked Enzyme Aggregates for the Synthesis of High Value Rare Sugar D-Tagatose in Aqueous Phase Catalysis
  Catalysis Science & Technology 2021 DOI: 10.1039/d0cy02397c
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• Recovery of nanosized silica and lignin from sugarcane bagasse waste and their engineering in fabrication of composite membrane for water purification
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11105-3
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• Dual-Enzyme Metal Hybrid Crystal for Direct Transformation of Whey Lactose into a High-Value Rare Sugar D-Tagatose: Synthesis, Characterization, and a Sustainable Process
  ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00841
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• Evaluation of structural integrity and functionality of commercial pectin based edible films incorporated with corn flour, beetroot, orange peel, muesli and rice flour
  Food Hydrocollides 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2019.01.022
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• Self-Assembled Hybrid Nanoflowers of Manganese Phosphate and l-Arabinose Isomerase: A Stable and Recyclable Nanobiocatalyst for Equilibrium Level Conversion of d-Galactose to d-Tagatose
  acs sustainable chemistry and engineering 2018 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b00091
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• Xylanase from Acinetobacter pittii MASK 25 and developed magnetic cross-linked xylanase aggregate produce predominantly xylopentose and xylohexose from agro biomass
  Bioresource Technology 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.034
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• Development of nanobiocatalysts through the immobilization of Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase for applications in efficient kinetic resolution of racemic compounds
  Bioresource Technology 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.050
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