Department of Chemical Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Dr. Ravikrishna R

Professor

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA, 1995-2000

MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY IIT-Madras, Chennai, India, 1993-1995

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 1989-1993

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  • Bioaerosol emission and transport
  • Contaminant fate and transport across environmental interfaces
  • Aerosol Dynamics in Dense Urban Environments
  • Photocatalytic regeneration of activated carbon
  • Fate and transport of aerosols
  • Novel methodologies for analysis of pollutant transport.

    Current Courses

  • Courses
  • CH 3030 - Mass Transfer Applications (2010-2013, 2017, 2018, 2019) - CORE.
  • CH 3520/3521 - Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory (2008-present) - CORE.
  • CH 5370 - Environmental Quality - Monitoring and Analysis (2008-2020, 2022) ELECTIVE (An NPTEL course with the same title is also available).
  • CH 5460 - Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering (2008-2021) - ELECTIVE.
  • ID 1200 - Ecology and Environment (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) (Co-Coordination and Partial Instruction)
  • CH 1020 - Process Calculations (2015) - CORE.
  • CH 5020 - Experimental and Analytical Methods in Chemical Engineering (2006-2009)- CORE (With Prof. Arun Tangirala).
  • CH 6200 - Environmental Chemodynamics (2007,2008) - ELECTIVE.
  • CH 5280 - Air Pollution and Control (2008) - ELECTIVE.
  • CH 5050 - Advanced Theromodynamics (2020, 2021, 2022) - CORE.
  • CH 6021 - Research Methodology (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).

  1. Relationship between fungal bioaerosols and biotic stress on crops: a case study on wheat rust fungi

    Author: Varghese, Emil and Krishnamoorthy, Sarayu and Patel, Ankit and Thazhekomat, Hredhya and Kumari, Kiran and Bhattacharya, Bimal K. and Kundu, Shyam S. and Goswami, Jonali and Verma, Rama Shanker and Raghunathan, Ravikrishna and Yadav, Shweta and Gunthe, Sachin S.

    Journal: Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection

    Volume: 131

    Page: 823 – 833

    Year: 2024

  2. Complex Hygroscopic Behavior of Ambient Aerosol Particles Revealed by a Piezoelectric Technique

    Author: Jose, Christi and Singh, Aishwarya and Kalkura, Kavyashree N. and Jose, George V. and Srivastava, Shailina and Ammini, Rameshchand K. and Yadav, Shweta and Ravikrishna, Raghunathan and Andreae, Meinrat O. and Martin, Scot T. and Liu, Pengfei and Gunthe, Sachin S.

    Journal: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

    Volume: 8

    Page: 983 – 991

    Year: 2024

  3. Enhanced visible light sensitized photoreaction by mixed phase titania nanotubes

    Author: Savitha, Rangasamy and Raghunathan, Ravikrishna and Chetty, Raghuram

    Journal: Applied Surface Science

    Volume: 609

    Year: 2023

  4. Passive fungal spore release from fruit and vegetable solid waste

    Author: Arigela, Ravinder and Gopalakrishnan, Saranya and Raghunathan, Ravikrishna

    Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials

    Volume: 458

    Year: 2023

  5. Black carbon over tropical Indian coast during the COVID-19 lockdown: inconspicuous role of coastal meteorology

    Author: Vaishya, Aditya and Raj, Subha S. and Singh, Aishwarya and Sivakumar, Swetha and Ojha, Narendra and Sharma, Som Kumar and Ravikrishna, Raghunathan and Gunthe, Sachin S.

    Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    Volume: 30

    Page: 44773 – 44781

    Year: 2023