Vinod Kumar

Assistant Professor

Email vkumar27 [at] central.uh.edu

Biography

Dr Kumar has long experience in area of sustainable biotechnology. His research sits at the nexus of metabolic and pathway engineering, bioprocessing, and waste valorization, with a central goal of advancing low-carbon and sustainable biomanufacturing. His research group develops microbial cell factories and scalable bioprocesses for the conversion of renewable carbon and carbon-rich agro-industrial and industrial waste streams into platform and commodity chemicals, fuels, and value-added bioproducts. By integrating metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, enzyme and pathway engineering, fermentation technology, and process optimization, the group seeks to develop efficient and robust biological production systems that can transform underutilized waste carbon into valuable products.

A key focus of Dr Kumar’s research is the development of cleaner and more sustainable production routes that maximize carbon utilization, improve product titers, yields and productivity, minimize waste and energy consumption, and reduce carbon emission and dependence on fossil-derived feedstocks. His research is guided by the principles of the circular economy, connecting feedstock valorization, microbial cell-factory design, and bioprocess engineering to enable economically and environmentally sustainable biomanufacturing. Dr Kumar has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in high-quality international journals and publishers, which have collectively received more than 10,000 citations, with an h-index of 59 to date.

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education (PGCAP); Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK – Cranfield University, United Kingdom
PhD (Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology) – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
M.Sc. (Chemistry) – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry – Hindu College, University of Delhi, India

Other Appointments

Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Houston

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (Presidential Frontier Faculty) in Biomanufacturing in Department of Engineering Technology at Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, USA.
Associate Professor in Sustainable Biomanufacturing in Magan Centre for Applied Mycology at Cranfield University.
Senior Lecturer in Microbial Technology and Biorefining in School of Water, Energy & Environment, at Cranfield University.
Lecturer in Bioenergy/Biomass Systems in School of Water, Energy & Environment, at Cranfield University.
Marie Curie Fellow in Nottingham BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre at University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Research Fellow at School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, United Kingdom.
Research Professor at School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, South Korea.
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Laboratory of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Polytech Clermont Ferrand, University of Blaise Pascal, France.

Professional Service & Affiliations

Associate Editor: 3Biotech, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, Industrial Crops and Products, Microbial Cell Factories
Editor-in-Chief (Biorefining and Integrated Bioresource Engineering): Food and Bioproducts Bioprocessing
Editorial Board Member: Chemical Engineering Journal
Advisory Board Member: Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Institutional Service

Center for Rural Development and Technology at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Centre for Sustainable Rural Development at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Department of Energy, Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Classes

BTEC 4319 Microbial Biotechnology

Research Interests

Microbial Technology
Bioprocessing
Metabolic Engineering
Integrated Biorefineries
Circular Bioeconomy
Sustainability Assessment

Research Areas:

Sustainable & Low-Carbon Biomanufacturing: Development of sustainable biomanufacturing platforms for producing chemicals, fuels, and value-added bioproducts from renewable and non-fossil carbon resources. The research integrates biological and process engineering approaches to reduce carbon emissions, energy consumption, and waste while improving overall process efficiency.
Microbial Cell Factories, Metabolic & Pathway Engineering: Design and development of robust microbial platforms for the production of commercially relevant biochemicals and biomaterials. Engineering microbial metabolism and biosynthetic pathways to redirect cellular carbon and reducing power toward the overproduction of desired chemicals and fuels. Research encompasses host selection, genome and pathway engineering, cofactor balancing, adaptive laboratory evolution, and synthetic biology strategies to improve product titer, yield, productivity, tolerance, and process robustness.
Waste Valorization & Circular Bioeconomy: Conversion of agro-industrial, food, and other carbon-rich waste and by-product streams into valuable chemicals, fuels, and bioproducts. The research aims to unlock underutilized renewable carbon resources and establish circular biomanufacturing routes that minimize waste and reduce reliance on fossil-derived feedstocks.
Fermentation, Bioprocess Engineering & Process Sustainability: Development and optimization of scalable fermentation processes for translating engineered microbial systems from laboratory to industrially relevant production. Research focuses on bioreactor engineering, process optimization, feeding strategies, oxygen and carbon management, product recovery, and integration of upstream and downstream processing. Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment are used to evaluate economic viability, environmental performance, carbon efficiency, and the potential for scale-up and industrial implementation.

Awards & Honors

Pool of Experts & Panel Member for Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK.
Advisor for Commonwealth Scholarships/Fellowships applications for UK.
Lead international expert panel for evaluating Biotechnology field study programs in Lithuania.
Selected for 8 fully funded International joint UK workshops with Brazil, China, India and Kenya.
Qualified for Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship with a score of 97.1/100.
Received Pusan National University (PNU) Post-Doc Fellowship for pursuing Post-Doctoral Research at PNU.
Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India to pursue research towards PhD degree at IIT Delhi.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Life Sciences and secured All India Rank first with 99.99 percentile in 2005.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry and secured All India Rank fourth with 99.77 percentile in 2002.
Two times qualified CSIR-JRF Examination (conducted to provide scholarship to meritorious students to pursue PhD) in Chemical Sciences at all India level, declared eligible for Lectureship and was placed among top 20% JRF Holders.
Qualified UGC-JRF Examination (conducted to provide scholarship to meritorious students to pursue PhD) in Chemical Sciences at all India level, declared eligible for Lectureship and was placed among top 20% JRF Awardees.
Received M.K. Rastogi Prize for standing first in B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry Examination.

Full publication list can be found at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Vk3KkR4AAAAJ

Dhodduraj K, Narisetty V, Nabavi SA, Coulon F, Maity SK, Agrawal D, Kumar V (2026) Unlocking Sugar Beet Pulp via Novel Hydrogen Peroxide-Tween 80 and Polypropylene Glycol Pretreatments: Mechanistic Insights and Comparative Techno-Economic Analysis. Accepted in Biomass and Bioenergy.
Dhodduraj K, Narisetty V, Nabavi SA, Coulon F, Maity SK, Kumar V (2026) Enhanced arabinose utilization by adaptively evolved Klebsiella pneumoniae enables efficient 2, 3-butanediol production from sugar beet pulp. Sustainable Energy & Fuels https://doi.org/10.1039/d6se00474a
Dhodduraj K, Narisetty V, Nabavi SA, Saldivar RP, Coulon F, Agrawal D, Maity SK, Balan V, Kumar V (2026) Beets beyond sugar: Potential and limitations of sugar beet pulp as a feedstock for biorefineries. Industrial Crops and Products 240:122559.
Kumar V, Ainala SK, Gaur VK, Jacob S, Lin Y, Venkatachalam P, Maity SK, Gaur NA, Kumar G, Gupta VK (2026) Biological production of muconic acid from renewable biomass: advances in metabolic engineering and lignin valorisation. Microbial Cell Factories https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-026-03037-3
Meng D, Berhanu A, Kumar V, Ahmad F, Li W, Gao H, Zhu D (2026) Lignin-based hydrogels through a green-metrics lens: solvents, crosslinking chemistries, and scalable processes. Green Chemistry 28(19):8044-66.
Gopaliya D, Srivastava N, Kumar V, Khare SK (2026) One-pot consolidated bioprocessing of waste potatoes to l-malic acid by a thermotolerant and metabolically versatile Aspergillus terreus BD isolate. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 10(12):2969-82.
Sharma A, Suvedi D, Bhagat K, Chandel M, Verma R, Kalia S, Tapwal A, Kumar D, Peter L, Kumar V, Sharma A (2026) Structure-function relationships of Ganoderma polysaccharides: extraction, classification, bioactivities, and gut microbiota modulation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2:153325.
Singh DV, Nagappan S, Lay CH, Igliński B, Piechota G, Kumar G, Saldivar RP, Kumar V (2026) Bioenergy carbon capture storage and utilization: a critical review of market dynamics and policy implications. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 19:12 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-025-02724-4
Budakoti M, Kumar V, Agrawal D (2026) Fed-Batch Fermentation of Pretreated Crude Glycerol for Enhanced 1, 3-Propanediol Production by Citrobacter freundii IIPDR3. Waste and Biomass Valorization 3:1-4.
Gopaliya D, Kumar V, Khare SK (2026) Integrated cost-efficient itaconic acid production from waste potatoes via a holistic upstream-to-downstream approach. Separation and Purification Technology 388:136685.
Parra-Saldívar R, Russell SJ, Iqbal HM, Navarro-Márquez M, Gutiérrez-Soto G, Kumar V, Kumar G, Vanapalli KR, Maity SK (2026) Forgotten fibre waste: Mycoremediation and recycling of used absorbent hygiene products. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 226:108673.
Shanmugam R, Basha AC, Kumar V, Shanmugam SR, Sriariyanun M, Venkatachalam P (2026) Selective catalytic depolymerization of lignin for Biorenewable fuels and Chemicals: Opportunities and challenges. Fuel 412:138111.
Vanapalli KR, Parveen N, Maity SK, Saldivar RP, Jacob S, Kumar G, Kumar V (2026) Life cycle assessment for circular biomanufacturing of lactic acid from sugarcane bagasse. Sustainable Production and Consumption 64:306-322.
Fang Z, Fan Q, Huang Y, Xu B, Yang ZJ, Gu Y, Kumar V, Yong YC (2025) Evaluating propionate production in Clostridium ljungdahlii inoculated bioelectrochemical system. Process Biochemistry 160:11-20.
Yang Z, Yong YC, Kumar V, Fang Z (2025) Recent advances in electro-fermentation technology: Sustainable approach for enhanced chemical bioproduction from mix-culture to pure-culture. Journal of Environmental Management 395:127895.
Chamoli S, Shimali, Chamoli A, Karki K, Kumar R, Kumar V, Kumar P (2025) Recent advances in sustainable strategies for development of innovative nanobiocatalysts using immobilized β-glucosidase for industrial applications. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 45(8):1772-91.
Agarwalla A, Kumar V, Mohanty K (2025) Techno-Economic Analysis of an Integrated Membrane-Based Harvesting and Effluent Recycling Strategy for Microalgal Biomass Production in Raceway Ponds. ACS ES&T Water 5(10): 6078–6089.
Bhatia SK, Patel AK, Saratale GD, Kumar V, Yang YH (2025) A review on upcycling waste cooking oil into polyhydroxyalkanoates (bioplastic): A pathway for sustainable material. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 7:146592.
Tej AV, Pranika M, Adhithya S, Nithya K, Sathish A, Kumar V (2025) From contamination to remediation: Understanding the toxicity, risk assessment, and degradation pathways of triphenyl phosphate and related organophosphate flame retardants in water and soil. Science of The Total Environment 999:180356.
Awani KO, Khallaghi N, Kumar V, Nabavi SA (2025) Techno-Economic Assessment of an Integrated GTL Facility for Urea Production. Accepted in Journal of CO2 Utilization 99:103157.
Rajeswari G, Kumar V, Jacob S (2025) Advanced lignocellulose bioprocessing for Aloe vera leaf rind through novel termite gut microbiome consortia for acetone butanol ethanol (ABE) production: Metagenomics insights and process economic analysis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 1:145691.
Yang Y, Abdelfattah A, Jia H, Kumar V, Jiang Y, Cheng L (2025) Enhanced nitrogen removal by Comamonas 110 colonization and bioaugmentation in sequencing batch activated sludge bioreactor. Bioresource Technology 2:132759.
Cho SK, Trchounian K, Reungsang A, Kumar V, Igliński B, Piechota G, Kumar G (2025) Critical factors influencing biohythane production from research to commercialization. Energy 2:136284.
Lea-Smith DJ, Hassard F, Coulon F, Partridge N, Horsfall L, Parker KD, Smith RD, McCarthy RR, McKew B, Gutierrez T, Kumar V (2025) Engineering Biology Applications for Environmental Solutions: Potential and Challenges. Nature Communications 16(1):3538.
Maity SK, Agrawal D, Gadkari S, Vanapalli KR, Yong YC, Zhu D, Chen C, Kumar V (2025) Techno-economics of Sugar Cane Bagasse Valorization to Lactic Acid Using Pinch Technology: Distillation vs Reactive Distillation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 13(18):6538-53.
Hafyan RH, Sadhukhan J, Kumar V, Maity SK, Gadkari S (2025) A comparative techno-economic feasibility of hydrogen production from sugarcane bagasse and bread waste. Fuel 388:134469.
Milessi TS, Sandri JP, Arruda PV, Esteves TD, Pinheiro LP, Kumar V, Chandel AK (2025) Role of non-genetically modified or native pentose fermenting microorganisms in establishing viable lignocellulosic biorefineries in the Brazilian context. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 20:1-9.
Adhithya S, Nithya K, Satish A, Kumar V (2025) Uncovering the feasibility of using live Chlorella microbiomes in domestic and industrial wastewater treatment: Insights into monoculture and synergistic mixed co-cultured system. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 149:140-56.
Awani K, Hanak D, Kumar V, Nabavi SA (2024) Techno-economic assessment of decarbonization pathways for a gas to liquid facility: A review. Journal of CO₂ Utilization 90:102994.
Jung JH, Ponnusamy VK, Kumar G, Igliński B, Kumar V, Piechota G (2024) Industrial–scale production of various bio–commodities by engineered microbial cell factories: Strategies of engineering in microbial robustness. Chemical Engineering Journal 502:157679.
Budakoti M, Bhandari S, Agrawal D, Kumar V (2024) Unveiling the potential of a novel alkalophilic Citrobacter freundii IIPDR3 strain in valorizing glycerol to 1, 3-propanediol. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 5:1-6.
Tiwari BR, Maity SK, Brar SK, Chen KW, Kumar G, Kumar V (2024) Comprehensive techno-economic and environmental assessment for 2, 3-butanediol production from bread waste. Chemical Engineering Journal 500:157003.
Rahman MZ, Varma AR, Gadkari S, Tawai A, Sriariyanun M, Kumar V, Maity SK (2024) Mechanism-Based Thermodynamic Analysis for One-Step and Two-Step Ethanol-to-1, 3-Butadiene Conversion Processes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 63(47):20697-713.
Bisht V, Das B, Hussain A, Kumar V, Navani NK (2024) Understanding of probiotic origin antimicrobial peptides: a sustainable approach ensuring food safety. npj Science of Food 8(1):67.
Amani S, Mohebodini M, Khademvatan S, Jafari M, Kumar V (2024) Modifications in gene expression and phenolic compounds content by methyl jasmonate and fungal elicitors in Ficus carica. Cv. Siah hairy root cultures. BMC Plant Biology 24(1):520.
Varma AR, Shrirame BS, Gadkari S, Vanapalli KR, Kumar V, Maity SK (2024) Techno-economic viability of bio-based methyl ethyl ketone production from sugarcane using integrated fermentative and chemo-catalytic approach: Process integration using pinch technology Chemical Engineering Journal 489:151297.
Vanapalli KR, Nongdren L, Maity SK, Kumar V (2024) Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Glycerol Valorization Routes to 1, 2-and 1, 3-Propanediol Based on Process Modeling. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 12(40):14716-31.
Kumar V, Kumar P, Maity SK, Agrawal D, Narisetty V, Jacob S, Kumar G, Bhatia SK, Kumar D, Vivekanand V (2024) Recent Advances in Bio-based Production of Top Platform Chemical, Succinic acid: An Alternative to Conventional Chemistry. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 17(1):1-39.
Sharma K, Verma R, Kumar D, Kumar V (2024) Impact of Irpex lenis and Schizophyllum commune endophytic fungi on Perilla frutescens: enhancing nutritional uptake, phytochemicals, and antioxidant potential. Microbial Cell Factories 23(1):226.
Lu M, Sha Y, Kumar V, Xu Z, Zhai R, Jin M (2024) Transcription factor-based biosensor: A molecular-guided approach for advanced biofuel synthesis. Biotechnology Advances 18:108339.
Hassard F, Curtis TP, Dotro GC, Golyshin P, Gutierrez T, Heaven S, Horsfall L, Jefferson B, Jones DL, Krasnogor N, Kumar V (2024) Scaling-up Engineering Biology for Enhanced Environmental Solutions. ACS Synthetic Biology 13(6):1586-8.
Ponnumsamy VK, Al-Hazmi HE, Shobana S, Dharmaraja J, Jadhav DA, Piechota G, Igliński B, Kumar V, Bhatnagar A, Chae KJ, Kumar G (2024) A review on homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic microalgal lipid extraction and transesterification for biofuel production. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 59:97-117.
Jacob S, Rajeswari G, Rai A, Tripathy SS, Gopal S, Das E, Kumar V, Kumar SJ, Aminabhavi TM, Garlapati VK (2024) Paradigm of Integrative OMICS of Microbial Technology Towards Biorefinery Prospects. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 11:103226.
Ahuja V, Chauhan S, Yang YH, Bhatia SK, Kumar V (2024) From Brew to Table: Unleashing the potential of spent grains protein. Journal of Cereal Science 22:103896.
Hafyan RH, Mohanarajan J, Uppal M, Kumar V, Narisetty V, Maity SK, Sadhukhan J, Gadkari S (2024) Integrated biorefinery for bioethanol and succinic acid co-production from bread waste: Techno-economic feasibility and life cycle assessment. Energy Conversion and Management 301:118033.
Bhardwaj D, Giri A, Kumar V, Srivastava VC (2024) Nettle (Urtica spp.) phytotomy and applications: Crop variety selection and advanced product development for the manufacturing of natural fiber composites. Industrial Crops and Products 210:118180.
Hafyan RH, Mohanarajan J, Uppal M, Kumar V, Vivek N, Maity SK, Sadhukhan J, Gadkari S (2024) Bread waste valorization: A review of sustainability aspects and challenges. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 8:1334801.
Rajeswari G, Kumar V, Jacob S (2024) A concerted enzymatic de-structuring of lignocellulosic materials using a compost-derived microbial consortia favoring the consolidated pretreatment and bio-saccharification. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 2:110393.
Agrawal D, Awani K, Nabavi SA, Balan V, Jin M, Aminabhavi TM, Dubey KK, Kumar V (2023) Carbon Emissions and Decarbonisation: The Role of Fermentation Industry. Chemical Engineering Journal 475:146308.
Vanapalli KR, Bhar R, Maity SK, Dubey BK, Kumar S, Kumar V (2023) Life Cycle Assessment of Fermentative Production of Lactic acid from Bread Waste based on Process Modelling using Pinch Technology. Science of the Total Environment 905:167051.
Kumar V, Agrawal D, Bommareddy RR, Islam MA, Jacob S, Balan V, Singh V, Thakur VK Navani NK, Scrutton NS (2023) Arabinose as an Overlooked Sugar for Microbial Bioproduction of Chemical Building Blocks. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 44(6):1103-20.
Balasundaram G, Gahlot P, Ahmed B, Biswas P, Tyagi VK, Svensson K, Kumar V, Kazmi AA (2023) Advanced steam-explosion pretreatment mediated anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge: Effects on methane yield, emerging contaminants removal, and microbial community. Environmental Research 238:117195.
Díaz-Ruiz E, Balbino TR, Dos Santos JC, Kumar V, da Silva SS, Chandel AK (2023) Fermentative Production of β-Carotene from Sugarcane Bagasse Hydrolysate by Rhodotorula glutinis CCT-2186. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 2:1-7.
Saratale RG, Ponnusamy V, Piechota G, Igliński B, Shobana S, Park JH, Saratale GD, Shin HS, Banu JR, Kumar V, Kumar G (2023) Green chemical and hybrid enzymatic pretreatments for lignocellulosic biorefineries: Mechanism and challenges. Bioresource Technology 28:129560.
Varma AK, Shrirame BS, Maity SK, Agrawal D, Malys N, Rios-Solis L, Kumar G, Kumar V (2023) Recent Advances in Fermentative Production of C4 Diols and their Chemo-catalytic Upgrading to High-value Chemicals. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 52:99-126.
Agrawal D, Budakoti M, Kumar V (2023) Strategies and tools for the biotechnological valorization of glycerol to 1, 3-propanediol: Challenges, recent advancements and future outlook. Biotechnology Advances 66:108177.
Prasad S, Narishetty V, Kumar V, Dutta S, Ahmad E (2023) Recent advances in the production of 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid from biorenewable resources. Materials Science for Energy Technologies 6:502-521.
Khanal S, Karimi K, Majumdar S, Kumar V, Verma R, Bhatia SK, Kuca K, Esteban J, Kumar D (2023) Sustainable utilization and valorization of potato waste: state of the art, challenges, and perspectives. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 26:1-26.
Mailaram S, Narisetty V, Maity SK, Gadkari S, Thakur VK, Russell S, Kumar V (2023) Lactic acid and biomethane production from bread waste: a techno-economic and profitability analysis using pinch technology. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 7:3034-3046.
Gadkari S, Narisetty V, Maity SK, Manyar H, Mohanty K, Jeyakumar RB, Pant KK, Kumar V (2023) Techno-Economic Analysis of 2, 3-Butanediol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 11(22):8337-49.
Tiwari BR, Bhar R, Dubey BK, Maity SK, Brar SK, Kumar G, Kumar V (2023) Life Cycle Assessment of Microbial 2, 3-Butanediol Production from Brewer’s Spent Grain Modeled on Pinch Technology. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 11:8271-8280.
Kavitha S, Ravi YK, Gunasekaran M, Chattopadhyay I, Palani S, Kumar V, Kumar G, Jeyakumar RB (2023) Development of an integrated biorefinery system for bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to polyhydroxyalkanoates and biohydrogen. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 11:4606-4622.
Kaur H, Siwal SS, Kumar V, Thakur VK (2023) Deep Eutectic Solvents toward the Detection and Extraction of Neurotransmitters: An Emerging Paradigm for Biomedical Applications. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 62:18906-18917.
Cox R, Narisetty V, Castro E, Agrawal D, Jacob S, Kumar G, Kumar D, Kumar V (2023) Fermentative valorisation of xylose-rich hemicellulosic hydrolysates from agricultural waste residues for lactic acid production under non-sterile conditions. Waste Management 166:336-345.
Agrawal D, Kumar V (2023) Recent progress on sugarcane-bagasse based lactic acid production: technical advancements, potential and limitations. Industrial Crops and Products 193:116-132.
Balan V, Pierson J, Husain H, Kumar S, Saffron C, Kumar V (2023) Potential of using microalgae to sequester carbon dioxide and processing to bioproducts. Green Chemistry 25(20):7934-51
Meena R AA, J M, Banu J R, Bhatia SK, Kumar V, Piechota G, Kumar G (2023) A review on the pollution assessment of hazardous materials and the resultant biorefinery products in Palm oil mill effluent. Environmental Pollution 328:121525.
Pierson J, Makkena GR, Kumar S, Kumar V, Vivekanand V, Husain H, Ayser M, Balan V (2023) Modeling the Production of Microalgal Biomass in Large Water Resource Recovery Facilities and Its Processing into Various Commodity Bioproducts. Fermentation 9(10):909.
Gopaliya D, Zaidi S, Srivastava N, Rani B, Kumar V, Khare SK (2023) Integrated fermentative production and downstream processing of L-malic acid by Aspergillus wentii using cassava peel waste. Bioresource Technology 21:128946.
Agrawal D, Gopaliya D, Willoughby N, Khare S, Kumar V (2023) Recycling Potential of Brewer’s Spent Grains for Circular Biorefineries. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 40:100748.
Singh NK, Yadav M, Singh V, Padhiyar H, Kumar V, Bhatia SK, Show PL (2022) Artificial intelligence and machine learning-based monitoring and design of biological wastewater treatment systems. Bioresource Technology 369:128486.
Workie E, Kumar V, Bhatnagar A, He Y, Dai Y, Wah Tong Y, Peng Y, Zhang J, Fu C (2023) Advancing the bioconversion process of food waste into methane: A systematic review. Waste Management 156:187-197.
Banu JR, Preethi, Gunasekaran M, Kumar V, Bhatia SK, Gopalakrishnan Kumar G (2022) Enhanced biohydrogen generation through calcium peroxide engendered efficient ultrasonic disintegration of waste activated sludge in low temperature environment. Bioresource Technology 365:128164.
Kumar V, Brancoli P, Narisetty V, Wallace S, Charalampopoulos D, Dubey BK, Kumar G, Bhatnagar A, SK Bhatia, Taherzadeh M (2022) Bread waste–A potential Feedstock for Sustainable Circular Biorefineries. Bioresource Technology 369:128449.
Umai RD, Jacob S, Kumar V (2022) Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment of Water Hyacinth for Improved Holocellulosic Saccharification and Fermentative Co-Production of Xylitol and Lipids Using Rhodosporidium toruloides NCIM 3547. Fermentation 8:591.
Dharmaraja J, Shobana S, Arvindnarayan S, Francis RR, Jeyakumar RB, Saratale RG, Ashokkumar V, Bhatia SK, Kumar V, Kumar G (2022) Lignocellulosic biomass conversion via greener pretreatment methods towards biorefinery applications. Bioresource Technology 369:128328.
Lay CH, Dharmaraja J, Shobana S, Arvindnarayan S, Krishna Priya R, Jeyakumar RB, Saratale RG, Park YK, Kumar V, Kumar G (2022) Lignocellulose biohydrogen towards net zero emission: A review on recent developments. Bioresource Technology 364:128084.
Narisetty V, Prabhu AA, Bommareddy RR, Cox R, Agrawal D, Misra A, Haider MA, Bhatnagar A, Pandey A, Kumar V (2022) Development of hyper-tolerant strain of Yarrowia lipolytica accumulating succinic acid using high levels of acetate. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10(33):10858-10869.
Narisetty V, Adlakha N, Kumar Singh N, Dalei SK, Prabhu AA, Nagarajan S, Naresh Kumar A, Amruthraj Nagoth J, Kumar G, Singh V, Kumar V (2022) Integrated biorefineries for repurposing of food wastes into value-added products. Bioresource Technology 363:127856.
Wicker RJ, Autio H, Daneshvar E, Sarkar B, Bolan N, Kumar V, Bhatnagar A (2022) The effects of light regime on carbon cycling, nutrient removal, biomass yield, and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by a constructed photosynthetic consortium. Bioresource Technology 363:127912.
Wicker RJ, Kwon E, Khan E, Kumar V, A Bhatnagar (2023) The potential of mixed-species biofilms to address remaining challenges for economically-feasible microalgal biorefineries: a review. Chemical Engineering Journal 451:138481.
Narisetty V, Okibe MC, Amulya K, Jokodola EO, Coulon F, Tyagi VK, Lens PNL, Parameswaran B, Kumar V (2022) Technological advancements in valorization of second generation (2G) feedstocks for bio-based succinic acid production. Bioresource Technology 360:127513.
Narisetty V, Nagarajan S, Gadkari, Ranade VV, Zhang J, Patchigolla K, Bhatnagar A, Pandey A, Kumar V (2022) Process Optimization for Recycling of Bread Waste into Bioethanol and Biomethane: A Circular Economy Approach. Energy, Conversion and Management 266:115784.
Bhatia SK, Ahuja V, Chandel N, Gurav R, Bhatia RK, Govarthanan M, Tyagi VK, Kumar V, Pugazendhi A, Banu JR & Yang YH (2022) Advances in algal biomass pretreatment and its valorisation into biochemical and bioenergy by the microbial processes. Bioresource Technology 358:127437.
Baral P, Jana A, Kumar V, Agrawal D (2022) Comparative assessment of sugarcane bagacillo and bagasse at lab-scale for production of sugars and green chemicals via biochemical platform. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 14:8483-8492.
Hans S, Kumar N, Gohil N, Khambhati K, Bhattacharjee G, Deb SS, Maurya R, Kumar V, Reshamwala SMS, Singh V (2022) Rebooting life: engineering non-natural nucleic acids, proteins and metabolites in microorganisms. Microbial Cell Factories 21(1):100.
Narisetty V, Zhang L, Zhang J, Lin CSK, Tong YW, Show PL, Bhatia SK, Misra A, Kumar V (2022) Fermentative production of 2,3-Butanediol using bread waste – A green approach for sustainable management of food waste. Bioresource Technology 358:127381.
Ucm R, Aem M, Lhb Z, Kumar V, Taherzadeh MJ, Garlapati VK, Chandel AK (2022) Comprehensive review on biotechnological production of hyaluronic acid: status, innovation, market and applications. Bioengineered 13:9645-966.
Shaji A, Shastri Y, Kumar V, Ranade VV, Hindle N (2022) Sugarcane Bagasse Valorization to Xylitol: Techno-economic and Life Cycle Assessment. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining 16(5):1214-26.
Narisetty V, Narisetty S, Jacob S, Kumar D, Leeke GA, Chandel AK, Singh V, Srivastava VC, Kumar V (2022) Biological Production and Recovery of 2,3-Butanediol using Arabinose from Sugar beet pulp by Enterobacter ludwigii. Renewable Energy 191:394-404.
Zhang J, Chen J, Ma R, Kumar V, Tong YW, He Y, Mao F (2022) Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of animal manure: Integrated insights from biogas productivity, microbial viability and enzymatic activity. Fuel 320:123990.
Sharma J, Kumar V, Prasad R, Gaur NA (2022) Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as CBP host to produce cellulosic ethanol: A review with recent advances. Biotechnology Advances 56:107925.
Jacob S, Umai D, Kayalvizhi R, Kumar V (2022) Xylitol: Bioproduction and applications-A review. Frontiers in Sustainability 3:826190.
Mailaram S, Narisetty V, Ranade VV, Kumar V, Maity SK (2022) Techno-economic analysis for the production of 2,3-butanediol (BDO) from brewers spent grain (BSG) using pinch technology. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 61:2195-2205.
Narisetty V, Cox R, Bommareddy RR, Agrawal D, Ahmad E, Pant KK, Chandel AK, Bhatia SK, Kumar D, Parameswaran B, Gupta VK, Kumar V (2022) Valorisation of xylose to renewable fuels and chemicals, an essential step in augmenting the commercial viability of lignocellulosic biorefineries. Sustainable Energy and Fuels 6:29-65.
Cox R, Narisetty V, Nagarajan S, Agrawal D, Ranade VV, Salonitis K, Venus J, Kumar V (2022) High-level fermentative production of lactic acid from bread waste under non-sterile conditions with a circular biorefining approach and zero waste discharge. Fuel 313:122976.
Hawi S, Goel S, Kumar V, Pearce O, Nishio Ayre W & Ivanova EP (2022) Critical review of nanopillar-based mechanobactericidal systems. ACS Applied Nano Materials 5:1-17.
Jokodola EO, Narisetty V, Castro E, Durgapal S, Coulon F, Sindhu R, Binod P, Banu JR, Kumar G, Kumar V (2022) Process optimisation for production and recovery of succinic acid using xylose-rich hydrolysates by Actinobacillus succinogenes. Bioresource Technology 344:126224.
Thakur S, Verma A, Kumar V, Yang XJ, Krishnamurthy S, Coulon F, Thakur VK (2022) Cellulosic biomass-based sustainable hydrogels for wastewater remediation: Chemistry and prospective. Fuel 309:122114.
Amraoui Y, Prabhu AA, Vivek N, Coulon F, Chandel AK, Willoughby N, Jacob S, Koutinas A, Kumar V (2022) Enhanced 2,3-Butanediol production by mutant Enterobacter ludwigii using Brewers’ spent grain hydrolysate: Process optimization for a pragmatic biorefinery loom. Chemical Engineering Journal 427:130851.
Subramanian K, Sarkar MK, Wang H, Qin ZH, Chopra SS, Jin M, Kumar V, Chao Chen C, Tsang CW, Lin CSK (2021) An overview of cotton and polyester, and their blended waste textile valorisation to value-added products: A circular economy approach – research trends, opportunities and challenges. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 52:3921-3942.
Banu JR, Ginni G, Kavitha S, Kannah RY, Kumar V, Kumar SA, Gunasekaran M, Tyagi VK, Kumar G (2021) Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis using acidogenic fermentative effluents. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 193:2079-2092.
Alankar SS, Sajesh N, Rastogi S, Sakhuja S, Rajeswari G, Kumar V, Chandel AK, Jacob S (2021) Bioprocessing of fermentable sugars derived from water hyacinth into microbial lipids and single cell proteins by oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides NCIM 3547. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 1-15.
Baral P, Kumar V, Agrawal D (2021) Emerging trends in high-solids enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic feedstocks for developing an efficient and industrially deployable sugar platform. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 42:873-891.
Shaji A, Shastri Y, Kumar V, Ranade VV, Hindle N (2021) Economic and environmental assessment of succinic acid production from sugarcane bagasse. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 9 (38):12738-12746.
Narisetty V, Castro E, Durgapal S, Coulon F, Jacob S, Kumar D, Pant KK, Parameswaran B, Kumar V (2021) High level xylitol production by Pichia fermentans using non-detoxified xylose-rich sugarcane bagasse and olive pits hydrolysates. Bioresource Technology 342:126005.
Gopaliya D, Kumar V, Khare SK (2021) Recent advances in itaconic acid production from microbial cell factories. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 36:102130.
Saini AK, Radu T, Paritosh K, Kumar V, Pareek N, Tripathi D, Vivekanand V (2021) Bioengineered bioreactors: a review on enhancing biomethane and biohydrogen production by CFD modeling. Bioengineered 12 (1):6418-6433.
Narisetty V, Cox R, Willoughby N, Aktas E, Tiwari B, Matharu AS, Salonitis K, Kumar V (2021) Recycling bread waste into chemical building blocks using a circular biorefining approach. Sustainable Energy and Fuels 5 (19):4842-4849.
Amraoui Y, Narisetty V, Coulon F, Agrawal D, Chandel AK, Maina S, Koutinas A & Kumar V (2021) Integrated fermentative production and downstream processing of 2,3-butanediol from sugarcane bagasse-derived xylose by mutant strain of Enterobacter ludwigii. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 9 (30):10381-10391.
Maina S, Prabhu AA, Vivek N, Vlysidis A, Koutinas A, Kumar V (2021) Prospects on bio-based 2,3-butanediol and acetoin production: Recent progress and advances. Biotechnology Advances 54:107783.
Narisetty V, Prabhu AA, Al-Jaradah K, Gopaliya D, Hossain AH, Khare SK, Punt PJ, Kumar V (2021) Microbial itaconic acid production from starchy food waste by newly isolated thermotolerant Aspergillus terreus strain. Bioresource Technology 337:125426.
Narisetty V, Amraoui Y, Abdullah A, Ahmad E, Agrawal D, Parameswaran B, Pandey A, Goel S, Kumar V (2021) High yield recovery of 2,3-butanediol from fermented broth accumulated on xylose rich sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate using aqueous two-phase extraction system. Bioresource Technology 337:125463.
Ascencio JJ, Philippini RR, Gomes FM, Pereira FM, da Silva SS, Kumar V, Chandel AK (2021) Comparative highly efficient production of β-glucan by Lasiodiplodia theobromae CCT 3966 and its multiscale characterization. Fermentation 7 (3):108.
Rajeswari G, Jacob S, Chandel AK, Kumar V (2021) Unlocking the potential of insect and ruminant host symbionts for recycling of lignocellulosic carbon with a biorefinery approach: a review. Microbial Cell Factories 20:107.
Baral P, Munagala M, Shastri Y, Kumar V, Agrawal D (2021) Cost reduction approaches for fermentable sugar production from sugarcane bagasse and its impact on techno-economics and the environment. Cellulose 28:6305-6322.
Baral P, Pundi A, Kumar A, Singh R, Kumar V, Agrawal D (2021) Salting-out assisted solvent extraction of L (+) lactic acid obtained after fermentation of sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate. Separation and Purification Technology 269:118788.
Bhatia SK, Otari SV, Jeon JM, Gurav R, Choi YK, Bhatia RK, Pugazhendhi A, Kumar V, Banu JR, Yoon JJ, Choi KY, Yang YH (2021) Biowaste-to-bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoates): Conversion technologies, strategies, challenges, and perspective. Bioresource Technology 326:124733.
Kim Y, Lama S, Agrawal D, Kumar V, Park S (2021) Acetate as a potential feedstock for the production of value-added chemicals: Metabolism and applications. Biotechnology Advances 49:107736.
Gadkari S, Kumar D, Qin ZH, Lin CS, Kumar V (2021) Life cycle analysis of fermentative production of succinic acid from bread waste. Waste Management 126:861-871.
Kaur AP, Bhardwaj S, Dhanjal DS, Nepovimova E, Cruz-Martins N, Kuča K, Chopra C, Singh R, Kumar H, Șen F, Kumar V, Verma R, Kumar D (2021) Plant Prebiotics and Their Role in the Amelioration of Diseases. Biomolecules 11(3):440.