Dr Manjula Nair
Assistant Professor
Dr Manjula Nair
- Job title
- Assistant Professor
- manjula.nair@hw.ac.uk
- Role
- Assistant Professor
- Section
- School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
- manjula.nair@hw.ac.uk
About
Dr Manjula Nair is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS), 江南体育 University, Dubai Campus, since September 2018.
She teaches Chemical Reactivity, Industrial Chemical Processes, Thermodynamics, Introduction to Process Engineering and Bioprocessing courses for UG students.
Biography
Academic Leadership and Affiliations:
Dr Manjula Nair is the Year coordinator for Stages 1 &2 of the Chemical Engineering program. She is a member of the International Desalination Association and serves as an honorary member of the research wing at Banasthali University. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
Qualifications
- PhD - University of Banasthali
- M.Sc - Bombay University
Research
Manjula鈥檚 research interests are in the area of water desalination and water remediation. She has published research papers on detection and removal of heavy metal ions from water, textile effluent treatment and environmental impact of desalination.
She has reviewed papers for reputed journals like Elsevier, Deswater and for the Water Resource and Environment Conferences.
Publications
Publications
- NAIR M & KUMAR D. 鈥淲ater desalination and challenges: The Middle East perspective: a review鈥�. Desalination and Water Treatment,51, 2030-2040, 2013.
- DHILLON A, NAIR M & KUMAR D. 鈥淎nalytical methods for sensing of health hazardous arsenic from biotic and abiotic natural resources鈥�. Analytical Methods, 7, 10088-10108, 2015.
- DHILLON A, NAIR M ,KUMAR D &BHARGAVA,S. 鈥淓xcellent fluoride decontamination and antibacterial efficacy of Fe鈥揅a鈥揨r hybrid metal oxide nanomaterial鈥�. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 457,289-297, 2015.
- DHILLON A, NAIR M & KUMAR D. 鈥淎nalytical methods for determination and sensing of fluoride in biotic and abiotic sources: A review. Analytical Methods, 8, 5338-5352,2016.
- KUMAR D, SHARMA N & NAIR M. 鈥淪ynthesis, spectral and extended spectrum beta-lactamase studies of transition metal tetraaza macrocyclic complexes鈥�. Journal of Biological and Inorganic Chemistry, 22,535-543, 2017.
- SHARMA R, RAGHAV S, NAIR M &KUMAR D. 鈥淜inetic and Adsorption studies of Mercury and Lead by Ceria nanoparticles entrapped in turmeric powder鈥�. ACS Omega, 3,14606-14619, 2018.
- KUMAR D, NAIR M & PAINULA R. 鈥淗ighly Responsive Bioinspired AgNPs Probe for the Precise Colorimetric Detection of the Mn(II) in Aqueous Systems鈥�. Plasmonics, 14, 303-311,2018 .
- RAGHAV S, NAIR M & KUMAR D. 鈥淭rimetallic oxide entrapped in alginate polymeric matrix employed for adsorption studies of fluoride鈥�. Surfaces and Interfaces, 13, 112-132, 2018
- NEHRA S, NAIR M & KUMAR D.鈥� Hydrothermally Shape-Controlled Synthesis of TiO2/Graphene for Fluoride Adsorption Studies鈥�. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data,64, 5373-5384,2019
- RAGHAV S, NAIR M & KUMAR D. 鈥淭etragonal prism shaped Ni-Al bimetallic adsorbent for study of adsorptive removal of fluoride and role of ion-exchange鈥�. Applied Surface Science, 494,2019.
- NEHRA S, DHILLON A, SHARMA R, NAIR M & KUMAR D. 鈥淲ater-dispersible magnetite montmorillonite encapsulated cellulose beads for fluoride removals and their kinetics and mechanism鈥�. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management,18,2022.
Book Chapters
- TALREJA N, NAIR M & KUMAR D. 鈥淓arly Diagnosis of Cancer using NMR spectroscopy: A novel diagnostic approach鈥�. Bentham eBooks, Applications of NMR Spectroscopy,7,164-185,2019.
- SHARMA N, NAIR M &KUMAR D.鈥� Water Pollution arising from the Chemical industry and its impact on environmental and human health鈥�. Nova Publishers, Advances in Environmental Research,74,2020.
- NAIR M, PANCHAL K. 鈥淢etal Organic Frameworks for water treatment鈥�.CRC Press, Applications of Advanced Nanomaterials in water treatment,45-62, 2022