Dr. A.Santhosh

Assistant Professor (Research)

Mobile: +91-9092029616
Email ID (Personal) : asanthosh616@gmail.com
Email ID (Official)   : santhosh.irc@sathyabama.ac.in

Educational Information

Research Interests

• Biodiesel Production and Characterization
• Biodiesel Wash water treatment and Reuse
• Food waste Activated carbon synthesis

Research Projects

Patents

Publications

1. A.Santhosh and S. S. Dawn Synthesis of zinc chloride activated eco-friendly nano-adsorbent (activated carbon) from food waste for removal of pollutant from biodiesel wash water Water Science & Technology Vol 84 No 5, 1170 doi: 10.2166/wst.2021.303.
2. Santhosh A and Dawn S S Efficiency of Food Waste Activated Carbon in Treating Biodiesel Plant Effluent: Impact on Process Conditions and NaOH Recovery gnest_05434 https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.005434. 
3. Alok Ranjan, Dawn. S.S, Nirmala. N, Santhosh. A and Arun. J (2022), “Application of deep eutectic solvent in biodiesel reaction: RSM optimization, CI engine test, cost analysis and research dynamics”, Fuel, Vol. 307, p. 121933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121933.
4. Poornapushpakala .S, Dawn .S.S, Arun Govind .M, Santhosh .A, Nirmala .N, Barani .S and Nirmala .M (2021), “A novel image processing technique to evaluate biodiesel wastewater for recovery, recycle and reuse towards zero liquid discharge approach”, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Vol. 31, p. 101874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101874.
5. J. Arun, N. Nirmala, P. Priyadharsini, S.S. Dawn, A. Santhosh, K.P. Gopinath, M. Govarthanan A mini-review on bioderived carbon and its nanocomposites for removal of organic pollutants from wastewater Materials Letters Volume 310, 1 March 2022, 131476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131476
6. Arruthra Venugopaal, N. Nirmala, A Santhosh, S S Dawn, “GC-FID Characterization of different origin fried oils and its Biodiesel Derived from Used Cooking Oils”, BIO Web of Conferences, 172, 01001, 2025.

National Journals & Conference Proceedings

1. Santhosh A and Dawn S S Simultaneous thermal analysis for the selection of mixed food waste as precursors for activated carbon synthesis 3rd International Conference on Waste, Energy and Environment (ICWEE2023), 5-7, July, 2023, ISBN: 978-93-83409-81-5.

Book Chapters

1. K. Soni, Kanchan, P. Priyadharsini, P. Dawn, S. S., N. Nirmala, A. Santhosh, B. Ashima, and J. Arun, “Phytoremediation of Metals and Radionuclides,” in Modern Approaches in Waste Bioremediation: Environmental Microbiology, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023, pp. 151-164.
2. P. Priyadharsini, N. Nirmala, S. Sanjay Kumar, Kanchan Soni, M. Subathra, A. Santhosh, S S Dawn, J. Arun, Ashima Bagaria, “Removal of micropollutants from industrial wastewaters by conventional and advanced biological treatment processes”, Emerging Innovative Trends in the Application of Biological Processes for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Elsevier, pp: 337- 361.

Awards & Honors

1. Junior Research Fellow, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India
2. ABLE BEST  2016 organized by Department of Biotechnology, DBT Government of India.

National/International Conference & Events Organized

1. “3rd International Conference on Waste, Energy and Environment”- ICWEE- 2023 organized by the Centre for Waste Management during 5th July to 7th July, 2023.
2. “International Conference on Waste, Energy and Environment (ICWEE-2018)” by Centre for Waste Management, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology during September 5 -7, 2018.
3. “Awareness Programme on Pasumai Eriporulum Adhan Athyavasiyamum Sirappu Vizhipunarvu Mugam” to Woman Self-help group residing at Sithalapakkam, Chennai in 2017. Organizing member in “National Conference on Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Energy & Environment”- (ChemSEE - 2016) organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Centre for Waste Management, Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology.
4. A Training Program on “Pilot Scale Biodiesel Production & Characterization” on monthly basis funded by Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD).
5. An Awareness Workshop on Waste - A Resourceful Neglect (WARN-15) for Undergraduate Students on 8th August, 2015
6. “Research Exploration for Novel and Eco-friendly Waste Handling Techniques” (RENEW-2017) A Mini Project Competition for Under Graduate Students from August,2017 - July, 2018 Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD).

Social Media

• GooleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nCR8x8kAAAAJ&hl=en
• WoS: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/rid/OON-1110-2025
• Orcid ID : https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0009-0000-8685-9681

Additional Information

Scientific Instruments Handled

• Operation of Quality Analysis of Methyl esters/solvents using YL clarity 6500 Gas Chromatography equipped with FID and TCD detector
• Operation of 50 L biodiesel production pilot plant
• Operation of Biodiesel Characterization equipments such as Viscometer, Copper strip corrosion test bomb, Flash point and Fire Point Apparatus, Cloud point and pour point Apparatus, Digital Bomb Calorimeter etc for testing the quality of different oil and biodiesel samples.
• 1Ton Biogas plant operation