副研究员
Email：abhi28@nju.edu.cn
Dr. Abhishek Kumar Awasthi, Male, PhD, Specially Appointed Associate Research Scientist and Co-supervising Master & Doctoral students (With Prof. Zengwei YUAN) of Nanjing University School of Environment, He is also Assistant Professor (currently on leave without pay) Veerangna Awanti Bai College, Chhatarpur (M.P.) India.
Mainly engaged in the study of material resource recycling and its environmental effects, the assessment of the environmental impact pattern, the environmental process mechanism of pollutants in the soil-water environment, and waste containing chemicals (e-waste and hazardous waste) and kitchen/food waste and organic waste etc.). Young scientist working in the fields of valuable resource utilization and global environmental issues.
Participated in several international and nationals projects including National Natural Science Foundation and UN Environment, Ministry of Science and Technology, and published “first/corresponding author” scientific publications including articles in “Highly Reputed Journals” in Nature Electronics (IF: 27. 50), 2 in Trends in Biotechnology (IF: 14.343), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review (IF: 12.110) other publications in Resource Conservation and Recycling, Environmental Pollution, Science of the Total Environment, and book chapters on Solid Waste/E-waste/Plastic waste management.
Scientific/Academic Editorial Role in Journal
· Chair-Young Scientist Forum-ICWMT, The 15th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology, 2020.
· Editorial Board, Waste Management & Research, (IF: 2.771),
· Editorial Board, Science Progress, (IF: 1.906),
· Editorial Board, Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IF Pending),
· Editorial Board, Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences, SN Applied Sciences, (IF Pending),
· Lead Guest Editor, Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences, SN Applied Sciences,
· Editorial Board, American Journal of Environmental Sciences. (SJR: 0.32)
· Review Editor for Circular Economy “Frontiers in Sustainability”,
Membership/Associated of Academic/Professional Societies
· Member, Young Professional Group, International Solid Waste Association (April-2020-till date)
· Member, Working Group on Communication and Social Issues, International Solid Waste Association (October 2019-till date)
· Member, International Solid Waste Association (March 2019-till date)
· Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) USA [December, 2016 - November, 2017]
· Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), INDIA. (10/2011-till date)
· Life Member, Society of Basic and Applied Mycology (SBAM), INDIA. (10/2010-till date)
· Scientific Member, Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific-The United Nations Environment Programme (BCRC-UNEP), Beijing China (01/2015-12/2018)
· Project working group, “Solving the E-waste Problem” (StEP) hosted by United Nations University, Germany,
· Elected Sectional Committee Member, Section of Environmental Sciences, 102nd Indian Science Congress, Government of India, 2014-2015.
Education experience
07/2010-08/2014: Department of Biological Sciences Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, India Received PhD in Microbiology (Solid Waste Management)
07/2008-06/2010: Department of Biological Sciences Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, India Masters of Sciences Degree in Microbiology (Environmental Microbiology)
07/2005-06/2008: Government Model Science College Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, India Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Science
Work Experience
12/2020-till date: Specially Appointed Associate Research Scientist, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing P.R. China,
10/2014-11/2020: Scientific Consultant, Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific-The United Nations Environment Programme (BCRC-UNEP), Beijing P.R. China
12/2014-10/2020: Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing P.R. China,
09/2014-12/2014: Assistant Professor, Veerangna Awanti Bai Post-Graduate College Chhatarpur, India
07/2013-06/2014: Project Officer, International Institute of Waste Management (IIWM), Bhopal India
09/2011-03/2012: Field Assistant, Regional Office, M.P. Pollution Control Board Jabalpur, India
Personal honor
· Awarded “Reviewer of the Year-2019” by Waste Management & Research (IF: 2.771),
· IconSWM 2015 Excellent Paper Award, 5th International Conference on Solid Waste Management Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 24th –27th November, 2015.
· Elected Sectional Committee Member, for Section of Environmental Sciences, 102nd Indian Science Congress, Government of India, 2014-2015.
· Awarded for “Training of Young Scientist (2014)’’ by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, India.
· Awarded for “Training of Young Scientist (2013)’’ by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, India.
· Awarded as Junior Scientist Award in MICROTECH-2009, by Society for Basic and Applied Mycology, at Department of Biological Sciences, R. D. University, India.