Individual Information
Kunal Garg
Research Scientist
School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University
Educational Qualification
From 5/2010 to 10/2014, PhD , India
From 7/2006 to 6/2008, Master's in Microbiology , India
From 7/2003 to 6/2006, Bachelors in Sciences (Medical) , India
Research Interests
Microbial Diversity Studies
Microbial Bioremediation
Plant-Microbe Interaction Studies
Microbial Interactions with Industrial Wastes and Concrete composites
Use of Industrial Wastes for Civil Applications
Work Experience
From 11/2015 to till date, Research Associate , School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
From 09/2014 to 07/2015, Junior Research Fellow , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 11/2012 to 08/2014, Project Fellow , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 01/2011 to 06/2011, Teaching Associate , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 09/2010 to 12/2010, Teaching Assistant , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 03/2009 to 03/2010, Junior Research Fellow , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 10/2008 to 03/2009, Project Associate , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
Selected Publications
From 5/2010 to 10/2014, PhD , India
From 7/2006 to 6/2008, Master's in Microbiology , India
From 7/2003 to 6/2006, Bachelors in Sciences (Medical) , India
Research Interests
Microbial Diversity Studies
Microbial Bioremediation
Plant-Microbe Interaction Studies
Microbial Interactions with Industrial Wastes and Concrete composites
Use of Industrial Wastes for Civil Applications
Work Experience
From 11/2015 to till date, Research Associate , School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
From 09/2014 to 07/2015, Junior Research Fellow , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 11/2012 to 08/2014, Project Fellow , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 01/2011 to 06/2011, Teaching Associate , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 09/2010 to 12/2010, Teaching Assistant , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 03/2009 to 03/2010, Junior Research Fellow , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
From 10/2008 to 03/2009, Project Associate , Thapar University, Patiala (India)
Selected Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
| 1. |
Bulbul Gupta, Kunal, Anita Rajor, Jaspreet Kaur (2018) Isolation, characterisation of novel Pseudomonas and Enterobacter sp. from contaminated soil of Chandigarh for naphthalene degradation. In: Utilization and Management of Bioresources. Ghosh S. (Ed). Springer, Singapore. pp. 175-186 (ISBN Online version: ISBN 978-981-10-5349-8) |
| 2. |
Rafat Siddique and Kunal (2016) Utilization of industrial by-products and natural ashes in mortar and concrete: Development of sustainable construction materials. In: Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials: Characterisation, Properties and Applications. K. A. Harries and B. Sharma (Eds.). Woodhead Publishers (Elsevier), United Kingdom. pp. 159-204. (ISBN: 978-0-08-100871-3) |
| 3. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2014) Biological remediation of alkaline cement kiln dust for sustainable environment. In: Industrial, medical and environmental applications of microorganisms - Current status and trends. A. Méndez-Vilas (Ed.). Wageningen Academic Publishers, Netherlands. pp. 52-58. (ISBN Print version: 978-90- 8686-243-6) |
| 4. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2012) Green technology for the treatment of highly alkaline cement industry waste. In: Energy - Water – Waste Nexus for Environmental Management. Devi R, Kidwai K, Rose PK and Saran AK (Eds.). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi. pp: 21-25. (ISBN: 978-81-8487-206-4) |
| 5. |
Anita Rajor and Kunal (2012) An overview on the utilization and leachate analysis of biomedical waste incinerator ash. In: Energy - Water – Waste Nexus for Environmental Management. Devi R, Kidwai K, Rose PK and Saran AK (Eds.). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi. pp: 193-198. (ISBN: 978-81-8487-206-4) |
| 1. |
Rafat Siddique, Abir Jameel, Malkit Singh, Danuta Barnat-Hunek, Kunal, Abdelkarim Ait- Mokhtar, Rafik Belarbi and Anita Rajor (2017). Effect of bacteria on strength, permeation characteristics and micro-structure of silica fume concrete. Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier), 142: 92-100. (IF 2016: 3.169) (ISSN: 0950-0618) |
| 2. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2016). Bacterial Treatment of Alkaline Cement Kiln Dust by using Bacillus halodurans strain KG1. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology (Elsevier), 47: 1-9. (IF 2016: 1.091) (ISSN: 1517-8382) |
| 3. |
Rafat Siddique, Karambir Singh, Kunal, Malkit Singh, Valeria Corinaldesi and Anita Rajor (2016). Properties of bacterial rice husk ash concrete. Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier), 121: 112-119. (IF 2016: 3.169) (ISSN: 0950-0618) |
| 4. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique, Anita Rajor and Malkit Singh (2016). Influence of bacterial treated cement kiln dust on strength and permeability of concrete. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 28: 04016088-1 - 04016088-2. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943- 5533.0001593. (IF 2016: 1.43) (ISSN 0899-1561) |
| 5. |
Rafat Siddique, Vasu Nanda, Kunal, El-Hadj Kadri, M Iqbal Khan, Malkit Singh and Anita Rajor (2016). Influence of bacteria on compressive strength and permeation properties of concrete made with cement baghouse filter dust. Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier), 106: 461-469. (IF 2016: 3.169) (ISSN: 0950-0618) |
| 6. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique and Anita Rajor (2014). Strength and Microstructure Analysis of Bacterial Treated Cement Kiln Dust Mortar. Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier), 63: 49-55. (IF 2016: 3.169) (ISSN: 0950-0618) |
| 7. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique and Anita Rajor (2014). Influence of bacterial treated cement kiln dust on the properties of concrete. Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier), 52: 42-51. (IF 2016: 3.169) (ISSN: 0950-0618) |
| 8. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2013). Biological treatment of alkaline cement kiln dust by using alkalitolerant bacteria. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 7: 1933-1942. (IF 2014: 0.073) (ISSN: 0973-7510) |
| 9. |
Anita Rajor, Monika Xaxa, Ratika Mehta and Kunal (2012). An overview on characterization, utilization and leachate analysis of biomedical waste incinerator ash. Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier), 108: 36-41. (IF 2016: 4.010) (ISSN: 0301-4797 online) |
| 10. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique and Anita Rajor (2012). Use of cement kiln dust in cement concrete and its leachate characteristics. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Elsevier), 61: 59-68. (IF 2015: 3.313) (ISSN: 0921-3449 online) |
| 11. |
Kunal and Poonam Sharma (2012). Compatibility of Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer with seed treatment of fungicide and insecticide in chickpea. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science (Taylor & Francis), 58 (1): 115-123. (IF 2016: 2.137) (ISSN: 1476-3567 online) |
| 12. |
Kunal and Poonam Sharma (2012). Influence of pesticide-treated seeds on survival of Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer, symbiotic efficiency and yield in chickpea. Plant Protection Science, 48: 37-43. (IF 2016: 0.742) (ISSN: 1212-2580) |
| 13. |
Anita Rajor, Kunal, Gunjan Bhalla (2016). Impact of sewage on seed germination and growth of Kharif and Rabi crops. Journal of Chemistry, Environmental Sciences and its Applications, 3:1-18 (ISSN: 2349-7769) |
| 14. |
Shelly Heera, Kunal, Anita Rajor (2014). Bacterial Treatment and Metal Characterization of Biomedical Waste Ash. Journal of Waste Management, Article ID 956316, 6 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/956316. (ISSN: 2314-6052) |
| 15. |
Anita Rajor and Kunal (2013). Absorption of chromium and nickel from aqueous solution by bacteria isolated from electroplating unit effluent. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 33 (3): 213-221. (ISSN: 0253-7141 print) |
| 16. |
Kunal, Poonam Sharma and Veena Khanna (2011). Influence of seed applied pesticides and Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer on symbiotic efficiency and yield in chickpea. Journal of Food Legumes, 24 (3): 263-265. (ISSN: 0970-6380 print) |
| 17. |
Jeenie, Poonam Sharma, Veena Khanna and Kunal (2010). Influence of fluchloralin on growth of Rhizobium and PSB, symbiotic parameters and grain yield in mungbean. Journal of Food Legumes, 23 (1): 71-73. (ISSN: 0970-6380 print) |
| 1. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique and Anita Rajor (2015) Evaluation of Strength and Chloride Permeability of Concrete Containing Bacterial Treated Cement Kiln Dust. The 14th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC 2015 Beijing) at Beijing, China, 13-16 October 2015. Full paper in CD ROM. |
| 2. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique and Anita Rajor (2014) Re-using of Cement Kiln Dust in Concrete after Bacterial Treatment. Third International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of Materials (ICRM 2014) by IIUCNN, MG University, Kottayam, Kerala and Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland at Kottyam (Kerala) India, 11-13 April 2014. pp. 28 (Abstract); Full Paper in CD ROM. |
| 3. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2014) Strength, Permeability and Bacterial Mineral Precipitation studies in Silica Fume Concrete. Third International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of Materials (ICRM 2014) by IIUCNN, MG University, Kottayam, Kerala and Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland at Kottyam (Kerala) India, 11-13 April 2014. pp. 38 (Abstract); Full Paper in CD ROM. |
| 4. |
Sandeep Singh, Kunal and Anita Rajor (2014) Bioremediation of Oil Contaminated Soil using Agriculture Compost. Third International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of Materials (ICRM 2014) by IIUCNN, MG University, Kottayam, Kerala and Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland at Kottyam (Kerala) India, 11-13 April 2014. pp. 68 (Abstract); Full Paper in CD ROM. |
| 5. |
Rafat Siddique, Kunal and Anita Rajor (2014) Utilization of bacterial treated cement kiln dust in concrete. The 29th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management by the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management & Widener University at Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 30-April 02, 2014. Full paper pp. 889-902. |
| 6. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique and Anita Rajor (2013) Utilization of Bacterial Treated Cement Kiln Dust in Concrete. International Conference on Innovations in Concrete for Meeting Infrastructure Challenge (ICI-IWC 2013) by Indian Concrete Institute at Hyderabad, India, 23-26 October 2013. pp. 198-206. |
| 7. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2013) Treatment of Alkaline Cement Kiln Dust with Bacillus sp. for Sustainable Environment Protection. The 28th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management by The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management & Widener University at Philadelphia, PA, USA, 10-13 March 2013. (Full Paper) pp. 85-93. |
| 8. |
Kunal, Rafat Siddique and Anita Rajor (2013) Influence of Microbial Treatment on Alkalinity of Cement Kiln Dust. International UKIERI Concrete Congress: Innovations in Concrete Construction at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India, 05-08 March 2013. pp. 129 (Abstract); Full Paper in CD ROM by Excel India Publishers, New Delhi. pp. 1050-1059. |
| 9. |
Kunal and Anita Rajor (2011) Microbial Polymers: An Alternative to Future Plastics. In Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering. Macmillan Publishers India Ltd, 27-28 February, 2011. pp: 544-549. |
| 10. |
Amandeep Kaur, Kunal, Parveen Chhuneja, Kuldeep Singh, Monika Garg, Pooja Srivastava and Satinder Kaur (2017) Phenotypic and biochemical analysis of T. durum -Ae. tauschii derived synthetic hexaploid wheat. Har Gobind Khorana Memorial Symposium on Genes, Genomes & Membrane Biology (HGKCODON2017) on 03-05 December 2017 at National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India, pp. 166. |
| 11. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2015) Bacillus sp. mediated treatment and utilization of cement kiln dust in concrete for sustainable environment. National Seminar on Sustainable Renewable Energy Generation – Current Scenario on March 21, 2015 at Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, pp. 51-52. |
| 12. |
Priyanka Goyal, Anita Rajor, Amrit Pal Toor, Kunal (2015) A review on use of low cost adsorbents for pesticide removal. National Seminar on Sustainable Renewable Energy Generation – Current Scenario on March 21, 2015 at Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, pp. 49-50. |
| 13. |
Kulwinder Kaur, Anita Rajor, Kunal (2015) An overview on microbial induced calcite precipitation for sustainable environment. National Seminar on Sustainable Renewable Energy Generation – Current Scenario on March 21, 2015 at Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, pp. 48-49. |
| 14. |
Ipsita, Anita Rajor, Kunal (2015) Bioremediation of polyaromatic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil using manure. National Seminar on Sustainable Renewable Energy Generation – Current Scenario on March 21, 2015 at Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, pp. 20. |
| 15. |
Ipsita, Anita Rajor, Kunal (2015) Comparative studies on bacterial and fungal degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil – An overview. 7th National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences (RACES 2015) on 30-31st January, 2015, Multani Mal Modi College, Patiala, pp. 61. |
| 16. |
Kunal, Anita Rajor and Rafat Siddique (2013) Biological Remediation of alkaline cement kiln dust for sustainable environment. V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2013) by Formatex Research Centre at Faculty of Medicine - Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, 02-04 October 2013. pp. 599. |
| 17. |
Shelly Heera, Kunal and Anita Rajor (2013) Biological Treatment of Hazardous Bio-medical Waste Ash – A Sustainable Approach. National Seminar on Green Technology for Sustainable Environmental Management at Doon University, Dehradun, India, 22-23 March 2013. pp. 46. |
| 18. |
Anita Rajor, Monika Xaxa, Ratika Mehta and Kunal (2011) Use of Rice Husk Ash as Fertilizer Amendment to Soil and its Effect on Crop Germination. National Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry-Biology Interface (ETCBI-2011) at Kumaun University, Nainital, India, 03-05 November 2011. pp: 34. |
| 19. |
Anita Rajor, Kunal and Priya Dubey (2011) Assesment of the river water quality for its suitable use in industrial and domestic purpose. 5th International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (ICCE 2011) at Port Dickson, Malayasia. 27-29 May, 2011. pp: 47. |
| 20. |
Anita Rajor, Kunal, Harpreet Kaur, and Rafat Siddique (2011) Bioaccumulation of heavy metals from aqueous solution by bacteria isolated from electroplating unit effluent. 5th International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (ICCE 2011) at Port Dickson, Malayasia. 27-29 May, 2011. pp: 51. |
| 21. |
Kunal, Poonam Sharma and Anita Rajor (2010) Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Scientific Curiosity or Industrial Reality. International Conference on Environmental Challenges: A Global Concern, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, India, 15-16 October, 2010 pp. 58. |
| 22. |
Kunal, Poonam Sharma and Veena Khanna (2009) Rhizobial survival and symbiotic efficiency of chickpea as influenced by seed treatment with fungicide and insecticide. International Conference on Grain Legumes: Quality Improvement, Value Addition and Trade, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India, 14-16 February, 2009 pp. 216. |
| 23. |
Kunal, Poonam Sharma and Veena Khanna (2009) Influence of seed applied pesticides and Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer on symbiotic efficiency and yield in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Science and Technology for Betterment of Society, 12th Punjab Science Congress, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, 7-9 February, 2009 pp. 63. |
| 24. |
Jeenie, Poonam Sharma, Veena Khanna and Kunal (2009) Effect of fluchloralin on Rhizobium and phosphate solubilizing bacteria in vitro and in vivo conditions in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). BIOTECH - 2009 Present and Future Perspectives, Punjabi University, Patiala, India, 19-20 March, 2009 pp. 69. |
| 25. |
Poonam Sharma, Veena Khanna, M. Gangwar and Kunal (2008) Effect of combined biofertilizers, chemical and bio control agents, Trichoderma viridae and Pseudomonas maltophila on growth, nodulation and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Science and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges, 11th Punjab Science Congress, Thapar University, Patiala, India, 7-9 February, 2008 pp. 86. |