My Academic Set- up

Affiliations:

Chairman:                                    Nepal Biofuel Concern Society, Nepal

Member:                                      National Mirror committee of ISO /TC 285: Clean Cookstoves     

    and Clean Cooking Solution for Nepal.

Member:                                      American Chemical Society, USA

Member:                                   The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan

Committee Member:                International Association of Chemical Engineers, under the umbrella of International Association of Engineers 

Vice chairman:                         International Literature Society, Japan

Current Professional Responsibilities:

1.      In Charge of Bioenergy Laboratory

2.      Peer Reviewer of Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, Nepal.

3.      Coordinator and focal person of NAST for ADB funded project entitled "The sustainable Rural Ecology for greener growth (SREGG) Component".

4.      Promotion of Technological innovation in bioenergy sector throughout the country through Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences.  

1. Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2008-2009, published by Marquis Who’s Who, 10th Anniversary Edition, USA, 2008
2. 2000 Outstanding Scientists of 2008/2009, published by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 2008

Awards

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TWAS award, 2010 The award to young scientists from the developing world for their contribution by worthy publication in the field of chemistry by Academy of Sciences for the developing world, Italy on recommendation of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology and sponsored by UNESCO.

Nepal Bidhya Bhusan Ka, 2010 The decoration conferred by the president of Nepal on the occasion of Education day, 2067.

JSPS (Japan Society for the Post Doctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researcher, Faculty of

Promotion of Science) Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Japan, from

Fellowship, 2007 Sept.2007- Sept. 2009.

Best Poster presenter The XIX^th International Symposium on Physico-chemical methods of the mixture separation, “ARS SEPARATORIA 2004”　held at Poland

Sasagawa Research Grant, 2004 Research grant for outstanding researcher during April 2004 to March 2005 by The Japan Science Society, Japan

Honored scholarship, 2002-2005 Scholarship granted for selected students during Graduate study in Saga University, April 2003-March 2004, April 2005- September 2005, and April 2005- September 2005.

UNESCO Fellowship, 2001 Fellowship for the 37^th Advance Research in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Sponsored by MONBUGAKSHO from October 2001 to September 2002.

Amrit Intelligent Scholarship, First in Campus rank in Bachelor level, Amrit Science

1993 Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Research Interests:Bioenergy Sector:

• Clean and green technology for the production of biofuel from jatropha and other   potential feed stocks: Screening out of the candidate biofuel plants from the country including several varieties of jatropha and development of novel reactor to support local economy making sustainable BDF plant. 

• Processing or designing and fabricating environmental friendly materials or devices in bioenergy: Processing engineering of Biofuel, biochar and biobriquette, designing and fabrication of ICS and briquette molds)

Materials Science and Chemical Engineering:

• Preparation of Novel lipophilic materials from several biopolymers including chitosan and cellulose.
• Preparation of advanced materials using chitosan and its derivatives:
• Preparation of several effective and economical adsorbents from biomass wastes:

Bio-Organic Chemistry

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IIsolation and Identification of essential oil from medicinal plants:
• Isolation and identification of anticancer and antibiotic compond as a secondary metabolites of microorganism. 

Publications:

Papers in International journals and peer reviewed proceedings:

1.      Isolation and Culture optimization of Chlorella vulgaris, Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, May, 2014

2.      Pine needle briquettes: A renewable source of energy, International Journal of Energy Science (IJES) Volume 3 Issue 3, June 2013

3.      Synthesis of Unconventional Materials Using Chitosan and Crown Ether for Selective Removal of Precious Metal Ions, proceeding of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 56, 2009, 204-208. 

4.      Planarity recognition enhancement of N-(2-pyridylmethyl) chitosan by imprinting planar metal ions. Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Tatsuya Oshima, Yoshinari Baba, Reactive and Functional Polymers, 68, 1549-1556, 2008.

5.      Removal characteristics of metal ions using degreased coffee beans: Adsorption equilibrium of cadmium(II), Katsuya Kaikake, Keiji Hoaki, Hiromasa Sunada, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal and Yoshinari Baba, Bioresource Technology, 98, 2787-2791, 2007.

6.      Preparation of palladium(II)-imprinted chitosan derivative and its adsorption properties of precious metals, Y. Baba, K. Ohe, T. Oshima, R. P. Dhakal, J. Ion Exchange 18(4) 226-231, 2007.

7.       Regioselective synthesis of lipophilic dithiocarbamate derivatives of cellulose to prepare a novel solvent extraction reagent for selective extraction of PGM ions and Cu(II), Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, and Yoshinari Baba. Chem. Lett., 35, 1064-1065, 2006.

8.      Imprinting Property of Planar Metal Ions to Enhance the Planar Recognition of Pyridylmethyl Chitosan, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Tatsuya Oshima, Yoshinari Baba, Nihon Ion Kokan Kenkyu Happyokai Koenn Yoshishu, 22, 15-16 (2006).

9.      Graft-copolymerization of nitrogen-containing compounds onto chitosan for adsorption of metal ions, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Tatsuya Oshima, Yoshinari Baba, Proceeding on “Japan/Taiwan/Korea Chemical Engineering Conference: Fundamentals & Applications”, 2006, held at Kagoshima University, Kagoshima Nov. 17-19, 2006.

10.  Imprinting of planar metal ions to enhance the planar recognition properties of pyridylmethyl chitosan, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Yoshinari Baba and Tatsuya Oshima, Proceeding on International symposium on Ion Exchange in Korea, October 19-20, 2006, held at Seoul, Korea.

11.  Solvent extraction of some metal ions with lipophilic chitin and chitosan, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal;  Katsutoshi Inoue;  Kazuharu Yoshizuka;  Keisuke Ohto;  Mariko Yamada; Sumito Seki, Solvent Extraction and Ion exchange, 23, 529-543, 2005.

12.  Adsorptive separation of heavy metals from an aquatic environment using orange waste Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Kedar Nath Ghimire and Katsutoshi Inoue, Hydrometallurgy, 79, 182-190, 2005.

13.  Acidic polysaccharide gels for selective adsorption of lead(II) ion, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal; Kedar Nath Ghimire; Inoue Katsutoshi; Yano Masayuki; Makino Kenjiro, Separation and Purification Technology, 42, 219-225, 2005.

14.  Genome-inspired search for new antibiotics. Isolation and structure determination of new 28-membered polyketide macrolactones, halstoctacosanolides A and B, from Streptomyces halstedii HC34, Shigehiro Tohyama, Tadashi Eguchi, Rabindra P. Dhakal, Tomoyoshi Akashi, Miyuki Otsuka and Katsumi Kakinuma, Tetrahedron, 60, 3999-4005, 2004.

15.  Genome-inspired search for new antibiotics. Isolation and structure determination of new 28-membered polyketide macrolactones, halstoctacosanolides A and B, from Streptomyces halstedii HC34, Shigehiro Tohyama, Tadashi Eguchi, Rabindra P. Dhakal, Tomoyoshi Akashi, Miyuki Otsuka and Katsumi Kakinuma, Cheminform(Antibiotics), 35(32), 24.

16.  Adsorptive separation of toxic anions from water using phosphorylated orange juice residue, Katsutoshi Inoue, Kedar Nath Ghimire, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Kenjiro Makino, Tohru Miyajima, American Chemical Society Symposium Series entitled “Fundamentals and Applications of Anion Separations” edited by Bruce A. Moyer and Raj P. Singh, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, U. S. A., 263-275, 2004.

17.  Adsorptive removal of lead(II) ion from waste stream using polysaccharide carboxylic acid gel both by batch and column methods, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal;  Katsutoshi Inoue; Masayuki Yano,Kenjiro Makino, Proceedings of the XIX^th International symposium on Physico-chemical methods of the mixture separation, “ARS SEPARATORIA, 2004”　Poland, 180-182, 2004.

18.  Adsorptive separation of As(V) on Fe(III)-loaded cross linked pectic acid gel: batch and column effects, Rabindra P. Dhakal, Akikazu Shioya, Katsutoshi Inoue and Kenjiro Makino, Proceedings of Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCCHE) 2004, October 17- 21, 2004, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan.   

19.  Adsorptive removal of arsenic and fluoride by using orange juice residue, Katsutoshi Inoue, Kedar Nath Ghimire, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Kenjiro Makino, Hydrometallurgy 2003- Fifth International Conference in Honors of Professor Ian Ritchie- Volume 2: Electrometallurgy and environmental hydrometallurgy, TMS (The Minerals, Metals& Materials society), 1937-1949, 2003.

20.  Ion exchange behavior of some metal ions on chemically modified biowastes, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Kedar Nath Ghimire, Katsutoshi Inoue, Journal of Ion exchange, 14, 233-236, 2003.

21. Quantitative Variation of Essential Oil with Geographical Distribution of Nardostachys jatamansi, Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Proceeding of the conference on Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Equilibrium And Non-Equilibrium Chemical Processes, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 37-39, 2002.

Contributions to International Conferences:

1.  Invited Lecture: Energy Crisis Mitigation and Self Sufficiency by Development of Novel    

               Biodiesel Processing Technology, International Conference on emerging trends in  

               Science and Technology, March, 22-23, Biratnagar, Nepal

2.      Plenary Speaker: A Novel Bioenergy approach for sustainable development of Nepal, International Symposium of Emerging Technology organized Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) and NAST-Phl at Manila on October 22-24, 2013.

3.      Oral Presentation/ Session chaired: Preparation of N-pyrrolidone grafted Chitosan for recovery of Au(III) from aqueous solution, Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials, Kasam-2012, May 9-12, Kathmandu, Nepal.

4.      Session-Chair/Oral presentation: Synthesis of Unconventional Materials Using Chitosan and Crown Ether for Selective Removal of Precious Metal Ions, World Congress of Science, Engineering and Technology, August 26-28, 2009, Singapore.

5.      Oral presentation: Graft-Copolymerization of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds onto Chitosan for Adsorption of Metal Ions, 5^Th Japan-Korea International Symposium on Resources Recycling and Materials Science, December 20-22, 2007, Kitakyushu, Japan.

6.      Poster Presentation: Preparation of palladium(II)-imprinted chitosan derivative and its selective adsorption for palladium(II), The 4^th International Conference On Ion Exchange (ICIE’07), October 15-19, 2007, Chiba, Japan.

7.      Oral Presentation: Imprinting of planar metal ions to enhance the planar recognition of pyridylmethyl chitosan, International symposium on Ion Exchange, Yonsei University, October 18-20, 2006, Seoul, Korea

8.       Oral presentation: Graft–Copolymerization of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds onto Chitosan  for Metal Ions Removal, 6^th Regional Meeting of Chemical Engineering Association of Japan, Kyushu Branch, Nov 19-20, 2006 Kagoshima University, Japan

9.      Oral presentation- Adsorptive separation of As(V) on iron(III)-loaded cross linked pectic acid gel: batch and column effects, Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering( APCCHE) 2004, October 17-21, 2004, Kitakyushu, Japan.

10.  Oral/poster presentation - Cheaper and effective adsorptive removal of heavy metals using orange and apple waste on Conference on Mineral engineering, Reagents’04, June 16-18, 2004, Falmouth, United Kingdom.

11.  Poster presentation- Adsorptive removal of lead (II) ion from waste stream using polysaccharide carboxylic acid gel both by batch and column methods on XIXth ARS SEPARATORIA 2004, June 10-13, 2004, Czestochowa, Poland.

12. Oral presentation- Ion exchange behavior of some metal ions on chemically modified biowastes on 3^rd International conference of Ion Exchange ICIE’03, July 14-18, 2003 Kanazawa, Japan.

13.  Poster presentation- Development of adsorption gels for heavy metals from orange and apple juice residue at “The First International Conference on Green & sustainable Chemistry, GSC” March 11-13, 2003 Tokyo, Japan.

14.  Poster Presentation- Quantitative Variation of Essential Oil with Geographical Distribution of Nardostachys jatamansi on Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Chemical Processes" Sept 25-28, 2002, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

15.  Oral Presentation: Regioselective synthesis of lipophilic chitosan and immobilization of crown ether onto it for recovery of precious metal ions, 74^th Annual Meeting of Chemical Engineers, Japan, 18^th -20^th March, 2009, Yokohama, Japan

16.  Oral Presentation: An Unconventional synthesis of chitosan derivatives for selective extraction of precious metal ions, the Symposium on “4^th Separation Chemistry & Engineering” on February 05, 2009, held at University of Miyazaki, Japan.

17.  Oral presentation: Synthesis of lipophilic chitosan derivative for selective recovery of precious metal ions from waste water, The 73^rd Annual Meeting of Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, 17^th -19^th March, 2008, Sizuoka, Japan

18.  Oral Presentation: Highly selective adsorption of zinc from plating wastewater on crosslinked pyridylmethylchitosan, The 72^nd Annual Meeting of Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, 17^th -19^th March, 2007, Kyoto, Japan

19.  Oral presentation: “Physical and chemical modification of chitosan to enhance its selectivity and efficiency”, the Symposium on “Separation Chemistry & Engineering” 18^th May, 2006, University of Miyazaki, Japan.

20.  Oral presentation: Genetic decoding and isolation of   secondary metabolites of streptomyces halstedii hc34 followed by structural determination of newly found antibiotics; 28-membered polyketide macrolactones, halstoctasanolides A and B”, a Workshop, May16, 2004, Saga University, Saga, Japan.

National Conferences:

21.  Oral Presentation: Jatropha as a potential candidate for energy sources to mitigate the fuel crisis of the country, 6^th National Conference on Science and Technology, September 25-27, 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal.

22.  Oral Presentation: Efficient process of biobriqetting using various agriwastes for mitigation of fuel crisis of Nepal. 6^th National Conference on Science and Technology, September 25-27, 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Some selected Invited Lectures/ Resource person’s talk in home:

1.       “Emerging concept in use of Appropriate Technology” Workshop organized by the small and cottage Industries development Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal June 14^th, 2012.

2.       “Municipal wastes for Urban Mining”, First National Conference on Bioenergy, August 24-25, 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal.

3.       “Effective Conversion of Municipal wastes into suitable functional Materials for selective recovery of gold from WEEE” at symposium organized by Nepal Chemical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2011.

4.      Workshop on “Bioenergy: Biomass and Biofuel for national prosperity” Dhangadhi, Kailali, in a technical Trip to disseminate the technological information and training to make biobriquette to needy people at July 4-8, 2012

 Served as a resource person in Several Workshops, trainings and interaction programs on Biomass, ICS, biofuel at office, GOs, NGOs, and act as a Coordinator to organize the “First National Conference on Bioneregy” Nepal, at August 7-8, 2011 at NAST.