Background

Kishor Acharya is a Research Associate for the School of Engineering at University of Newcastle. His areas of expertise are environmental microbiology, design of novel techniques for water quality and bio-remediation for removal of organic pollutants.

Academic Background:
2006 - 2010 : Bachelor in Pharmacy, Kathmandu University, Nepal
2011 - 2013 : MSc. in Water Science, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany
2014 - 2018 : PhD, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK
2018 - present : Research Associate,  School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK

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Publications

• Acharya K, Werner D, Dolfing J, Barycki M, Meynet P, Mrozik W, Komolafe O, Puzyn T, Davenport RJ. A quantitative structure-biodegradation relationship (QSBR) approach to predict biodegradation rates of aromatic chemicals. Water Research 2019, 157, 181-190.
• Shamurad B, Gray N, Petropoulos E, Tabraiz S, Acharya K, Quintela-Baluja M, Sallis P. Co-digestion of organic and mineral wastes for enhanced biogas production: Reactor performance and evolution of microbial community and function. Waste Management 2019, 87, 313-325.
• Shamurad B, Gray N, Petropoulos E, Tabraiz S, Acharya K, Quintela-Baluja M, Sallis P. Data of metal and microbial analyses from anaerobic co-digestion of organic and mineral wastes. Data in Brief 2019, 24, 103934.
• Petropoulos E, Shamurad B, Acharya K, Tabraiz S. Domestic wastewater hydrolysis and lipolysis during start-up in anaerobic digesters and microbial fuel cells at moderate temperatures. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2019, (ePub ahead of Print).
• Acharya K, Werner D, Dolfing J, Meynet P, Tabraiz S, Baluja M, Petropoulos E, Mrozik W, Davenport R. The experimental determination of reliable biodegradation rates for mono-aromatics towards evaluating QSBR models. Water Research 2019, 160, 278-287.
• Tabraiz S, Hassan S, Abbas A, Nasreen S, Zeeshan M, Fida S, Shamurad BA, Acharya K, Petropoulos E. Effect of effluent and sludge recirculation ratios on integrated fixed films A2O system nutrients removal efficiency treating sewage. Desalination and Water Treatment 2018, 114, 120-127.
• Tabraiz S, Haydar S, Sallis P, Nasreen S, Mahmood Q, Awais M, Acharya K. Effect of cycle run time of backwash and relaxation on membrane fouling removal in submerged membrane bioreactor treating sewage at higher flux. Water Science & Technology 2017, 76(4), 963-975.
• Martin TJ, Snape JR, Bartram A, Robson A, Acharya K, Davenport RJ. Environmentally relevant inoculum concentrations improve the reliability of persistent assessments in biodegradation screening tests. Environmental Science and Technology 2017, 51(5), 3065-3073.
• Martin TJ, Goodhead AK, Acharya K, Head IM, Snape JR, Davenport RJ. High Throughput Biodegradation-Screening Test to Prioritize and Evaluate Chemical Biodegradability. Environmental Science and Technology 2017, 51(12), 7236-7244.