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Dr Robinson Timung

Dr Robinson Timung

Designation : Scientist C

Education : Ph.D(chemical Engineering)

Email id : robinsontimung.neist@csir.res.in, rtimung87@gmail.com

Research Interest

Design, optimization, advanced materials sciences, electrocatalysis, green technology, and biomass conversion to value-added products: bioenergy and biochemicals.

Projects(Ongoing & Completed)

  • Carbonaceous nanomaterials based electrocatalysts from graphite sources of Arunachal Pradesh towards Sustainable Hydrogen Production (Project No.HP2400010)
  • Physico-chemical characterization of the potential bioresources endemic to Northeast India for biofuel and value-added production. (Project No. MMP025302)
  • Investigating the Indigenous Grasses of Assam and Meghalaya for Biopolymer Potential. (Project No. MMP025302).
  • Pilot scale production of graphene from North East Indian coal feed stock and scale-up of high carbon content natural graphite from low grade natural graphite sources in Arunachal Pradesh (Project No. FTT 080509).
  • Design and synthesis of new catalysts for hydrogen production from ammonia (Project No. FBR080305).
  • Production of high-quality graphene like nanomaterials from petroleum waste of North Eastern Region and their functionalization (Project No. GPP-439)
  • Integrated beekeeping for sustainable growth of ST population in Arunachal Pradesh. (Project No. GPP 0444)
  • Advanced materials for groundwater treatment and sustainable energy applications (Project No. OLP-2504A)

List of Publications

  • R Timung, M Mohan, B Chilukoti, S Sasmal, T Banerjee, VV Goud (2015). Optimization of dilute acid and hot water pretreatment of different lignocellulosic biomass: a comparative study. Biomass and Bioenergy 81, 9-18. Citations - 135
  • R Timung, CR Barik, S Purohit, VV Goud (2016) Composition and anti-bacterial activity analysis of citronella oil obtained by hydrodistillation: Process optimization study. Industrial Crops and Products 94, 178-188, Citations -124.
  • R Timung, N Naik Deshavath, VV Goud, VV Dasu (2016). Effect of subsequent dilute acid and enzymatic hydrolysis on reducing sugar production from sugarcane bagasse and spent citronella biomass. Journal of Energy 2016 (1), 8506214. Citations - 85.
  • M Mohan, R Timung, NN Deshavath, T Banerjee, VV Goud, VV Dasu (2015). Optimization and hydrolysis of cellulose under subcritical water treatment for the production of total reducing sugars. RSC advances 5 (125), 103265-103275. Citations - 45
  • R Timung, VV Goud (2018). Subcritical water hydrolysis of spent Java Citronella biomass for production of reducing sugar. Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (11), 23128-23135. Citations - 14
  • YP Bhalerao, R Timung, S Gawai (2018). Optimization of Microencapsulation for Biodegradable Polymers using Response Surface Methodology. i-Manager's Journal on Material Science 5 (4), 40. Citations—1.

List of Key Patents with brief description

  • 01 (Ref. No. 202511086188. “AN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SINGLE POT PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF HIGH CARBON GRAPHITE AND GRAPHENEOXIDE FROM LOW CARBON GRAPHITE”.)

Awards

  • “BEST PAPER AWARD” in the International Conference on Waste Management, “RECYCLE 2016”, held on 1-2nd April 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India.
  • Awarded “YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD”, as an Award of Excellence during the International Conference on Environmental, Agricultural, Human and Animal Health (ICEAHAH 2021), organized by Voice of Indian Concern for the Environment (VOICE) held from 05-06th June 2021.
  • Awarded “BEST TEACHER AWARD”, on 05th September 2021, by BHARATH SHIKSHA RATHNA AWARDS-2021.
  • Recipient of a financial grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, to attend an international scientific event at BANSKO, BULGARIA which was held from 18-21st October 2017.

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