Dr. Joyabrata Mal

Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: joyabrata[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 7044284075(O) 7044284075(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:: Invited talk at Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bio-Engineering (JIBB), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, September 29, 2022; Invited talk at Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture (AIOA), Noida on “Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture” from 23rd June 2022

Chair in Conferences:

Session convener and chaired the session "Microbial metabolism of metals and non-metals through geologic time and space: from lithoautotrophy and coenzymes to pollutants and bioremediation", Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France

Session Chaired in International Conference on Recent Advances in Biotechnology (icRAB -2022), NIT Jalandhar, 2022, India

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:: Mal, J. et al., Synthesis gas purification using native hydrogenogenic microorganisms isolated from a local wastewater treatment plant. International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology (ICIB-2012), Punjabi University, India, 2012 (Poster presentation); Mal, J. et al. “Microbial synthesis of metal selenide nanoparticles” at SELEN-2014, October 13-14, 2014, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (Oral presentation); Mal, J. et al, Effect of heavy metals on microbial selenium reduction. 4th International conference on Research Frontiers in Chalcogen Cycle Science & Technology, UNESCO-IHE, Netherlands, May 28, 2015 (Oral presentation); Mal, J. et al. “Effect of CdSe accumulation on EPS fingerprint extracted from anaerobic granular sludge”, COST Action ES1302 - conference, 2016, Croatia (Oral presentation), June 02, 20216; Mal, J. et al., “Abiotic and biotic oxidation of chemically synthesized Se(0) nanoparticles”, Goldschmidt 2018, Boston, USA (Oral presentation), August 13, 2018; Mal, J. et al., “Impact of heavy-metals on selenium bioreduction and speciation”, Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France (Oral presentation), July 13, 2023

Award and Honors:: Awarded International Travel Support (ITS) by SERB, Govt. of India, 2023; Nominated (top 7) for best PhD Thesis award in Environmental science and technology by The Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, 2018; Professional development award for postdocs at UC Berkeley, 2018; Won Short term scientific mission grant (COST Action ES1302, funded by EU Horizon 2020), 2016; Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Fellowship, October, 2013- September, 2016; MHRD Fellowship, India. (For securing 99.2 percentile in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering; GATE), 2011- 2013

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:: International conference "BioSangam 2020", MNNIT Allahabad from 21/02/2020 - 23/02/2020; 1-day International Seminar on “Wastewater Monitoring for COVID-19: Current Findings and Challenges” on 04/11/2020; Self-financed Online Short-term course on “Recent Advances in Structural Bioinformatics” from 27/02/2021 - 03/03/2021; Online Short-term course on “Opportunities and Challenges for Employment and Entrepreneurship in Chemical and Bio-Process Industries (OCEE-2021)” from 16/03/2021-20/03/2021; Organized 5-days GIAN course on “Conventional and Emerging Bioprocesses for Waste and Wastewater Treatment” 2025 as Convener; International conference 6th BioSangam, “Bio-Technological Intervention for Health, Agriculture and Circular Economy, from February 23-25, 2024 at MNNIT Allahabad, as organizing secretary; International conference “Advances in Biopolymers and Composites” to sustain Health, Environment and Energy (ABC-HEE, 2022) from Oct 20-22, 2022 at MNNIT Allahabad, as organizing secretary; International conference 5th "BioSangam 2022", MNNIT Allahabad from 10/03/2022 - 12/03/2022, as organizing secretary; Organized Expert talk on “Air pollution, waste gases and options for resource recovery” by Dr. Eldon Rene, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, Netherlands, October 07, 2020; Organizing committee member of UC San Francisco -UC Berkeley Postdoctoral Research Symposium, 2017; Organizing committee member of various events for National Postdoctoral Appreciation week, UC Berkeley, 2017; Scientific committee member in G16-Asian: 5th International chalcogen conference, 2016, India; Co-president of “Berkeley Postdoctoral Association” (June, 2017 – June, 2018)

On-going Projects:: Development of aerobic granular sludge based biological treatment system for treating pharmaceutical wastewaters (DAE-BRNS); Selenium and fatty acid enriched microalgae production from wastewater as a sustainable feed for aquaculture [DST (SYST, SEED)]

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:: Water Research, Chemical Engineering Journal, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Hazardous Materials, ACS ES&T Water, etc.

Other Significant Achievements:: Attended "Faculty Development Program" on ADVANCES IN BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHODS: TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES” organized by National Institute of Technology Warangal (NITW) from 07/09/2020 - 11/09/2020; Invited as external expert reviewer of the Ph.D. thesis (Biotechnology Deptartment, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy), 2018; Invited reviewer in various peer reviewed journals (Water Research, Environmental Science and Technology, J. Hazardous Materials, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Journal of Environmental Management, etc.); Invited as expert for reviewing proposal for Post-Doctoral Fellowship Scheme, Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), 2023; Invited to review grant proposal for the National Science Center, Poland, 2024