Awards
Best Ph.D. thesis award – The Research Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University, Seoul. August 2022. Research Institute - Hanyang University.
Best Ph.D. thesis award – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul. August 2022. ::::: Hanyang University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineening :::::.
Top 2% Scientist (based on single-year impact (since 2021)). Earth and Environmental Sciences and Chemical Engineering as per the data and statistics released by Elsevier and Stanford University. August 2024 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" - Elsevier BV (digitalcommonsdata.com).
2018 ‘Bioresource Technology (Elsevier)’ award for highly cited review article (Vikrant, K., Giri, B.S., Raza, N., Roy, K., Kim, K.-H., Rai, B.N., Singh, R.S., 2018. Recent advancements in bioremediation of dye: current status and challenges. Bioresource Technology. 253, 355-367) presented during the closing session of ‘International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology’, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Bioresource Technology | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier.
Research Grants, Scholarships, and Funding
Principal Investigator, "Developing Next-Generation Smart Catalysts for Solar-Driven Formaldehyde Mineralization in Indoor Air" | College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) Seed Grant (VINUNI.2526.CMIT.02) | VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam | $20,000 USD | 1 April 2026 - 1 April 2028.
Principal Investigator, "Smart Plasmonic Nano-reactors for Complete Indoor Formaldehyde Oxidation" | Accelerated Research Excellence Program (AREP) Grant (VUNI.2526.AREP.027) | VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam | $100,000 USD | 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2028.
Principal Investigator, "Harnessing Cerium: Smart Rare Earth Catalysts for Solar-Driven Abatement of Toluene" | Center for Materials Innovation and Technology (CMIT) Grassroots Project Grant (VINUNI.2526.CMIT.02) | VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam | $20,000 USD | 16 March 2026 - 16 September 2027.
Selected for the ‘Hanyang International Scholarship program (HISP)’ wherein the tuition fee was reduced by 100% for the duration of graduate studies at Hanyang University, Seoul. Scholarships - Hanyang University.