Disinfection By-products in Drinking Water

Dr Prasad is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hyderabad. He has served the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India in various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist in several international universities. He is the editor, co-editor, or author of 17 books published by leading international publishers and 190 journal articles and 118 book chapters/conference proceedings. He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of Bioremediation, Bioresources, Biomass energy sources, bioeconomy and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology (including value chain and value addition products from plants used in phytoremediation) all of which are his main areas of expertise.

• 1. Disinfection Byproducts (DBP) detection methods including biomarkers2. Soluble algal products (SAP) from olegnous algae as precursors for formation of DBPs3. DBP and chlorination nexus (Biogeochemicals)4. DBP toxicity assays and investigations5. Cyto- and Genotoxicities of DBP6. DBP induced diseases7. Impact of metal-ions, metal oxides and nanomaterials on8. DBP production9. DBP speciation and geospatial investigations10. DBP dynamics in storm and flood waters11. DBP in swimming pools and health related issues12. DBP regulatory compliance frame work