Suman Bajracharya, Ph.D.

Alumni

Now at Lulea University of Technology (Research Scientist)

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Biography

Dr. Bajracharya is an experienced researcher in the field of Bioelectrochemistry. He obtained his Ph.D. from Wageningen University, The Netherlands, defending a thesis entitled ‘Microbial electrosynthesis of biochemicals: Innovations on biocatalysts, electrodes, and ion-exchange for CO₂ supply, chemicals production, and separation.’ His Ph.D. research was conducted in the ELEC Lab of the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Cees Buisman and Dr. David Strik from Wageningen University, and Dr. Deepak Pant from VITO. From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Bajracharya joined Prof. Pascal Saikaly's group as a postdoctoral researcher, where he worked on advancing bioelectrochemical systems (BES) for various applications.

Selected Publications

  • Alqahtani, M. F., Bajracharya, S., Katuri, K. P., Ali, M., Xu, J., Alarawi, M. S., & Saikaly, P. E. (2021). Enrichment of salt-tolerant CO₂–fixing communities in microbial electrosynthesis systems using porous ceramic hollow tube wrapped with carbon cloth as cathode and for CO₂ supply. Science of the Total Environment, 766, 142668. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142668
  • Bian, B., Bajracharya, S., Xu, J., Pant, D., & Saikaly, P. E. (2020). Microbial electrosynthesis from CO₂: Challenges, opportunities, and perspectives in the context of circular bioeconomy. Bioresource Technology, 302, 122863. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122863
  • Alqahtani, M. F., Katuri, K. P., Bajracharya, S., Yu, Y., Lai, Z., & Saikaly, P. E. (2018). Porous hollow fiber nickel electrodes for effective supply and reduction of carbon dioxide to methane through microbial electrosynthesis. Advanced Functional Materials, 1804860. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201804860
  • Bian, B., Alqahtani, M. F., Katuri, K. P., Liu, D., Bajracharya, S., Lai, Z., Rabaey, K., & Saikaly, P. E. (2018). Porous nickel hollow fiber cathodes coated with CNTs for efficient microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from CO₂ using Sporomusa ovata. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(35), 17201-17211. DOI: 10.1039/C8TA05174H

Education

  • Ph.D., Bioelectrochemistry, Microbial Electrosynthesis, Bioelectrochemical CO₂ Reduction, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, 2016
  • M.S., Environmental Science, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, 2012
  • B.S., Environmental Science, Nepal, 2006