School of Engineering and Applied Science

Year of Joining: 2021

Dissertation Advisor: Dharamashi Rabari

Research Interests: Water Treatment

Phenolic compounds (PCs), such as phenol, o-cresol, and resorcinol, are persistent contaminants in wastewater due to their toxicity and capacity for bioaccumulation. This poses a significant threat to human health and the environment. Effective techniques are thus essential to lessen the adverse effects of these compounds. The use of Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) has gained immense interest as an efficient and environmentally benign extractant for removing these pollutants.

My research investigates the extraction of PCs from their aqueous solution using hydrophobic DESs. The composition of extracted and raffinate [what?] was measured using spectroscopic analysis to evaluate experimental extraction efficiencies. In contrast, Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations have been used to compute the solvation energy of phenolic compounds in water at the molecular level.