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Praveen Linga
Born
India
EducationUniversity of Madras
Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur
The University of British Columbia
OccupationAcademic
EmployerNational University of Singapore Singapore
TitleDean's Chair Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Websitehttp://gashydrates.chbe.nus.edu.sg

Dr. Praveen Linga is the Dean's Chair Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at National University of Singapore Singapore (NUS). He joined NUS in the year 2010. He is also the co-lead for Natural gas research, Centre for Energy Research and Technology (CERT), National University of Singapore. His research interests are in the areas of clathrate (gas) hydrates, storage and transport of fuels, carbon dioxide capture, storage & utilization (CCS & U), seawater desalination and recovery of energy. His research group at NUS particularly focuses on enhancing the kinetics of hydrate formation for several applications of interest by developing novel reactor designs, experimental methods and techniques. Up to date, he has published more than 100 research articles and delivered more than 75 keynote/invited talks and seminars. His research has been cited more than 6000 times with an h index of 43 in Google Scholar[1]. He is named among the World's Most Influential Minds and Highly Cited Researchers in Engineering, a global list released in 2018 by Clarivate Analytics based on Web of Science database.[2]. Praveen Linga exudes passion and commitment in sharing his knowledge and scientific breakthroughs to benefit the wider society in Singapore and globally. These are evinced in his numerous interviews, commentaries and opinion articles that have appeared in the media (BBC News[3],Channel News Asia[4], EMA 3Qs interview[5], The Straits Times[6], Business Times[7], and Gastech News[8][9])

Educational Background

Dr. Linga obtained his Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras in 2000. Then he went on to pursue his Master of Technology degree at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and graduated in 2002. In 2004, he joined the Department of Chemical and Biological engineering at The University of British Columbia to pursue his doctoral studies. Under the supervision of Professor Peter Englezos, he obtained his doctoral degree in 2009. He stayed on for a year in the lab as a postdoctoral fellow.

Career

In 2010, he started his academic career at the National University of Singapore (NUS) as an Assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering specializing in gas hydrates technology. In 2016 he was appointed as an Associate Professor with tenure and in 2019 he was appointed as the Dean's Chair Associate Professor.[10] He is a also a visiting professor of Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences and a visiting guest professor of Harbin Engineering University PR China. He did his Postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of British Columbia (2009-2010), he also worked as a Senior Lecturer in M.S. Engineering College, Kilakarai, India.

Dr. Praveen Linga is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in Singapore. He also serves as a scientific editor in various prestigious engineering journals which are listed below
• Subject Editor: Applied Energy (Elsevier)[11]
• Associate Editor: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (Elsevier)[12]
• Editorial Advisory Board Member: Energy & Fuels (ACS Publisher)[13]
• Editorial Advisory Board Member: Fluid Phase Equilibria (Elsevier)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member: Natural Gas Industry B[14]

Research Areas

• Gas hydrates or clathrate hydrates
• Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration
• Energy recovery from unconventional fuels
• Seawater desalination
• Storage and transport of fuels
• District and data-centre cooling

Honours and awards

Dr. Linga has received numerous awards and honors for his stupendous contributions to research and education. He is named among the World's Most Influential Minds and Highly Cited Researchers in Engineering by Clarivate Analytics in 2018[15][16]. In 2017, he was awarded the Donald W. Davidson Award at the 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates for his outstanding contributions to gas hydrate research held in Denver USA[17][18]. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in United Kingdom[19][20]. A complete list of his awards are listed below.

• Most Cited Paper award, Desalination (2019)[21]
• Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, Clarivate Analytics (2018)[22]
• Best Paper Award, Applied Energy (2018, 2017)[23] [24]
• Teaching Honors List for AY2016/17, Faculty of Engineering NUS (2018)[25]
• Most Cited Paper award, Energy Journal (2018, 2017)[26] [27]
• Most Cited Paper award, Applied Energy Journal (2018)[28]
• Most Cited Paper award, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (2018, 2017)[29][30]
• Most Cited Paper award, Energy Journal (2018)[31]
• D. W. Davidson Award, International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9), Denver USA (2017)[32]
• Young Investigator Award, Energies Journal based in Switzerland (2017)[33]
• Outstanding Young Faculty Award, AIChE Singapore Local Section (2017)[34]
• Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA), NUS (2017)[35]
• Young Researcher Award (YRA), NUS (2017)[36]
• Most Cited Paper award, Chemical Engineering Science Journal (2017, 2016, 2015)[37] [38] [39]
• 2017 Class of Influential Researchers, Invited by I&EC Research Journal (2017) [40]
• Teaching Honors List for AY2015/16, Faculty of Engineering NUS (2016)[41]
• Highly Commendable Award for Research Project of the Year and Finalist for Energy Award, IChemE Singapore (2016) [42]
• Best Paper Award, Applied Energy (2016)[43]
• Featured by EMA in its exclusive 3Qs interview series that features industry leaders and innovators in energy domain, EMA (2016)[44]
• Service Award, AIChE Singapore Local Section (2015)[45]
• Most Cited Paper award, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (2015)[46]

Selected Publications

A complete list of Professor Linga's publications can be accessed through his google scholar page[47], a selected list of representative review articles and original research publications are listed below

Review articles:

  • He, T.; Chong, Z. R.; Zheng, J.; Ju, Y.; Linga, P. LNG Cold Energy Utilization: Prospects and Challenges. Energy 2019, 170, 557-568. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.170
  • Babu, P.; Nambiar, A.; He, T.; Karimi, I.A.; Lee, J. D.; Englezos, P.; Linga, P. A review of clathrate hydrate based desalination to strengthen energy-water nexus. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018, 6 (7), 8093-8107. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01616
  • Veluswamy, H. P.; Kumar, A.; Seo, Y.; Lee, J. D.; Linga, P. A review of solidified natural gas (SNG) technology for gas storage via clathrate hydrates. Applied Energy (2018), 216, 262-285. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.059
  • Yin, Z.; Khurana, M.; Tan, H.K.; Linga, P. A review of gas hydrate growth kinetic models Chemical Engineering Journal (2018), 342, 9-29. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2018.01.120
  • Khurana, M.; Yin, Z.; Linga, P. A review of clathrate hydrate nucleation ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (2017), 5 (12), 11176-11203. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03238
  • Yin, Z.; Chong, Z. R.; Tan, H. K.; Linga, P. Review of gas hydrate dissociation kinetic models for energy recovery. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (2016), 35, 1362-1387. doi:10.1016/j.jngse.2016.04.050
  • Chong, Z. R.; Yang, S. H. B.; Babu, P.; Linga, P.; Li, X.-S. Review of natural gas hydrates as an energy resource: Prospects and Challenges. Applied Energy (2016), 162, 1633-1652. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.12.061
  • Babu, P.; Linga, P.; Kumar, R.*; Englezos, P. A review of the hydrate based gas separation (HBGS) process for carbon dioxide pre-combustion capture. Energy (2015), 85, 261-279. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.103
  • Veluswamy, H. P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. Hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates: Current state of the art and future directions. Applied Energy (2014), 122, 112-132. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.063

Original research articles:

  • Yin, Z.; Moridis, G.; Chong, Z. R.; Linga, P. Effectiveness of multi-stage cooling processes in improving the CH4-hydrate saturation uniformity in sandy laboratory samples. Applied Energy (2019), 250, 729-749. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.05.077
  • Kumar, A.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. Sodium dodecyl sulfate preferentially promotes enclathration of methane in mixed methane-tetrahydrofuran hydrates. iScience (2019), 14, 136-146. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.03.020
  • Kumar, A.; Veluswamy, H.P.; Kumar, R; Linga, P. Direct use of seawater for rapid methane storage via clathrate (sII) hydrates. Applied Energy (2019), 235, 6984-6994. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.085
  • Veluswamy, H. P.; Kumar, A.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. An innovative approach to enhance methane hydrate formation kinetics with leucine for energy storage application Applied Energy (2017), 188, 190-199. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.002
  • Zheng, J.; Zhang, P.; Linga, P.; Semiclathrate hydrate process for pre-combustion capture of CO2 at near ambient temperatures Applied Energy (2017), 194, 267-278. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.10.118
  • Chong, Z. R.; Pujar, G. A.; Yang, M.; Linga, P. Methane hydrate formation in excess water simulating marine locations and the impact of thermal stimulation on energy recovery, Applied Energy (2016), 177, 409-421. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.05.077
  • Veluswamy, H. P.; Wong, A. J. H.; Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Kulprathipanja, S.; Rangsunvigit, P.; Linga, P. Rapid methane hydrate formation to develop a cost effective large scale energy storage system, Chemical Engineering Journal (2016), 290, 161-173. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2016.01.026
  • Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. Unusual behavior of propane as a co-guest during hydrate formation in silica sand: Potential application to seawater desalination and carbon dioxide capture, Chemical Engineering Science (2014), 117, 342-351. doi:10.1016/j.ces.2014.06.044
  • Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. A new porous material to enhance the kinetics of clathrate process: Application to pre-combustion carbon dioxide capture, Environmental Science & Technology (2013), 47 (22), 13191-13198. doi:10.1021/es403516f
  • Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. Pre-combustion capture of carbon dioxide in a fixed bed reactor using the clathrate hydrate process, Energy (2013), 50, 364-373. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2012.10.046
  • Linga, P.; Kumar, R.; Englezos, P. The clathrate hydrate process for post and pre-combustion capture of carbon dioxide. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2007), 149, (3), 625-629. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.06.086
  • Linga, P.; Kumar, R.; Englezos, P. Gas hydrate formation from hydrogen/carbon dioxide and nitrogen/carbon dioxide gas mixtures. Chemical Engineering Science (2007), 62, (16), 4268-4276. doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.04.033

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