Associate Professor at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
Specialization:
Dr. Radha Rani specializes in Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, focusing on Bioremediation, Biodegradation, and Phytodegradation of organic pollutants, as well as plant-microbe interactions.
Technical Expertise:
- Bioremediation of soil contaminated with organic/inorganic pollutants
- Microbial fermentation
- Microbial diversity studies
- GC/LC-MS and ICP-AES techniques
Research Experience:
- Doctoral Research: Conducted at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur
- Teaching Experience:
- Shri Shivaji Education Society Amravati’s Science College, Nagpur
- IFTM University, Moradabad
- MNNIT, Allahabad
Citations:
- Citations: 2,032 (1,871 since 2019)
- h-index: 23 (22 since 2019)
- i10-index: 31 (29 since 2019)
Publication Top Notes:
- A critical review on speciation, mobilization and toxicity of lead in soil-microbe-plant system and bioremediation strategies
A. Kushwaha, N. Hans, S. Kumar, R. Rani
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 147, 1035-1045 (2018)
Citations: 495
- Heavy metal detoxification and tolerance mechanisms in plants: Implications for phytoremediation
A. Kushwaha, R. Rani, S. Kumar, A. Gautam
Environmental Reviews 24 (1), 39-51 (2015)
Citations: 204
- Liposome and their applications in cancer therapy
H. Pandey, R. Rani, V. Agarwal
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 59, e16150477 (2016)
Citations: 152
- Tolerance and Reduction of Chromium(VI) by Bacillus sp. MNU16 Isolated from Contaminated Coal Mining Soil
N. Upadhyay, K. Vishwakarma, J. Singh, M. Mishra, V. Kumar, R. Rani, …
Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 778 (2017)
Citations: 130
- Adsorption kinetics and molecular interactions of lead [Pb(II)] with natural clay and humic acid
J. K. P. Kushwaha, A. Rani
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 1, 1-12 (2019)
Citations: 96
- Recent progress in microbial fuel cells for industrial effluent treatment and energy generation: Fundamentals to scale-up application and challenges
R. Selvasembian, J. Mal, R. Rani, R. Sinha, R. Agrahari, I. Joshua, …
Bioresource Technology 346, 126462 (2022)
Citations: 94
- A new insight to adsorption and accumulation of high lead concentration by exopolymer and whole cells of lead-resistant bacterium Acinetobacter junii L. Pb1 isolated from coal …
M. A. Anamika Kushwaha, Radha Rani, Sanjay Kumar, Tarence Thomas, Arun Alfred David
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24 (11), 10652-10661 (2017)
Citations: 75
- Emerging bioremediation technologies for the treatment of textile wastewater containing synthetic dyes: a comprehensive review
A. Srivastava, R. M. Rani, D. S. Patle, S. Kumar
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 97 (1), 26-41 (2022)
Citations: 73
- Evaluation of the cytotoxicity and interaction of lead with lead resistant bacterium Acinetobacter junii Pb1
R. R. Singh, P. K., Kushwaha A., Hans N., Gautam A.
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 50 (1), 223 (2019)
Citations: 50
- Microbial decolorization of Reactive Black 5 dye by Bacillus albus DD1 isolated from textile water effluent: kinetic, thermodynamics & decolorization mechanism
A. Srivastava, L. K. Dangi, S. Kumar, R. Rani
Heliyon 8 (2) (2022)
Citations: 48
- Advances in the development of electrode materials for improving the reactor kinetics in microbial fuel cells
R. Agrahari, B. Bayar, H. N. Abubackar, B. S. Giri, E. R. Rene, R. Rani
Chemosphere 290, 133184 (2022)
Citations: 47
- Soil ecophysiological and microbiological indices of soil health: a study of coal mining site in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
N. Upadhyay, S. Verma, A. Pratap Singh, S. Devi, K. Vishwakarma, N. Kumar, …
Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 16 (3), 778-800 (2016)
Citations: 41
- Biodegradation of phorate in soil and rhizosphere of Brassica juncea (L.)(Indian Mustard) by a microbial consortium
R. Rani, A. Juwarkar
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 71, 36-42 (2012)
Citations: 41
- Optimization of operating conditions of miniaturized single chambered microbial fuel cell using NiWO4/graphene oxide modified anode for performance improvement and microbial …
R. Rani, D. Sharma, S. Kumar
Bioresource Technology 285, 121337 (2019)
Citations: 39
- High-capacity polyaniline-coated molybdenum oxide composite as an effective catalyst for enhancing the electrochemical performance of the microbial fuel cell
R. Rani, S. Kumar
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44 (31), 16933-16943 (2019)
Citations: 34
- Role of root exudates on the soil microbial diversity and biogeochemistry of heavy metals
P. Agarwal, R. Vibhandik, R. Agrahari, A. Daverey, R. Rani
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 196 (5), 2673-2693 (2024)
Citations: 33
- Unravelling the role of rhizospheric plant-microbe synergy in phytoremediation: a genomic perspective
P. Agarwal, B. S. Giri, R. Rani
Current Genomics 21 (5), 334-342 (2020)
Citations: 33
- Mechanism of soil-metal-microbe interactions and their implication on microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation
A. Kushwaha, R. Rani, S. Kumar
Environmental Science and Engineering. Biodegradation and Bioremediation 8 (2017)
Citations: 31
- Enhanced Performance of a Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell Using NiWO4/Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Carbon Cloth Anode
S. K. Geetanjali, Radha Rani
Fuel Cell (2019) DOI: 10.1002/fuce.201800120
Citations: 28
- Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] by Heavy Metal Tolerant Bacterium Alkalihalobacillus clausii CRA1 and Its Toxicity Assessment Through Flow Cytometry
A. Gautam, A. Kushwaha, R. Rani
Current Microbiology 79 (1), 33 (2022)
Citations: 27