metals from wastewater. His current research areas are
bioremediation and biodegradation of toxic pollutants,
pesticides and azo dyes using microbial consortium
from the industrial effluents, mechanisms involved in
heavy metal bioremediation.
Gurpreet Kaur is working as an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced
Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University. She did her
B.Sc. (Hons school), M.Sc. (Hons school) and Ph.D.
from the same department. Dr. Kaur is one of the
recipients of DST Inspire Faculty Award. She is a physical chemist and works in the field of colloidal chemistry.
Her area of research includes fabrication of metal
functionalized surfactants for wide spectrum application
including formation of bioactive materials and their interaction with biomolecules (DNA, proteins, etc.), antimicrobial surfactants, microbial corrosion inhibitors, and
electrocatalyst. She has more than 50 publications including review articles, 5 book chapters, and 3 Indian patents
[one granted and two filed (and one applied for)].
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