Nitesh Kasera, Ph.D.
Doctoral degree discipline: Biological and agricultural engineering
Awarding institution: North Carolina State University (2023)
Current postdoctoral position: Postdoctoral fellow
Auburn University department: Biosystems Engineering
Postdoctoral faculty mentor: Dr. Sushil Adhikari
Areas of research:
Energy and sustainability | Bioenergy and biochar | Carbon sequestration | Waste management and Bioresource utilization | Circular bioeconomy | Lignocellulosic biomass to functional materials | Bioremediation | Slow-release fertilizers | Bio-composites | Reaction Engineering and kinetics | Hydrogels | Bioprocessing technologies | Wastewater treatment | Biofuels | Unit operations | Algae production | Pyrolysis | Biopolymers
Awards/honors:
- 2nd-place award, Bioprocess Startup Competition, ASABE Annual International Meeting – California and Toronto. 2024 and 2025 (as mentor)
- 1st-place award, Bioprocess Startup Competition, ASABE Annual International Meeting – Omaha, Nebraska. 2023
- 1st-place award, NC State Make-a-thon Competition, North Carolina State University. 2023
- 1st-place award, Science Policy Hackathon, Sigma Xi Policy Bootcamp. 2022
- North Carolina STEM Policy Fellowship, North Carolina Sea Grant. 2022
- 3rd-place award, Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Competition, ASABE Annual International Meeting – Virtual. 2021
- BAE Outstanding Doctoral Scholar of the Year, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University. 2021
- Provost’s doctoral fellowship, North Carolina State University. 2018
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