Editor Profile
Dr. Bramha Gupta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Present
O.P. Jindal Global University
Sonipat, Haryana
India
Dr. Bramha Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability.
He has obtained his Ph.D. degree (2023) from School of Water Resources (Environmental Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India and M. Tech. (2017) in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India. He has completed his B.Tech. (2015) in Civil Engineering from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, India. He was Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow (IPDF) (2024-25) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His research interests include Environmental impact assessment; Application of machine learning in environmental science, Environmental auditing (ISO 14001); Water and wastewater treatment and their reuse; Biological wastewater treatment processes; Micro and nano plastic removal; and Mathematical tools (ANN and RSM). Dr. Bramha has published 21 scientific research and review papers (Google Scholar Citations more than 3100) in various reputed International journals. Dr. Bramha is also credited with two Indian Patents (in 2023 and 2025) based on a biological treatment and photocatalytic systems, respectively, and published two Reference Books (2025) on Photocatalysis. He has also earned Gold-Medal in B. Tech. and is an active member of International Water Association. Dr. Bramha is a potential reviewer of several International journals including Environmental Research, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, and Scientific Reports, among others. Dr. Bramha has also presented his research work in several conferences and workshops of National and International repute.
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Water Supply System
- Photocatalytic Removal of Pharmaceuticals
- 3D Printing Techniques
- Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor
- Micro and Nano plastic Removals
- Cost Effective Sewage Treatment Technologies
- Kumar, L., Gupta, B. and Purkait, M.K., 2025. Photo-induced degradation of toxic recalcitrant compounds from surface water: Insights into advanced nanomaterials, hybrid photocatalytic systems, and real applications. Journal of Environmental Management, 377, p.124610. (Corresponding Author) (Q1, I.F.: 8.4)
- Srivastava, A.1, Ambekar, R.S. 1, Gupta, B. 1, Tiwary, C.S. and Gupta, A.K., 2024. Schwarzitebased 3D-printed carriers for enhanced performance of sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) for wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 111794. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.111794. (1 First Author) (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Gupta, B., Saidulu, D., Srivastava, A., Rawat, A., Singh, A., Bhatnagar, A., and Gupta, A.K., 2023. Performance assessment of photo-controlled catalytic and moving biocarrier-based hybrid systems for the treatment of pharmaceuticals from municipal and industrial wastewater: Insights into influencing factors and degradation mechanisms. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 110128. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110128. (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Gupta, B., Gupta, A.K. and Bhatnagar, A., 2023. Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater using photocatalytic reactor and hybrid system integrated with biofilm based process: Mechanistic insights and degradation pathways. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, p.109141. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.109141. (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Gupta, B., and Gupta, A.K., 2022. Photocatalytic performance of 3D engineered chitosan hydrogels embedded with sulfur-doped C3N4/ZnO nanoparticles for Ciprofloxacin removal: Degradation and mechanistic pathways. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 198, pp.87-100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.12.120. (Q1, I.F.: 8.5)
- Gupta, B., Gupta, A.K., Ghosal, P.S., Lal, S., Saidulu, D., Srivastava, A. and Upadhyay, M., 2022. Recent advances in application of moving bed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment: Insights into critical operational parameters, modifications, field-scale performance, and sustainable aspects. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, p.107742. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.107742. (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Gupta, B., Gupta, A.K., Tiwary, C.S. and Ghosal, P.S., 2021. A multivariate modeling and experimental realization of photocatalytic system of engineered S–C3N4/ZnO hybrid for ciprofloxacin removal: Influencing factors and degradation pathways. Environmental Research, 196, p.110390. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110390. (Q1, I.F.: 7.7)
- Gupta, B., Ambekar, R.S., Tromer, R.M., Ghosal, P.S., Sinha, R., Majumder, A., Kumbhakar, P., Ajayan, P.M., Galvao, D.S., Gupta, A.K. and Tiwary, C.S., 2021. Development of a schwarzitebased moving bed 3D printed water treatment system for nanoplastic remediation. RSC Advances, 11(32), pp.19788-19796. DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03097c. (Q2, I.F.: 4.6)
- Gupta, B., Priya, T. and Mishra, B.K., 2021. Augmentation of the coagulation activity of alum using a porous bio-flocculant for the remediation of trihalomethanes-generating hydrophobic natural organic matter. Environmental Engineering Research, 26(3), pp.209-217. DOI: 10.4491/eer.2020.234. (Q2, I.F.: 3.0)
- Gupta, B., Gupta, A.K., Ghosal, P.S. and Tiwary, C.S., 2020. Photo-induced degradation of bio-toxic Ciprofloxacin using the porous 3D hybrid architecture of an atomically thin sulfurdoped g-C3N4/ZnO nanosheet. Environmental research, 183, p.109154. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109154. (Q1, I.F.: 7.7)
- Ghosal, P., Gupta, B., Ambekar, R. S., Rahman, M. M., Ajayan, P. M., Aich, N., Gupta, A.K. and Tiwary, C.S., 2022. 3D Printed Materials in Water Treatment Applications. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 6(3), 2100282. DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202100282. (Q1, I.F.: 6.1)
- Saidulu, D., Gupta, B., Gupta, A.K. and Ghosal, P.S., 2021. A review on occurrences, eco-toxic effects, and remediation of emerging contaminants from wastewater: Special emphasis on biological treatment based hybrid systems. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, p.105282. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.105282. (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Srivastava, A., Gupta, B., Majumder, A., Gupta, A.K. and Nimbhorkar, S.K., 2021. A comprehensive review on the synthesis, performance, modifications, and regeneration of activated carbon for the adsorptive removal of various water pollutants. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(5), p.106177. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106177. (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Dutta, S., Gupta, B., Srivastava, S.K. and Gupta, A.K., 2021. Recent advances on the removal of dyes from wastewater using various adsorbents: a critical review. Materials Advances. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00354B. (Q1, I.F.: 4.7)
- Majumder, A., Gupta, B. and Gupta, A.K., 2019. Pharmaceutically active compounds in aqueous environment: A status, toxicity and insights of remediation. Environmental Research, 176, p.108542. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108542. (Q1, I.F.: 7.7)
- Dutta, S., Srivastava, S.K., Gupta, B. and Gupta, A.K., 2021. Hollow Polyaniline Microsphere/MnO2/Fe3O4 Nanocomposites in Adsorptive Removal of Toxic Dyes from Contaminated Water. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(45), pp.54324-54338. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15096. (Q1, I.F.: 8.2)
- Kuila, S.K., Gorai, D.K., Gupta, B., Gupta, A.K., Tiwary, C.S. and Kundu, T.K., 2021. Lanthanum ions decorated 2-dimensional g-C3N4 for ciprofloxacin photodegradation. Chemosphere, 268, p.128780. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128780. (Q1, I.F.: NA)
- Priya, T., Tarafdar, A., Gupta, B. and Mishra, B.K., 2018. Effect of bioflocculants on the coagulation activity of alum for removal of trihalomethane precursors from low turbid water. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 70, pp.1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2017.09.019. (Q1, I.F.: 6.3)
- Sonal, S., Arya, A.K., Srivastava, A., Gupta, B., Mishra, B.K., 2025. Understanding the role of oxidants for enhanced remediation of groundwater nitrate: An insight into surface modification. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 313, p. 117872. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2024.117872. (Q2, I.F.: 4.6)
- Srivastava, A., Parida, V.K., Majumder, A., Gupta, B. and Gupta, A.K., 2021. Treatment of saline wastewater using physicochemical, biological, and hybrid processes: Insights into inhibition mechanisms, treatment efficiencies and performance enhancement. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, p.105775. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.105775. (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Parida, V.K., Saidulu, D., Majumder, A., Srivastava, A., Gupta, B. and Gupta, A.K., 2021. Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(5), p.105966. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.105966. (Q1, I.F.: 7.2)
- Purkait, M.K., Gupta, B., Das, P.P. Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceutical Wastewater Part A: Advanced Nanomaterials, Synthesis Routes and Spectral Characteristics. Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier, Volume 65, ISBN: 978-0-443-34445-9, 2025.
- Purkait, M.K., Gupta, B., Das, P.P. Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceutical Wastewater Part B: Hybrid Technologies, Economic Aspects and Global Applications. Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier, Volume 66, ISBN: 978-0-443-34387-2, 2025.
- Purkait, M.K., Das, P.P., Gupta, B. Chlorination Practices for Water Disinfection: Applications and Environmental Impact. (Elsevier, Proposal Submitted)
- Sonal, S., Dhar, S., Gupta, B. Ways forward for BiOX-based photocatalysts in water treatment. Publisher: Priscilla Braglia, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-443-23861-1, DOI: 10.1016/C2023-0-01116-5.