Rajiv Narula

ClarksonUniversity 31, Maple Street

Center for the Environment Apartment D

8, Clarkson Avenue Potsdam,NY13676

Potsdam, NY13699 (315)-212-2617

EDUCATION:

  • ClarksonUniversity, Potsdam, NY Summer, 2010 Ph.D.Environmental Science and Engineering (GPA: 3.78/4)
  • GGDUniversity, Bilaspur, India Fall, 2003

MS Biotechnology(GPA: 8.87/10)

  • PresidencyCollege, Calcutta University, India Fall, 2001

BS with Honors in Botany (GPA: 8.29/10)

SKILLS:

Laboratory: Bacterial cell culture and plate counts, sterile techniques, DNA isolation, Real time q- PCR, Microscopy and cell counting using Metamorph TM, Total Organic Carbon analysis of samples, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, Poly-acrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE), Northern Southern and Western Blotting, Plant tissue culture: Organogenesis, Micro propagation etc.

Technical: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS, Minitab 15, Adobe InDesign

EXPERIENCE:

Research Experience:

  • 2005 - Present –Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Science and Engineering, ClarksonUniversity, Potsdam, NY: Researchtopic:Pathogen Reduction and Correlation to Factors Responsible for Pathogen Reduction in Dairy Farm Operations Treating Agricultural Waste
  • 2003. Short term research on Radio sensitivity studies on seed and vegetatively propagated crops at National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
  • 2002. Short term research on the olfactorygenes of Drosophila melanogaster at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

Teaching Experience:

2007: Teaching assistant, Civil and Environmental Engineering, ClarksonUniversity, Potsdam, NY; Introduction to Engineering Design and Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Additional Experience:

2007 – Present: Active member of New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA) chapter of the National Water Environment Federation (WEF)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS/AWARDS:

  • 2006 Honorable Mention from theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the People, Prosperity and the Planet Programat the competition in WashingtonDC

Topic: Biodiesel as a Green Alternative for Potsdam School Buses.

  • 2003 First Class, First Rank (University Topper) in MS Biotechnology
  • 2002 Recipient of Educational Scholarship under the National Scholarship Scheme of the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:

  • Modeling anaerobic digestion of dairy manure using the IWA Anaerobic Digestion Model no. 1 (ADM1);Water Science Technol.; 58(3):689-95. 2008
  • Radio sensitivity of some seed and vegetatively propagated crops;Journal of Nuclear Agriculture and Biology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research 32(3-4): 167 – 178, 2003
  • Presentation, NYWEA conference (82nd Annual Meeting), NYC, NY, Feb. 2010; Pathogen Reduction and Factors Responsible for Pathogen Reduction in Dairy Farm Operations Treating Agricultural Waste
  • Presentation at the Thousand Islands Energy Research Forum, Alexandria Bay, NY, Oct. 2009; Anaerobic Digestion and Treatment Processes as a means of Reducing Pathogens for Recycle and Reuse of Bedding in Dairy Farms
  • Poster presentation, EMEP conference, Albany, NY, Oct. 2009; Pathogen Reduction and Correlation to Factors Responsible for Pathogen Reduction in Dairy Farm Operations Treating Agricultural Waste
  • Poster presentation, NYWEA conference (81st Annual Meeting), NYC, NY, Feb. 2009; Pathogen Reduction and Correlation to Factors Responsible for Pathogen Reduction in Dairy Farm Operations Treating Agricultural Waste
  • Project presentation titled Biodiesel as a Green Alternative for Potsdam School Buses for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) People, Prosperity and the Planet competition at WashingtonD.C. May 2006

OTHER ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS:

  • Features Editor for The Clarkson Integrator (weekly newspaper), 2009
  • Events coordinator and social chair, Graduate Student Association, Clarkson University, 2008-09
  • Worked for poverty eradication, spreading literacy, polio eradication, environmental awareness and conservation, old-age homes and orphanages, blood donation and tissue donation camps in India, individually and through non-government organizations (NGOs) like Rotary International, Lions Club and local associations.
  • Member of the Engineers Without Borders chapter of ClarksonUniversity, working on a project to provide safe drinking water to La Margarita (village in Ecuador)
  • Member of New York Water and Environment Association (NYWEA) and Environmental Conservation Organization, working to bring environmental awareness to schools and colleges
  • Graduate representative

-Hearing committee for Discipline and Disorder, 2008-09

-University President's Environmental Policy Group, 2008

REFERENCES:

Available upon request