P V V Prasada Rao
Andhra University, India
Biography
PVV Prasada Rao worked on Pollution Analysis, Remediation of wastes, Microbial ecology, Vegetation studies and also on Environmental Impact Assessment. At present, he is involved in the Apportioning of Particulate Matter in ambient air of Visakhapatnam, an important city in Southern India. He developed low-cost methodologies for the removal of heavy metals from industrial effluents. He also worked on biodegradation of plastics, bio removal of fluoride in groundwater and climate change studies. At present, he is working on the development of silver nanoparticles for addressing pollutants in aqueous solutions. A good number of students are benefitted by the research studies. He had published more than 60 scientific papers in both national and international journals. He is at present working as a senior professor in the Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
Abstract
Abstract : Maize corn cob as an adsorbent for the removal of Cd (II) from aqueous solutions