Dr Giridhar R Nair
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BSc (Chemical Engg), MTech (Biochemical Engg & Biotech, IIT Delhi), PhD (Biochemical Engg, IIT Delhi)
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghavan Nair, Dr Giridhar | 5119 | giridhar | FG.3.01 | Engineering |
You can contact staff by:
- Calling +64 7 838 4466 then enter the extension
- Direct dialling +64 7 838 then extension (for extensions starting with 4)
- Direct dialling +64 7 858 then extension (for extensions starting with 5)
- Emailing username@waikato.ac.nz
- Using the campus map to locate their room
Research Interests
- Fermentation Engineering
- Kinetics, modeling and optimization of biotechnological processes
- Biotransformation using enzymes and whole cells
- Production of value added products from biological substrates such as agricultural and food processing residues
Expertise
Fermentation engineering; modelling and optimisation of biotechnological processes; biotransformation using enzymes and whole cells; value addition to agricultural and food processing residues.
Recent Publications
- Fu, C., Su, C., Nair, G., Sung, Y., Wu, W. (2010) Estimation of fungal biomass and lipid production by morphological characteristics of Mucor rouxii
Refereed Journal Articles - Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering - Nair, G. (2010) High cell density cultivation of microbes
Conference - Proceedings - Microbial Products: Exploiting Microbial Diversity for Sustainable Plant Production - Rajan, A., Nair, G. (2010) Production of soya milk containing low flatulence-causing oligosaccharides in a packed bed reactor using immobilised ą-galactosidase
Refereed Journal Articles - International Journal of Food Science & Technology - Li, L., Nair, G., Swan, J., Langdon, A. (2010) Hydrogen production, acetic acid recovery and pH control by gas stripping an acid anaerobic sludge
Conference - Full Paper - Chemeca : Engineering at the Edge
