Department of Biotechnology | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
faculty member

Krithika Ravi

Assistant Professor

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Ph.D.,  Lund University, Sweden.

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M.Tech.,  Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

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Block 2, BT 321

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044 2257 4146

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krithikaravi[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

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Lab: Block 2, BT 311

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  • Biodegradation and conversion of plastics to platform chemicals
  • Microbial valorization of biomass components to value added products
  • Upgradation of Kraft lignin processes

  1. Krithika Ravi, Omar Y Abdelaziz, Matthias Nöbel, Javier García-Hidalgo, Marie F Gorwa-Grauslund, Christian P Hulteberg, Gunnar Lidén (2019). "Bacterial conversion of depolymerized Kraft lignin", Biotechnology for biofuels, 12, pp. 1-14.
  2. Omar Y Abdelaziz, Krithika Ravi, Fabian Mittermeier, Sebastian Meier, Anders Riisager, Gunnar Lidén, Christian P Hulteberg (2019). "Oxidative depolymerization of kraft lignin for microbial conversion", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, pp. 11640-11652.
  3. Daniel P Brink, Krithika Ravi, Gunnar Lidén, Marie F Gorwa-Grauslund (2019). "Mapping the diversity of microbial lignin catabolism: experiences from the eLignin database", Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 103, pp. 3979-4002.
  4. Krithika Ravi, Javier García-Hidalgo, Marie F Gorwa-Grauslund, Gunnar Lidén (2017). "Conversion of lignin model compounds by Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and isolates from compost", Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 101, pp. 5059-5070.
  5. Omar Y Abdelaziz, Daniel P Brink, Jens Prothmann, Krithika Ravi, Mingzhe Sun, Javier García-Hidalgo, Margareta Sandahl, Christian P Hulteberg, Charlotta Turner, Gunnar Lidén, Marie F Gorwa-Grauslund (2016). "Biological valorization of low molecular weight lignin", Elsevier, 34, pp. 1318-1346.