Praveen Linga

Dr. Praveen Linga is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Professor Peter Englezos. Dr. Linga obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Madras, and his Master's degree from IIT Kharagpur in chemical engineering from India.

The vision of Linga Lab@NUS, led by Dr. Linga, is to advance hydrate technology as an effective and feasible solution for the critical needs of clean and safe water, cleaner energy, and environmental stewardship addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals 6, 7, and 13. At Linga Lab, the team works on both fundamental and applied aspects of research. Their specific focus is to develop methods and innovate on experimental process design targeted at improving the kinetics of hydrate formation and dissociation. The lab has built and developed state-of-the-art research facilities for macro, micro, and molecular level investigations pertaining to gas (clathrate) hydrates.

Dr. Linga has published more than 160 research articles and delivered more than 100 keynote/invited talks and seminars. His research has been cited more than 15,000 times with an h-index of over 65 (data from Google Scholar). He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being named among the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds and Highly Cited Researchers in Engineering by Clarivate Analytics, receiving the SCEJ (Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan) Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer in 2019, the NUS Young Researcher Award in 2017, and the Donald W. Davidson Award at ICGH9 in Denver, USA, for outstanding contributions to gas hydrate research in 2017. Dr. Linga serves as an executive editor of Energy & Fuels journal (ACS Publications) and is an invited member of the editorial boards of Applied Energy (Elsevier), Advances in Applied Energy (Elsevier), Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering (Elsevier), and Fluid Phase Equilibria (Elsevier).

Qualifications

• PEng (Chemical) Professional Engineers Board, Singapore
• PhD (Chem. Eng.) UBC Vancouver, 2009
• MTech (Chem. Eng.) IIT-KGP, 2002
• BTech (Chem. Eng.) University of Madras, 2000

Awards and Honours

• Engineering Educator Award (EEA) for AY2018/19 (2020)
• Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer Award, Society of Chemical Engineers Japan (2019)
• Applied Energy Best Paper Award (2019)
• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), United Kingdom (2019)
• Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Analytics USA (2018)
• Donald W. Davidson Award, International Conference on Gas Hydrates Denver USA (2017)
• Young Researcher Award, NUS (2017)
• Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA), NUS (2017)
• Young Researcher Award, NUS Engineering NUS (2017)
• Class of Influential Researchers, I&EC Research Journal (2017)

Research Interests

• Gas hydrates
• Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage
• District and Data Center Cooling
• Energy Storage and Seawater Desalination

Selected Publications

• Battacharjee, G.; Veluswamy, H. P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P.; Rapid methane storage via sII hydrates at ambient temperature. Applied Energy (2020), 269, 115142.
• Yin, Z.; Moridis, G.; Chong, Z. R.; Linga, P.; Effectiveness of multi-stage cooling processes in improving the CH4-hydrate saturation uniformity in sandy laboratory samples. Applied Energy (2019), 250, 729-749.
• Veluswamy, H. P.; Kumar, A.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. An innovative approach to enhance methane hydrate formation kinetics with leucine for energy storage application Applied Energy (2017), 188, 190-199. (Highly Cited Paper)
• Veluswamy, H. P.; Lee, P. Y.; Premesinghe, K.; Linga, P.; Effect of bio-friendly amino acids on the kinetics of methane hydrate formation and dissociation. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2017), 56 (21), 6145-6154. (Invited for “2017 Class of Influential Researchers”)
• Zheng, J.; Zhang, P.; Linga, P.; Semiclathrate hydrate process for pre-combustion capture of CO2 at near ambient temperatures Applied Energy (2017), 194, 267-278.
• Chong, Z. R.; Pujar, G. A.; Yang, M.; Linga, P.; Methane hydrate formation in excess water simulating marine locations and the impact of thermal stimulation on energy recovery, Applied Energy (2016), 177, 409-421.
• Veluswamy, H. P.; Wong, A. J. H.; Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Kulprathipanja, S.; Rangsunvigit, P.; Linga, P.; Rapid methane hydrate formation to develop a cost effective large scale energy storage system, Chemical Engineering Journal (2016), 290, 161-173. (Highly Cited Paper)
• Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. Unusual behavior of propane as a co-guest during hydrate formation in silica sand: Potential application to seawater desalination and carbon dioxide capture, Chemical Engineering Science (2014), 117, 342-351