Prathap Parameswaran

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Prathap Parameswaran is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Prathap Parameswaran has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Environmental Engineering, 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Prathap Parameswaran's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (33 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (18 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (14 papers). Prathap Parameswaran is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (33 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (18 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (14 papers). Prathap Parameswaran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and China. Prathap Parameswaran's co-authors include Bruce E. Rittmann, César I. Torres, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown, Hyung‐Sool Lee, Andrew K. Marcus, Husen Zhang, John K. DiBaise, Rod A. Wing, Michael D. Crowell and Yeisoo Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Prathap Parameswaran

67 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass

2009 1.5k citations Husen Zhang, John K. DiBaise et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Total Value of Phosphorus Recovery

2016 532 citations Prathap Parameswaran, Bruce E. Rittmann et al. profile →
A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria

2009 482 citations César I. Torres, Hyung‐Sool Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Prathap Parameswaran United States	33	2.7k	1.9k	1.5k	1.1k	955	69	6.3k
Xiangkai Li China	47	919 0.3×	582 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	134 0.1×	207	6.8k
Jinna Zhang China	33	820 0.3×	949 0.5×	649 0.4×	376 0.3×	451 0.5×	117	3.7k
Andrew K. Marcus United States	20	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	326 0.2×	465 0.4×	857 0.9×	32	2.9k
Yanling Gu China	38	361 0.1×	572 0.3×	497 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	362 0.4×	77	7.3k
Hee‐Deung Park South Korea	44	1.4k 0.5×	672 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	2.4k 2.2×	145 0.2×	152	7.8k
Lili Ding China	43	702 0.3×	720 0.4×	704 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	558 0.6×	134	7.0k
Sunil S. Adav Singapore	41	811 0.3×	151 0.1×	1.4k 0.9×	856 0.8×	61 0.1×	100	5.3k
M. A. Pereira Portugal	39	692 0.3×	252 0.1×	933 0.6×	971 0.9×	110 0.1×	133	4.3k
Yuanyuan Yan China	35	344 0.1×	555 0.3×	654 0.4×	664 0.6×	207 0.2×	114	4.2k
El‐Sayed Salama China	44	483 0.2×	322 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	81 0.1×	148	5.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Parameswaran, Prathap, et al.. (2025). Plant probiotic potential of rapid zinc-solubilizing Bacillus sp. VR in the presence of exogenously supplemented zinc oxide. Cereal Research Communications. 53(3). 1891–1900. 1 indexed citations

Hutchinson, Stacy L., et al.. (2025). Removal of Antibiotics from Swine Wastewater Using an Environmentally Friendly Biochar: Performance and Mechanisms. ACS Omega. 10(8). 7711–7721. 3 indexed citations

Parameswaran, Prathap, et al.. (2024). Optimization based process modeling of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor system: Application to swine wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158165–158165. 2 indexed citations

Hansen, Ryan R., et al.. (2023). Polyethylene glycol hydrogel coatings for protection of electroactive bacteria against chemical shocks. Bioelectrochemistry. 156. 108595–108595. 3 indexed citations

Young, Michelle, et al.. (2022). What Is the Right Rate? Determining Digestibility Kinetics of Pretreated Waste Activated Sludge During Anaerobic Digestion. Environmental Engineering Science. 39(11). 877–885. 3 indexed citations

Parameswaran, Prathap, et al.. (2021). Polymer Surface Dissection for Correlated Microscopic and Compositional Analysis of Bacterial Aggregates during Membrane Biofouling. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 5(1). 134–145. 4 indexed citations

Hettiarachchi, Ganga M., et al.. (2021). Efficient recovery of phosphorus and sulfur from Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) permeate using chemical addition of iron and evaluation of its nutrient availability for plant uptake. The Science of The Total Environment. 783. 146850–146850. 13 indexed citations

Ki, Dongwon, Prathap Parameswaran, Sudeep C. Popat, Bruce E. Rittmann, & César I. Torres. (2017). Maximizing Coulombic recovery and solids reduction from primary sludge by controlling retention time and pH in a flat-plate microbial electrolysis cell. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 3(2). 333–339. 15 indexed citations

Landis, Amy E., et al.. (2017). Enhancing anaerobic digestion of food waste through biochemical methane potential assays at different substrate: inoculum ratios. Waste Management. 71. 612–617. 111 indexed citations

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Parameswaran, Prathap, et al.. (2016). The effect of pH and buffer concentration on anode biofilms of Thermincola ferriacetica. Bioelectrochemistry. 112. 47–52. 37 indexed citations

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Popat, Sudeep C., Prathap Parameswaran, Gibrán S. Alemán‐Nava, et al.. (2015). Application of microbial electrolysis cells to treat spent yeast from an alcoholic fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 200. 342–349. 18 indexed citations

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Ki, Dongwon, Prathap Parameswaran, Bruce E. Rittmann, & César I. Torres. (2015). Effect of Pulsed Electric Field Pretreatment on Primary Sludge for Enhanced Bioavailability and Energy Capture. Environmental Engineering Science. 32(10). 831–837. 17 indexed citations

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Popat, Sudeep C., et al.. (2011). Characterization of the thermophilic anode-respiring Thermincola ferriacetica. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Il‐Su, Prathap Parameswaran, & Bruce E. Rittmann. (2011). Effects of solids retention time on methanogenesis in anaerobic digestion of thickened mixed sludge. Bioresource Technology. 102(22). 10266–10272. 106 indexed citations

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Parameswaran, Prathap, César I. Torres, Hyung‐Sool Lee, Bruce E. Rittmann, & Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown. (2010). Hydrogen consumption in microbial electrochemical systems (MXCs): The role of homo-acetogenic bacteria. Bioresource Technology. 102(1). 263–271. 79 indexed citations

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Zhang, Husen, John K. DiBaise, Andrea Zuccolo, et al.. (2009). Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(7). 2365–2370. 1481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parameswaran, Prathap, César I. Torres, Hyung‐Sool Lee, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown, & Bruce E. Rittmann. (2009). Syntrophic interactions among anode respiring bacteria (ARB) and Non‐ARB in a biofilm anode: electron balances. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 103(3). 513–523. 199 indexed citations

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Parameswaran, Prathap, Husen Zhang, César I. Torres, Bruce E. Rittmann, & Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown. (2009). Microbial community structure in a biofilm anode fed with a fermentable substrate: The significance of hydrogen scavengers. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 105(1). 69–78. 131 indexed citations

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Zhang, Husen, et al.. (2009). Focused-Pulsed sludge pre-treatment increases the bacterial diversity and relative abundance of acetoclastic methanogens in a full-scale anaerobic digester. Water Research. 43(18). 4517–4526. 115 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyung‐Sool, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of energy-conversion efficiencies in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) utilizing fermentable and non-fermentable substrates. Water Research. 42(6-7). 1501–1510. 331 indexed citations

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