FACULTY
Biography
Dr. Snigdha Mishra is a chemical engineer specializing in sustainable waste recycling, hydrometallurgy, and circular economy solutions. She previously worked as a Research Associate at University of Leicester in collaboration with cleantech startup DESCycle, from 2024 to 2026. Her work primarily focused on the intensification of the metal recovery process from e-waste. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi, where her doctoral work focused on developing green hydrometallurgical processes for extracting valuable metals from electronic waste for which she was awarded GYTI Appreciation Award in 2020. During her Ph.D. she also had the opportunity to visit University of Leeds as Commonwealth Split-site scholar. Prior to this, she completed her M.Tech in Chemical Engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, where she worked on potable water production using capacitive deionization. She did her B.Tech from Banasthali University. Her academic vision is to combine scientific innovation with sustainability, contributing to both industrial practice and environmental responsibility.
Education
- Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
- M.Tech (Indian Institute of Technology, BHU)
- B.Tech (Banasthali Vidyapeeth)
Awards & Memberships
- Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Appreciation Award 2020 for group project "Self-Sustainable E-waste Recycling: Generating Wealth from Waste via Zero Discharge Technology, Nov 2020.
- Granted Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship 2020/2021 at University of Leeds, England, UK (2021-2022)
- Research Scholar Travel Award by IIT Delhi 2023
- Research Excellence Travel Award by IIT Delhi 2023
- Associate Member of Royal Society of Chemistry 2026-2027
- Associate member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
Selected Publications
- Snigdha Mishra*, Amrita Preetam*, S. N. Naik, K. K. Pant, Vivek Kumar, “A Sustainable Approach for Material and Metal recovery from E-waste using Subcritical to Supercritical Methanol”, Waste Management 2021 (*Equal Contribution) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.04.011)
- Snigdha Mishra, Ashish Pandey, K.K. Pant, Bhoopesh Mishra, “Investigating the Effect of Mono Di Carboxylic Acids as Hydrogen Bond Donor on Solvation of Copper in Choline Chloride-based Deep Eutectic Solvents”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122142)
- Snigdha Mishra, K.K. Pant, T.N. Hunter, David Harbottle, “Green Deep Eutectic Solvents for sustainable metal recovery from thermally treated PCBs: A Greener Alternative to conventional methods”, ChemSusChem, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202301418)
- Snigdha Mishra, Prashant Ram Jadhao, Vaibhav Pandey, K.K. Pant, David Harbottle, “Exploring deep eutectic solvents of methane sulfonic acid and choline chloride: Formation, properties, and metal solvent effectiveness”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.126338)
- Vaibhav Pandey, Snigdha Mishra, Shashank Shekhar, Neha Negi, Meena Bisht, K.K. Pant, “Efficient one-pot capture and conversion of CO2 to methanol utilizing cholonium tosylate IL and heterogeneous CuMgO catalyst”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2025 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128523)
- Prashant Jadhao, Snigdha Mishra, Aditya Singh, K.K. Pant, K.D.P. Nigam, “A Sustainable Route for the Recovery of Metals from Waste Printed Circuit Boards using Methanesulfonic Acid”, Journal of Environment Management, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117581)
- Ramdayal Panda, Snigdha Mishra, K.K. Pant, Thallada Bhaskar, S.N. Naik, “A Closed Loop Recycling Strategy for Sustainable recovery of Group 11 Metals (Cu, Au and Ag) from WPCBs: An amalgamation of Low-Temperature NH4Cl Roasting, HCl Leaching and Cementation, Sustainable Materials and Technology, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2023.e00652)
Book Chapters
- Prashant Ram Jadhao, Snigdha Mishra, Ashish Pandey, K.K. Pant, KDP Nigam, “Biohydrometallurgy: A Sustainable Approach for Urban Mining of Metals and Metal Refining”, 865-892, Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65017-9_27)
- Ashish Pandey, Prashant Ram Jadhao, Snigdha Mishra, K.K. Pant, “Ionic Liquids: Designer Sorbents for CO2 Capture”, CO2-philic Polymers, Nanocomposites and Chemical Solvents, Elsevier, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85777-2.00001-9)
- Ramdayal Panda, Snigdha Mishra, Amrita Preetam, Prashant Ram Jadhao, K.K. Pant, “An Insight into Metallurgical Processes for Sustainable Recovery of Metals from Electronic Waste”, 57-78, Solid Waste Management Chemical Approaches Volume 1, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003189602 )
- Prashant Ram Jadhao, Amrita Preetam, Ramdayal Panda, Snigdha Mishra, K. K. Pant, K. D. P. Nigam, “Recovery and Conversion of E-waste Plastic via Physical and Chemical Routes”, 121-139, Solid Waste Management Chemical Approaches Volume 1, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003189602)
- Sangeetha Priya Ramaswamy, Snigdha Mishra, Sadish Oumabady, “From farm to bytes: Sustainable strategies to manage new age wastes”167-194, Transformation of liquid waste to energy methods, challenges and opportunities volume 2, 2026 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-33683-6.00006-1)
Conferences
- Invited speaker in International Conference hydrogen energy and sustainability 2025, 10th Oct-12th Oct 2025, IIT BHU, Varanasi.
- Snigdha Mishra, KK Pant, David Harbottle, Bhoopesh Mishra, AOGS 2022, Singapore (Oral Presentation)
- Snigdha Mishra, KK Pant, David Harbottle, 9th ICGC, IUPAC, Greece, Athens (Poster presentation)
- Snigdha Mishra, KK Pant, David Harbottle, 7th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 22-24 May 2023 | Dresden, Germany (Oral presentation)
- Snigdha Mishra, KK Pant, David Harbottle, 5th International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology, Arizona, USA│ 5-8 February 2023 (Poster presentation)
Projects
- Will be updated soon