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Curriculum Vita

Biographical

Praveen Kolar has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Sri Venkateswara University, India), masters’ degrees in Aquacultural Engineering and Biological and Agricultural Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology and Louisiana State University) and a Ph.D in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from the University of Georgia. He had also worked for seven years in aquaculture industry in India, during which, his responsibilities were aquaculture water quality management, processing of seafood, and feed distribution.

Kolar is currently an Assistant Professor-Agricultural Waste Management, at the Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. His research interests include air and water quality engineering, aquacultural engineering, conversion of waste into energy, and environmental catalysis.