Merin Grace Baby is currently a dedicated PhD student at IFPEN (France) with a master's degree in environmental engineering from the NIT, Surat (India) and under graduation in Civil Engineering from GEC Kozhikode (India). She brings valuable experience from her work in the metal manufacturing and water treatment industries. Her PhD thesis mainly focuses on "Quantification of fragmentation and aging of microplastics (MPs) in the environment" directed by PhD. HdR. Maria-Fernanda Romero-Sarmiento in collaboration with J. Gerritse (Deltares, Netherlands), A. Beltran-Sanahuja (Alicante University, Spain), Sébastien Rohais (IFPEN) and H. Wolter (The Ocean Cleanup, Netherlands).
MAIN PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
- Nutrient removal/recovery by using microbial fuel cell: effect of cathode surface area to volume ratio: (August 2021 -July 2022)
Supervised by Prof: M Mansoor Ahammed
- Quantification of microplastics in food containers: (August 2021-December 2021)
Supervised by Prof: Kunwar D Yadav
- Affordable Rapid mass housing: (August 2018- July 2019)
Supervised by Prof: Ragesh P P
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Manager-HSE & Sustainability at Sterlite Copper, Vedanta Limited: July 2022-October 2023
Major responsibility includes monitoring and mitigation of pollution, coordinating projects to attain ESG targets and tracking sustainability KPIs (BRSR, ISO, GRI and carbon emission calculation), ensuring environmental compliance aligning to National and International regulatory framework.
- Intern: at Paradigm environmental strategies Pvt Ltd.: June-July 2021
Worked on design of various wastewater treatment units.
