Manish Kumar

Dr. Manish Kumar is a full-time Distinguished Professor of Water Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey's School of Engineering and Sciences. His international academic journey includes leadership of UPES's Sustainability Cluster in India and faculty positions at IIT Gandhinagar and Tezpur University. He holds fellowships in four prominent scientific societies and is globally recognized in the top 2% of researchers.

His research focuses on critical water sustainability challenges:

• Remediation of geogenic, microbial and emerging contaminants
• Wastewater surveillance systems
• Environmental engineering solutions
• Pollution tracking and mitigation technologies

His 250+ publications demonstrate consistent focus on contaminant hydrology, microplastics, groundwater modeling, and biogeochemical processes, with recent work emphasizing machine learning applications and emerging contaminant mixtures.

Significant recognitions include:

• Ranked top 2% global researcher (Elsevier/Stanford)
• Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry, JSPS, BRSI, IUSSTF
• h-index >60 with 13,000+ citations

Dr. Kumar has led impactful projects for UNICEF, UKIERI and APN, served on UNEP expert panels, and pioneered SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater. His editorial contributions strengthen major environmental science journals.