Arvind Murali Mohan (E 2013)
(he/him)
About
Arvind Murali Mohan’s career has spanned environmental research and engineering, scientific consulting, entrepreneurship, and product management. Arvind completed his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013, focused on microbial ecology and water quality of produced water from natural gas extraction operations. After graduation, he worked as a Sr. Engineer at the Dow Chemical Company developing novel microbial control technologies for oil and gas extraction operations. Following that, he went on to pursue a career in Scientific Consulting at Exponent, where he led cross-disciplinary initiatives involving new product/technology development and root-cause investigations in the environmental and related domains.
Arvind then pursued an entrepreneurial opportunity in the agriculture technology space. As a co-founder at foris.io, he led research and product development efforts to help farmers reduce operational costs and water use while improving yield and soil health. He then went on to lead product management and strategy initiatives at different startups in the technology space. At present, Arvind leads a cross-functional team at LinkedIn focused on building products to create economic opportunities for audiences underserved by the platform.
First Author Publications during PhD
Mohan, A.M., Gregory, K.B., Vidic, R.D., Miller, P., & Hammack, R.W. (2011). Characterization of Microbial Diversity in Treated and Untreated Flowback Water Impoundments From Gas Fracturing Operations. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 6. https://doi.org/10.2118/147414-MS
Mohan, A.M., Hartsock, A., Bibby, K.J., Hammack, R.W., Vidic, R.D., & Gregory, K.B. (2013). Microbial Community Changes in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids and Produced Water from Shale Gas Extraction. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(22), 13141-13150. https://doi.org/10.1021/es402928b
Mohan, A.M., Hartsock, A., Hammack, R.W., Vidic, R.D., & Gregory, K.B. (2013). Microbial communities in flowback water impoundments from hydraulic fracturing for recovery of shale gas. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 86(3), 567–580. https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12183
Mohan, A.M., Bibby, K.J., Lipus, D., Hammack, R.W., & Gregory, K.B. (2014). The Functional Potential of Microbial Communities in Hydraulic Fracturing Source Water and Produced Water from Natural Gas Extraction Characterized by Metagenomic Sequencing. PLoS ONE, 9(10), 107682. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107682