Advancements in Bio-Systems & Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

Author Biography

Dr Soumya Pandit is currently working as Associate Professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, Delhi NRC, India. He pursued his doctoral studies from Bioprocess Engineering Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2015 and completed his postdoctoral research work at in the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, took training from University of Liieda, Spain. He joined as assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai. He has published various papers at international conferences in environmental biotechnology and bioenergy. He has authored one text book on Industrial Biotechnology and edited 4 books. He has authored more than 140 peer reviewed research and review papers in peer-reviewed journals such as (1) Bioresource Technology, (2) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, (3) ACS applied Materials and Interface, (4) Chemical Engineering Journal, (5) Biosensor and bioelectronics, (6) ACS Environmental Science and Technology, (7) Journal of Membrane Science, (8) Journal of Cleaner Production etc.; He has authored more than 60 book chapters and published 24 Indian patents (5 granted) so far (H index – 39). He is working from the last 15 years in the area of microbial electrochemical system for bioenergy harvesting, bacterial biofilm and biofouling study, biohythane production; microalgal biomass production for biofuel; nanomaterial synthesis and application in bioenergy harvesting and biofouling mitigation etc. He has also presented his work at several national and international conferences, and received a few best Oral and poster awards from NITs.   Dr. Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya currently serves as the Scientist D in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. Previously, she held the position of Associate Professor and Head in the Department of Life Sciences and Head, Bio-POSITIVE, at Sharda University, India. She holds an M.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology. She remained a brilliant scholar and has held top positions in the college and university merit list. Her area of interest is bioelectrochemical systems, bioproducts, fermentation and biological wastewater treatment. Dr. Mathuriya has authored 62 high-impact factor papers, 02 books, 20 book chapters and edited 3 books. She has applied for 42 patents related to bioelectrochemical reactor designs, electrode materials and catalysts, with 12 patents granted. Dr. Mathuriya has successfully managed two externally funded research projects from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).   Dr. Dipak is an Assistant Professor of School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the JSPM University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Also, he is associated as a Research Professor at Department of Environmental Engineering at Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, South Korea. He did PhD from School of Water Resource, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur on development of scalable microbial fuel cell (bioelectric toilet) for sanitation applications. Dr Dipak has 6 years of post PhD experience including academic and research positions. Earlier, he was worked as Assistant Professor, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, India. During M.Tech, he received DAAD fellowship to work in Technical University Braunschweig, Germany. Dr. Jadhav has received several prestigious awards and fellowships including Young Technological Innovation Award (GYTI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, IEI-Promising/Young Engineers Award, Brain Pool fellowship, Swachhta Sarthi Fellow, DAAD-IGCS fellowship, Silver medal for post graduate studies at IIT Kharagpur and many more. His research area includes microbial fuel/electrolysis cell, Bioelectrochemical system, Environmental electrochemistry for bioenergy, Bioelectrosynthesis, Waste-to-resource recovery. Field demonstration of bioelectric toilet concept was appreciated by Ministry, Govt of India with Swachthon 1.0 Award in 2018. To his credits, there are about 65+ papers in various peer- reviewed SCI journals of high impact factors (cumulative IF-450 with a paper of IF-36; citation ~2300; h-index: 26) and also authored 25 book chapters; 6 ongoing edited books. He has presented the research work at national and international conferences (30+) in the area of bioelectrochemical system and bioenergy. He delivered keynote lectures in IITs, NITs, foreign universities related to waste-to-resource recovery. Dr. Jadhav is also serving as associate editor, editorial board member /reviewers for many International Journals and member for several scientific societies in the field of microbial fuel cell, microbial electrochemical system and bioenergy research. Dr. Lakhan Kumar works at the Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India. He completed his B. Tech in Biotechnology from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, and M. Tech in Industrial Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University, Delhi. He obtained his PhD in Algal Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India, where he investigated the application of native freshwater microalgae for biodiesel production, accumulation, and enhancement of chemicals of industrial significance, including b-carotene, polyhydroxy butyrate, and lutein; synthesis of biochar and nanoparticles for environmental remediation. He has more than six years of academic and administrative experience. He has supported more than 15 Masters and 10 Bachelors students from Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering in completing their dissertations in algal-based biofuel, biochemical production, and bioremediation. He has been awarded the Research Excellence Award from Delhi Technological University, Delhi. He has participated actively in several Training, Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars on recent trends in Biobased resource recovery, bioremediation, nanobiotechnology, and next-generation fuels. Dr. Lakhan Kumar works towards Environmental Sustainability and Energy independence in rural and urban areas by utilizing biomass potential. His interests include Bioenergy, Bioprocess Engineering, Algal Biorefinery, and Remediation of Environmental Pollutants. He has published several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, majorly in Algal Biofuels, Biorefinery, and Bioremediation. He also holds experience in book editing on domains like algal biotechnology, biochemical engineering, and biological wastewater treatment. He is a reviewer of several reputed journals and a member of a society working on Environmental and Social Development.   Dr. Subhasree is currently working as Assistant professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttarpradesh. She earned her Ph.D. degree from CSIR-IGIB, Delhi in 2018. Her main research work was focused on production of biopolymers from waste biomass. After Ph.D. she joined as postdoctoral researcher at Ewha University, and University of Seoul, South Korea. Here her main focus was anaerobic digestion of food wastes for methane production. She has operated 4000L pilot scale plant. After successful completion of 1 year she joined another project at Yeungnam University, South Korea. During that period, she worked on several fungal toxins and their inhibition from fermentated food. She also worked on biofilm inhibition of pathogenic organisms by natural bioactive compounds. To her credit, she has 21 publications.