Biorefinery of Industrial Effluents for a Sustainable Circular Economy

Author Biography

Dr. Mu. Naushad is working as a full professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include wastewater treatment, adsorption, ion exchange, bioremediation, and photodegradation. Dr. Naushad is the author and coauthor of more than 500 refereed journal publications and several books, book chapters, and US patents. Dr. Shamsul Rahman Mohamed Kutty is working as a professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He received his PhD degree from the University of Memphis, TN, United States. He has worked with UTP for more than 20 years. Throughout the years, he has been involved in research and consultancies related to environmental management systems, water quality, wastewater treatment, and solid waste management for biogas generation. Dr. Md. Sohrab Hossain is currently working as a senior lecturer in the Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. Dr. Sohrab obtained his PhD degree in environmental technology from the Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has expertise in supercritical fluid technology, hazardous waste management, wastewater treatment, and waste to biofuel production. Dr. Abdullahi Haruna Birniwa is working as a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State of Nigeria. He[CE11] holds PhD degree in polymer chemistry from Bayero University, Kano and the University Malaya in Malaysia in 2019, MSc degree in color chemistry from Bayero University, Kano in 2013, and his BSc degree in applied chemistry from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto in 2008. [CE11]Please check the edits made in the sentence “He holds PhD degree in polymer chemistry ….” for correctness and amend as necessary. Dr. Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba is a postdoctoral fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Membranes and Water Security, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, ATBU Bauchi, Nigeria. He obtained his BEng degree from ATBU Bauchi in 2011, MEng degree in civil engineering from UTHM in 2016, and PhD degree in civil engineering from UTP, Malaysia. He has authored and coauthored several articles in environmental sustainability with emphasis on physical/chemical and biological wastewater treatment, bioremediation, biomass conversion, and solid waste management.