Agricultural Biomass for the Synthesis of Value-Added Materials

This book is a comprehensive guide to bioconversion approaches based on microorganisms and enzymes for the valorization of underused wastes of diverse categories to produce new products. Optimized conditions for microbial and enzymatic valorization are discussed, along with related biotechnological considerations, environmental considerations, bioprocess development, obstacles, and future outlooks. Biofuels, bioenergy, and other platform chemicals are only some of the products that can be produced through this book's explanation of the microbiological processes involved in the bioconversion and valorization of wastes.

Dr. Sankha Chakrabortty is a well-known researcher with more than 10 years of experience in the fields of environmental engineering and green technology. He is currently an assistant professor at the School of Biotechnology/Chemical Technology at KIIT Deemed to be University in India. His work has been published in over 35 SCI/SCOPUS indexed high-impact factor journals, and he has also submitted patent applications for eight of his inventions. During the course of his 10-year research career, he has been recognized by a variety of organizations and has received 14 awards or accolades. He was awarded the "Best Paper Award-2015" by the SPRINGER publisher in 2015, the "Best Researcher Award-2020" by an international organization in the previous year, and the "NESA Young Scientist of the Year 2020" title by the National Environmental Science Academy in 2020. All of these accolades were presented in 2015. In addition, Dr. Chakrabortty was presented with an additional award by KIIT University in the category of "STE-Young Scientist Award (Faculty Category)" in recognition of the outstanding research.

Dr. Jayato Nayak, Assistant Professor, Center for Life Sciences of Mahindra University, is a prominent researcher with more than 10 years of experience in the field of novel design and applications embracing the theme of process intensification. His core expertise includes water and wastewater treatment through adsorption, sludge treatment and reutilization, graphene integrated photocatalyst development and biosynthesis of value-added products. Currently, along with the national collaboration with IITs, NITs and CSIR Labs, he has extended research collaborations with research professionals in Poland, Brazil, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc. He has more than 25 international SCI/SCOPUS indexed peer-reviewed journal papers, more than 15 book chapters, and filed 3 patents. As of now, with more than 400 Citations, he has a h-index of 10 and i10-index of 10. He is providing his expertise as a resource person for several webinars, as well as senior editor, review editor, guest editor, editorial board member, and recognized reviewer of more than 15 international journals. He has received 5 distinguished awards from various organizations.

Dr. Shirsendu Banerjee is currently working as an assistant professor at the School of Biotechnology/Chemical Technology at KIIT Deemed to be University in India. His work has been published in more than 15 SCI/SCOPUS-indexed high-impact factor journals while guiding a good number of PhD candidates under his supervision. He has also received several awards in the field of research for his outstanding research approaches.

Dr. Maulin P. Shah has been an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. In 1999, he received a BSc in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his PhD degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) India. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewater. He has published more than 350 research papers in prestigious national and international journals on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of 150 books of international repute. He has edited 25 special issues specifically in industrial wastewater research, microbial remediation, and biorefinery of wastewater treatment area. He is associated as an editorial board member in 25 highly reputed journals.