Dr. Vineet Kumar is currently a National Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences at the Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan, India. He got his M.Sc. (2008) and M.Phil. (2012) in Microbiology at Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India. Subsequently, he earned his Ph.D. (2018) in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, Lucknow, India, focusing on the treatment of distillery effluent in two step treatment system, towards environmental sustainability. Dr. Kumar’s research work has been mainly dedicated to wastewater treatment and solid waste management, focused on the valorization of agro‐industrial wastes for bioenergy production and the development of sustainable approaches to mitigate environmental impact of refractory pollutants of discharged in wastewater and sludge. As a Postdoctoral fellow, he works on role of biofilm-forming microbial community in situ and ex-situ remediation of pulp-paper mill waste. In the last years, her research has been conducted in collaboration with some of the leading international environmental microbiology and biotechnology research groups across the world (Brazil, Mexico, China, USA, among others) with diverse expertise. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals of repute, 24 books, and 52 book chapters, on various aspects of science and engineering, with more than citations 2500, and h-index 30 (Google Scholar). Dr. Kumar has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in more than 65 prestigious International Journals. He has served on the editorial board of various reputed journals. Dr. Kumar is a recipient of several prestigious fellowship such as Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, India, and National Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has presented several papers relevant to his research areas at national and international conferences. He is an active member of numerous scientific societies including the Microbiology Society (UK), the Indian Science Congress Association (India), the Association of Microbiologists of India (India), etc. He is serving as the President of the Society for Green Environment, India (website: www.sgeindia.org).
Sunil Kumar is a well-rounded researcher with more than 22 years of experience in leading, supervising, and undertaking research in the broader field of Environmental Engineering and Science with a focus on Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. Dr. Kumar is a graduate in Environmental Engineering and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He completed his Ph. D. in Environmental Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. His primary area of expertise is solid waste management (Municipal Solid Waste, Electronic waste etc.) over a wide range of environmental topics including contaminated sites, EIA, and wastewater treatment. His contributions in these fields led to a citation of 14972, h-index of 60, and i10-index of 246 (Google scholar). His contributions since inception at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), India in 2000 include 261 refereed publications, 05 books, and 40 book chapters, 10 edited volumes, and numerous project reports to various governmental bodies and private, local, and international academic/research bodies. He is the Associate Editor of peer-reviewed journals of international repute i.e., Environmental Chemistry Letter, International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste. He also served as Editorial Board of Bioresource Technology, Elsevier. He has completed many research projects as PI with 18 (12 awarded) Ph. D. and 20 M. Phil/M. Tech thesis/dissertations. Dr. Kumar was awarded the most prestigious award Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Jean-Paul-Str.12 D-53173 Bonn, Germany as a Senior Researcher for developing a Global Network and Excellence for more advanced research and technology innovation.
Pradeep Verma is working as Professor in the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences at Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan, India. He is a well-rounded researcher with more than 21 years of experience in leading, supervising, and undertaking research in the broader field of bioprocess and bioenergy production from lignocellulosic waste with a focus on waste management. He earned his PhD in Microbiology from Sardar Patel University Gujarat, India in 2002. His research area of expertise involves microbial diversity, bioremediation, bioprocess development, lignocellulosic and algal biomass based biorefinery. He has more than 72 research articles in peer reviewed international journals and contributed to 46 book chapters in different edited books with citations of more than 6000, and h-index of 40. He has also edited 4 books by the international publishers such as Springer, Taylor and Francis CRC Press and Elsevier. He also holds 12 International patents in the field of microwave assisted biomass pretreatment and bio-butanol production. He is a Guest editor to several journals such as Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (Springer), Frontier in nanotechnology (Frontiers), and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI). He is also an editorial board member for the Journal Current Nanomedicine (Bentham Sciences). He is acting as reviewers for more than 40 journals in different publication houses such as Springer, Elsevier, RSC, ACS, Nature, Frontiers, MDPI, etc. He is also a recipient of various prestigious fellowship and awards, such as JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellowship and Ron-Cockcroft award by Swedish society, UNESCO Fellow ASCR Prague. He has been awarded with Fellow of Mycological society of India (MSI-2020), Prof. P.C. Jain Memorial Award, Mycological society of India 2020 and Fellow of Biotech Research Society, India (2021). He is a member of various National and International societies/academies.
Sartaj Ahmad Bhat is working as JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher at the River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India in 2017. His research interests focus on vermicomposting treatment of various solid wastes, especially for investigations on fate and behavior of emerging pollutants during biological treatment of organic wastes. He has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited over 13 books published by Elsevier Science, CRC Press and Springer Nature. Dr. Bhat is serving as an Associate/Academic Editor and Editorial Board Member/ Advisory Board Member of more than 15 journals published by Frontiers, Springer, Elsevier, PLOS, Hindawi, and De Gruyter. Dr. Bhat is a recipient of several prestigious awards such as the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue research at River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan, the Basic Scientific Research Fellowship (BSR JRF, SRF) by the University Grants Commission (UGC) India, the DST-SERB National Postdoctoral Fellowship at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, India and Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship by the Govt. of India. Dr. Bhat has also received the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI, and Top Peer Reviewer 2019 Award in Environment and Ecology by Web of Science and has more than 750 Verified Reviews and 65 Editor Records to his credit.
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