Energy Recovery from Agro-Food Waste: New Technologies for Sustainable Development
暫譯: 農食品廢棄物的能量回收：可持續發展的新技術

眾所周知，化石燃料和食物廢棄物是氣候變遷危機的重要貢獻者。將食物廢棄物轉換為能源可以幫助解決或緩解這些問題，提供一種可持續的能源替代化石燃料。本書概述了將食物廢棄物轉換為能源的技術。它解釋了這種方法背後的原理，描述了將食物廢棄物轉換為能源的不同方法、影響這些過程生產力的因素，以及這些技術的優勢和挑戰。書中還描述了該領域的最新研究和選定的案例研究。

Mónica L. Chávez-González, PhD, is a Research Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Her expertise is in the areas of fermentation processes, microbial biotransformation, enzyme production, industrial food waste valorization, extraction of bioactive compounds (antioxidants), and chemical characterization.

She is the General Coordinator and founder of the Bioprocessing Mx-LATAM Network, whose objective is to promote R&D in the area of bioprocessing through collaboration between universities, institutes, research centers, and relevant industries in Mexico and Latin America. She has been awarded the Latin American Women in Chemistry Award in the category of ""Emerging Leader,"" granted by the American Chemical Society and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ).

Pedro Aguilar-Zárate, PhD is a full Professor at Tecnológico Nacional de México/ Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Valles. He holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar-Zarate has coauthored over 50 articles that were published in indexed journals, 24 book chapters, and authored 4 books on topics in food science and technology and biotechnology.

A. K. Haghi is a retired professor and has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 1000 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals with over 4000 citations and h-index of 33, according to Google Scholar database. He was appointed as Honorary Research Associate (HRA) of Bioprocesses and Bioproducts Group, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México. He has also been appointed as Honorary Research Associate (HRA) at Chemistry Centre, University of Coimbra, Portugal and held a Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) at the Tbilisi State University.

Professor Haghi holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA) and holds two MSc degrees, one in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University (USA) and another one in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France). He was awarded a PhD in engineering sciences at Université de Franche-Comté (France). He is a regular reviewer of leading international journals.

Mónica L. Chávez-González博士是墨西哥科阿韋拉自治大學化學科學學院的研究教授。她的專業領域包括發酵過程、微生物生物轉化、酶的生產、工業食品廢棄物的增值、活性化合物（抗氧化劑）的提取以及化學特徵分析。

她是Bioprocessing Mx-LATAM Network的總協調人和創始人，該網絡的目標是通過墨西哥和拉丁美洲的高校、研究所、研究中心及相關產業之間的合作，促進生物處理領域的研發。她曾獲得美國化學學會和拉丁美洲化學協會聯合會（FLAQ）頒發的「拉丁美洲女性化學獎」中的「新興領袖」類別獎項。

Pedro Aguilar-Zárate博士是墨西哥國立技術學院/城市瓦耶斯技術學院的全職教授。他擁有墨西哥科阿韋拉自治大學的食品科學與技術博士學位。Aguilar-Zarate博士共同撰寫了超過50篇發表在索引期刊上的文章，24個書章，並著作了4本有關食品科學與技術及生物技術的書籍。

A. K. Haghi是退休教授，根據Google Scholar數據庫，他已撰寫、共同撰寫、編輯或共同編輯超過1000篇出版物，包括書籍、書章和經過審核的期刊論文，引用次數超過4000次，h指數為33。他被任命為墨西哥科阿韋拉自治大學化學科學學院生物過程與生物產品小組的榮譽研究助理（HRA）。他還被任命為葡萄牙科英布拉大學化學中心的榮譽研究助理（HRA），並在第比利斯國立大學擔任高級研究獎學金（SRF）。

Haghi教授擁有美國北卡羅來納大學的城市與環境工程學士學位，並擁有兩個碩士學位，一個是美國北卡羅來納州立大學的機械工程碩士學位，另一個是法國康比涅技術大學的應用力學、聲學和材料碩士學位。他在法國弗朗什-孔泰大學獲得工程科學博士學位。他是多本國際領先期刊的定期審稿人。