Harnessing Microbial Potential for Multifarious Applications

本書討論了利用微生物能力來修復廢棄物來源（如廢水和礦尾渣）的策略的現狀，並提供環境友好的選擇來減輕重金屬引起的土壤和水污染。它還提供了從微生物來源開發可生物降解塑料的詳細信息，以及它們如何成為目前使用的選擇的經濟和更環保的替代品。它將作為一個結合微生物修復能力的單一平台，既可持續又實用。本文對於政府機構、學者和業界專業人士尤其有用，他們從事廢水修復和目前使用的塑料和其他高價值代謝物的可持續性。對於參與廢水和工業廢棄物修復過程的工程師也將有實際幫助。

Dr. Kiran Bala: Dr. Kiran Bala is working at IIT Indore. She received her master's and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences in 2003 and 2007, respectively. She has received various fellowship and awards, such as the DBT Women Scientist Award, Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellow Award, DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow Award and DST Early Career Research Award. In 2022, she got INYAS (Indian National Young Academy of Sciences) membership for the next five years. Recently, she has been elected as core committee member of INYAS for two years. She has more than 65 papers published in journals of international repute. Currently, her research group consists of 10 Ph.D. students, 2 postdoc fellows, and few dissertation students. Dr. Bala's research is broadly focused on the development of an integrated technology which takes nutrients from wastewater and carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas and gives us biofuels, a renewable source of energy. She is member of scientific bodies like BRSI andISEES, etc. She is the editorial board member of the journal "Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews"- 2023 and also Guest Editor of Journal RSC Advances for special issue "Environmental Electrochemistry for Industrial Wastewater Treatment (2023).

Dr. Tonmoy Ghosh: Dr. Tonmoy Ghosh is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban (IWWT Durban). Dr. Ghosh received his PhD from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). Prior to joining IWWT Durban, Dr. Ghosh was a National Post Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Indore. He has also worked at CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India. Dr. Ghosh mainly works in the field of microalgal biotechnology for alternative fuels and niche chemicals. His research interests lie in unravelling the effect of chemical modulators on microalgal and cyanobacterial growth and high-value metabolites, such as phycobiliproteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and tocopherols. His doctoral work was chiefly concerned with developing analytical applications for phycobiliproteins using their fluorescence as a tool. Till date, Dr. Ghosh has 28 publications in internationally recognized journals with close to 2000 citations and an h-index of 19; he also has 4 book chapters and 3 granted international patents to his credit. He is also the life member of professional organizations such as The Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) and the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI).

Prof. Vivek Kumar: Vivek Kumar is Professor in CRDT at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Dr. Kumar is Co-Coordinator of one of the major programs of the Govt. of India, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) that aims to utilize knowledge institutions of the country to help villages. Dr. Kumar is coordinating Subject Expert Group activities under UBA and coordinating UBA collaboration with other government departments and organizations for fast tracking rural livelihood. Dr. Kumar is water system and clean technology expert for several industrial sectors and works in process audit, process integration, implementation of cleaner production projects, new greener product development, community engagement, circular economy, and sustainability analysis of technologies. He is also actively involved in several projects of pollution prevention and control, including charter preparation and implementation especially in paper, and textile, industries in Ganga Basin. He is member of several Central Pollution Control Board's committees working for pollution control in process industries. He is currently working on the low footprint domestic sewage treatment systems for cold regions and rural areas, microplastic pollution in water and soil environments. His focus is also on natural packaging materials and valorization of biomass and industrial waste. Dr. Kumar has published around 180 articles in journals, conference proceedings, and books (as chapters). He has completed more than 35 R&D and consultancy projects and is currently implementing 5 R&D and 6 consultancy projects.

Dr. Pritam Sangwan: Dr. (Mrs.) Pritam Sangwan is currently working as Scientist 'E' & Joint Director at Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), New Delhi. Before joining DRDO she has also worked as Assistant Professors with Gurgaon College of Engineering, Gurgaon. She has got wide experience in the areas of remediation of explosive contaminated sites, solid/hazardous waste management, wastewater treatment, bioremediation, and environmental impact assessment. She has been awarded many fellowships/awards during her carrier. She has been awarded as 'Scientist of the Year-2018' award by Secretary, Department of Defence (DoD) & Chairman DRDO for her path breakingresearch and development. She was also awarded Merit Scholarship from Kurukshetra University, Research Fellowship (URF) from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar. She was also awarded NFP fellowship by UNESCO for a course on Waste Management & Engineering at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, Netherlands. She was also awarded Roll of Honor by Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She has published many research papers & book chapters in national and international journals of repute. She also has many technical reports, guidelines, and a patent to her credit. She has also presented many papers in various conferences at national and international level. She is the lifetime member of Biotech research society of India (BRSI) and Trivandrum and High Energy Materials society of India (HEMSI), Chandigarh.

Dr. Kiran Bala: Dr. Kiran Bala在印度理工學院印多爾分校工作。她分別於2003年和2007年獲得環境科學碩士和博士學位。她獲得了多個獎學金和獎項，如DBT婦女科學家獎、Dr. D.S. Kothari博士後獎、DST INSPIRE教職員獎和DST早期職業研究獎。2022年，她獲得了印度國家青年科學院（INYAS）的會員資格，為期五年。最近，她當選為INYAS核心委員會成員，任期兩年。她在國際知名期刊上發表了65多篇論文。目前，她的研究小組包括10名博士生、2名博士後研究員和幾名碩士論文生。Bala博士的研究主要集中在開發一種集成技術，該技術從廢水中提取營養物質，從工業煙道氣中提取二氧化碳，並為我們提供生物燃料，一種可再生能源。她是BRSI和ISEES等科學機構的成員。她是期刊《生物技術和遺傳工程評論》（2023年）的編輯委員會成員，也是期刊《RSC Advances》的客座編輯，專題為“工業廢水處理的環境電化學（2023年）”。

Dr. Tonmoy Ghosh: Dr. Tonmoy Ghosh目前是德班水和廢水技術研究所（IWWT Durban）的博士後研究員。Ghosh博士在科學和創新研究學院（AcSIR）獲得博士學位。在加入IWWT Durban之前，Ghosh博士曾在印度理工學院印多爾分校擔任國家博士後研究員。他還曾在印度中央鹽類和海洋化學研究所以及國際遺傳工程和生物技術中心工作。Ghosh博士主要從事微藻生物技術研究，用於替代燃料和特定化學品。他的研究興趣包括揭示化學調節劑對微藻和藍藻生長以及高價值代謝物（如藻藍蛋白、多不飽和脂肪酸和生育酚）的影響。他的博士研究主要涉及使用螢光作為工具開發藻藍蛋白的分析應用。迄今為止，Ghosh博士在國際知名期刊上發表了28篇論文，被引用近2000次，h指數為19；他還有4章書籍和3項國際專利。他還是印度生物技術研究學會（BRSI）和印度微生物學家協會（AMI）的終身會員。

Prof. Vivek Kumar: Vivek Kumar是印度德里印度理工學院CRDT的教授。Kumar博士是印度政府的一項重要計劃“Unnat Bharat Abhiyan（UBA）”的聯合協調人，該計劃旨在利用國家的知識機構幫助農村。Kumar博士負責協調UBA的學科專家組活動，並協調UBA與其他政府部門和組織的合作，以加快農村生計。Kumar博士是幾個工業部門的水系統和清潔技術專家，從事過程審核、過程整合、實施更清潔的生產項目、開發更環保的新產品、社區參與、循環經濟和技術的可持續性分析。他還積極參與多個污染預防和控制項目，包括在恆河流域的紙張和紡織行業中制定和實施憲章。他是中央污染控制委員會的幾個委員會的成員，致力於處理過程工業的污染控制。他目前正在研究低足跡的冷區和農村地區的家庭污水處理系統，水和土壤環境中的微塑料污染。他的重點還包括天然包裝材料和生物質和工業廢棄物的增值利用。Kumar博士已發表了許多研究論文，並在國際知名期刊上發表了許多論文。