Current Status and Future Scope of Microbial Cellulases

Dr. D.K. Tuli earned his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry in 1977 and did his post-doctoral research at the University of Liverpool in 1978-81 and was a SERC senior research fellow at Robert Robinson labs, UK, from 1986-88. He supervised as Executive Director of the Indian Oil Corporation, Research and Development centre, Faridabad, India. He headed alternative energy R&D in IOC comprising areas of biofuels and bio-energy and solar energy for 12 years and has 14 US patents, 2 European patents, 24 Indian patents and 88 research publications. His major area of research interest is bioenergy, LCA, technology scale up and additives for fuels. For five years he headed the DBT-IOC Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research and was DBT Bioenergy Chair for three years. He has been an adjunct Professor at two Australian universities. Dr Tuli co-edited an Elsevier book in 2020 on microbial cellulases. Dr. Arindam Kuila is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith (Deemed University), Rajasthan. Previously, he worked as a research associate at Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Centre, Bangalore. He did his PhD from Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2013 in the area of lignocellulosic biofuel production. His major areas of research are enzyme technology, bioprocess development for biofuel production and biopolymer production from lignocellulosic biomass. He has one Indo-Brazil collaborative project funded by DBT, New Delhi. He has guided 2 PhD students and currently 4 PhD students are working under his guidance. He has published 7 edited books, 8 book chapters, 28 papers in peer reviewed Journals and filled 5 patents. He is currently acting as guest editor for the Journal of Food Process Engineering (Wiley, Impact Factor: 2.356) and Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Joournal (Springer, Impact Factor: 4.987).

• 1. Cellulase production using different microbial sources2. Molecular structure and function of cellulases3. Cellulases through Thermophilic Microorganisms: Production, Characterization and Applications4. Microbial Cellulase for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass5. Bioprocess developments for improved cellulase production6. Cellulase enzyme: an overview7. Different types of pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for improved biofuel production8. Pretreatment process and its effect on enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass9. Engineering of Microbial Cellulases for Value added Product Generations10. Industrial application of cellulases11. Characterization of cellulolytic enzyme for its application in biomass conversion12. Structural and Functional role of Cellulases13. Cellulases in paper and pulp, brewing and food industries: principles associated with its diverse applications14. Microbial cellulases: An approach towards recent advances in research, their application, and future perspectives15. Optimization and strategies for the production of microbial cellulases and their potential industrial applications16. Microbial cellulases application in production of biofuels17. Biomass waste: a potential feedstock for cellulase production18. Use of genetic engineering/metabolic engineering approach for enhanced cellulase production