Earthworm Technology in Organic Waste Management

Kui Huang is a professor and department chairman of specializing in the subject of environmental ecological engineering at the School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China. He received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Gifu University, Japan in 2014. He served as a researcher for the River Basin Research Center at Gifu University for two years before joining Lanzhou Jiaotong University in 2015. His teaches courses including water engineering construction and environmental ecological engineering. His research interest involves fundamental and applied aspects of biological contaminant reduction, aerobic biodegradation process, water quality safety in river basin, and organic solids recycling, with a focus on biological and sustainable treated system of wastes by earthworms. Dr. Sartaj Ahmad Bhat is working as a 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, India, in 2017. His primary research focuses on the development and evaluation of treatment technologies for organic waste and wastewater from domestic and industrial outlets as well as organic waste recycling, with a focus on the biological and sustainable treatment by earthworms. He has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited 13 books. Dr. Bhat serves as an associate/academic editor, editorial board member, or advisory board member on more than 15 journals. He has been awarded several postdoctoral/research fellowships, and has also received the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Top Peer Reviewer 2019 award for Environment and Ecology (Web of Science).Prof. Fusheng Li is a Professor in the Division of Water System Safety and Security Studies and the Graduate School of Engineering at Gifu University, Japan. He received his BS degree in Environmental engineering from Lanzhou Jiaotong University of China in 1986, MS degree from Kitami Institute of Technology of Japan in 1994, and PhD degree from the Gifu University of Japan in 1998. Dr. Li is directing the Division of Water Quality Studies that covers the fields from water quality to water and wastewater treatment, and recently to resource and energy recovery from organic waste. The ongoing research projects in his lab include adsorption; membrane filtration, enhanced coagulation, disinfection; biological water and wastewater treatment; vermicomposting treatment of vegetable waste and activated sludge; microbial fuel cell; physicochemical water quality assessment; biological water quality assessment. Dr. Vineet Kumar is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, at IIMT University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research primarily focuses on wastewater treatment and metagenomics, with a strong emphasis on developing sustainable and effective approaches to mitigate the environmental impact of refractory pollutants present in wastewater and sludge. Dr. Kumar has published articles in peer-reviewed international journals of repute, alongside book chapters and books and has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in various journals. He has received a number of fellowships and awards in recognition of his expertise.

• 1. Earthworm-Associated Bacterial Community and Their Role in Organic Waste Decomposition2. How earthworms affect the microbial community during vermicomposting for organic waste recycling3. Exploring the transferring and transformation of PAHs in vermifiltration for domestic wastewater treatment4. Vermiremediation of Organic Wastes: Vermicompost as Powerful Plant Growth Promoter5. Vermiremediation of Plant Agro Waste to Recover Residual Nutrients and Improve Crop Productivity 6. Biochemical alterations of vermicompost produced from Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) and cattle dung 7. Use of vermicompost and vermiwash for the growth and production of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) - A case study in Suriname 8. Earthworm mediated amelioration of heavy metals from solid organic waste: An ecotechnology approach towards valorization 9. Vermicomposting as a tool for removal of heavy metal contaminants from soil and water environment 10. Microplastics and Earthworms: Transport, Remediation and Effects of Antibiotic Resistant Genes From Sludge to Soil 11. Sophisticated Instrumental Techniques to Determine the Maturity of Vermicompost Produced from Organic Wastes12. Exposure to Emerging Contaminants: Ecotoxicological Effects on Earthworms and Prospective Roles of Gut Associated Microorganisms in Their Bioremediation13. Influence of Earthworm Combined with Bermudagrass on the content and bioavailability of Heavy Metal in Reclaimed Soil14. The Power of Earthworm: Vermicompost Drives to Sustainable Agriculture15. Utilization and Effect of Vermiwash and Vermicompost on Plant Growth and Development16. Emerging pollutants in waste: Occurrence, Impact, Removal and screening Technologies17. Analysis of carbon emissions in composting and vermicomposting of excess sludge18. Bacterial 16s rDNA diversity in the gut of Eisenia fetida revealed by metagenomics and high-throughput sequencing technology