Recent Advancements In Waste Water Management: Nano-based Remediation

Prof. Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), Brazil. Since 2023, he has been a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology at UCB, and since 2014, a collaborator in the Graduate Program in Process Engineering at Tiradentes University (UNIT). He serves on the editorial boards of international journals and advisory boards for various research foundations in Brazil and internationally, including the International Foundation for Science (Sweden) and the National Science Centre (Poland). He has authored over 170 peer-reviewed journal papers, five books, 50 book chapters, and holds 9 patent applications. His current research interests are anaerobic digestion, biocatalysis, nanoparticles, biofuels, ecotoxicology, microbial biotechnology, bioprocess, and drug delivery. He collaborates on research projects with national and international institutions.Ajay Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. He previously served as a Visiting Scientist at the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel (2018–2022), and completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, focusing on plant–microbe interactions. Dr. Kumar’s research expertise spans plant–microbe interactions, microbial biocontrol, postharvest fruit disease management, microbial endophytes of medicinal plants, and cyanobacteria–pesticide interactions. He is a prolific author in leading international journals and is also actively engaged in academic editing with major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar currently serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and BMC Microbiology, a Guest Editor for Microorganisms and Plants (MDPI), and a Series Editor for Plant and Soil Microbiome (Elsevier). Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS.

• PrefaceLuiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Ajay Kumar and Muhammad Bilal1. Biogenic nanoparticles for dye removalSougata Ghosh2. Membrane process for wastewater treatmentPhilipp Otter3. Nano-biocatalysts for wastewater remediation and redefining of pollutantsJakub Zdarta and Teofil Jesionowski4. Nanobiosorption of toxic cations from wastewaterAdnan Khan5. Nanotechnologies to mitigating the risks of emerging pollutantsAbdulrazaq Yahaya6. Bioremediation of insecticides and herbicides using nanomaterialsZaheer Ahmed7. Zaheer AhmedSyed Salman Ashraf8. Magnetically responsive nanocomposites for robust environmental remediationShahid Nawaz9. Metal-organic frameworks for oil-water separationNisar Ali Sr.10. Electrochemical approaches in wastewater treatmentGiancarlo Richard Salazar Banda Sr.11. Important tools and techniques for characterization of wastewaterAjay Kumar12. Heterogenous catalysis for pharmaceutical wastewater treatmentAdnan Khan13. Essential roles of graphene and graphyne based membrane in water desalination and treatmentFidelis Odedishemi Ajibade14. Contamination removal from waste water using electrochemical approachesHariom Verma15. Combined treatments for wastewater treatment processLuiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira16. Water treatment and environmental applications of two-dimensional metal carbidesKashif Rasool17. Oil-refinery wastewater treatment in a biofilm membrane bioreactorXiangkai Li18. Hybrid adsorptive-photocatalytic nanoparticle technology for remediation of organic pollutantsRoberta Anjos de Jesus Sr. and Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira19. Green synthesis of nanoparticles for the remediation of organic pollutants in wastwater by adsorption Noureddine El Messaoudi Jr.