Bioremediation for Sustainable Environmental Cleanup

Dr. Anju Malik is presently working as Associate Professor and Chairperson at Department of Energy and Environmental Sciences, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India. She has completed her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded with a fellowship from the Belgian Government, under the bilateral cultural exchange programme at University of Ghent, Belgium. Dr. Anju has also received research scholarships from University Grant Commission (UGC) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. She has worked in the past as a scientist under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, India. With more than 18 years of research and teaching experience, her research interest is focused on trace elemental contamination, speciation and remediation. She is a life member of The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India. She has guided several M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. students. She has published research papers in various peer-reviewed national and international journals of repute. She has also published one book and 10 book chapters in edited books published by reputed international publishers. She is a reviewer of several international journals.Prof (Dr.) Vinod Kumar Garg is presently working as Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Punjab, India. He is an experienced researcher with more than 30 years of involvement in leading, supervising, and undertaking research. He along with his research group are working on water and wastewater pollution monitoring and abatement, solid waste management, pesticide degradation, radioecology, green chemistry and heavy metal detoxification. He has published more than 200 research and review articles, and six editorials in peer-reviewed international and national journals of repute with more than 18000 citations and h-index 73. In addition, he has published eight books and 15 book chapters and completed 10 sponsored research projects as principal investigator funded by various agencies and departments. He was awarded “Thomson Reuters Research Excellence—India Citation Awards 2012”. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, the Biotech Research Society of India, the Indian Nuclear Society, etc.

• Bioremediation: A Sustainable Approach for Environmental Cleanup. Bioprecipitation as a Bioremediation Strategy for Environmental Cleanup. Bio Adsorption: An Eco-friendly Alternative for Industrial Effluents Treatment. Bioaccumulation and Biosorption—The Prospects and Future Applications. PAHs in Terrestrial Environment and their Phytoremediation. Fungal Strategies for the Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Microbe-Assisted Bioremediation of Pesticides from Contaminated Habitats: Current Status and Prospects. Pseudomonas putida: An Environment Friendly Bacterium. General Aspects/Case Studies on Sources and Bioremediation Mechanisms of Metal(loid)s. Metal(loid)s Toxicity and Bacteria Mediated Bioremediation. Lead Induced Toxicity, Detoxification and Bioremediation.Microalgal Bioremediation of Heavy Metals: An Integrated Low-cost Sustainable Approach. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals from Aquatic Environments. Phytoremediation of Wastewater Discharged from Paper and Pulp, Textile and Dairy Industries using Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): A Sustainable Approach. Biohybrids for Environmental Remediation and Biosensing: Concept, Synthesis and Future Prospective. Remediation for Heavy Metal Contamination: A Nanotechnological Approach. Modification Strategies of g-C3N4 for Potential Applications in Photocatalysis: A Sustainable Approach towards the Environment.