Pratibha Dheeran is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Maharaj Singh College, Saharanpur, India. Dr. Dheeran has Ph.D. Degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior/Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun India. She has Masters Degree in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and MSc in Botany from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. She has been awarded DST Fast Track Young Scientist by Department of Science and Technology, India. She is a recipient of Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship by Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Dheeran has research experience in Biocatalysis, Thermophilic microbiology and Biofuels. She has nine research papers in various peer-reviewed journals, three book chapters and two edited books. She also has one filed Indian patent. Dr. Dheeran is actively engaged as a review editor for Marine Biotechnology and Bioenergy and Biofuels journals.Sachin Kumar is a Deputy Director in the Biochemical Conversion Division at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, India. He was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA, for a year. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India and has research experience in biochemical conversion of biomass to biofuels including bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, lignin valorization, etc. He has completed eight research projects and one consultancy project. Dr. Sachin has published more than 75 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and papers in conference proceedings and 8 edited books. He has one granted US patent and 4 filed Indian patents. He has delivered more than 40 invited/plenary lectures and presented more than 75 papers in national and international conferences. He is a recipient of 2016 ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Research Professorship and selected as Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge Research (B-ACER) Fellow 2016 by DBT and IUSSTF.

• Strengthening Bioenergy-Based Economy Through Conversion of Wastewater Resources: An Insight to Application of Extremophiles. Extremophiles for Wastewater Treatment. Role of Extremophiles in the Microbial Electrochemical Cell: Recent Advances. Fermentative Approaches in Wastewater Treatment for Harnessing Renewable Energy. Potential of Extremophilic Algae for the Synthesis of Value-added Products. Marine Extremophiles as a Source of Seaweed Polysaccharide Hydrolyzing Enzymes. Extremophilic Microalgae: The Potential Source for Wastewater Treatments and Biofuel Productions. Extremophilic Microalgae as a Potential Source of High-Value Bioproducts. Value-Added Products and Biofuels from Extremophilic Microalgae Biomass. Microbial Corrosion and It’s Current Mitigation Strategies. Extremophile: Biofilm Behavior, Characterization and Economical Applications. Extremophiles for Textile Industry.

Pratibha Dheeran is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Maharaj Singh College, Saharanpur, India. Dr. Dheeran has Ph.D. Degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior/Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun India. She has Masters Degree in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and MSc in Botany from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. She has been awarded DST Fast Track Young Scientist by Department of Science and Technology, India. She is a recipient of Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship by Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Dheeran has research experience in Biocatalysis, Thermophilic microbiology and Biofuels. She has nine research papers in various peer-reviewed journals, three book chapters and two edited books. She also has one filed Indian patent. Dr. Dheeran is actively engaged as a review editor for Marine Biotechnology and Bioenergy and Biofuels journals.Sachin Kumar is a Deputy Director in the Biochemical Conversion Division at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, India. He was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA, for a year. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India and has research experience in biochemical conversion of biomass to biofuels including bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, lignin valorization, etc. He has completed eight research projects and one consultancy project. Dr. Sachin has published more than 75 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and papers in conference proceedings and 8 edited books. He has one granted US patent and 4 filed Indian patents. He has delivered more than 40 invited/plenary lectures and presented more than 75 papers in national and international conferences. He is a recipient of 2016 ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Research Professorship and selected as Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge Research (B-ACER) Fellow 2016 by DBT and IUSSTF.

• Strengthening Bioenergy-Based Economy Through Conversion of Wastewater Resources: An Insight to Application of Extremophiles. Extremophiles for Wastewater Treatment. Role of Extremophiles in the Microbial Electrochemical Cell: Recent Advances. Fermentative Approaches in Wastewater Treatment for Harnessing Renewable Energy. Potential of Extremophilic Algae for the Synthesis of Value-added Products. Marine Extremophiles as a Source of Seaweed Polysaccharide Hydrolyzing Enzymes. Extremophilic Microalgae: The Potential Source for Wastewater Treatments and Biofuel Productions. Extremophilic Microalgae as a Potential Source of High-Value Bioproducts. Value-Added Products and Biofuels from Extremophilic Microalgae Biomass. Microbial Corrosion and It’s Current Mitigation Strategies. Extremophile: Biofilm Behavior, Characterization and Economical Applications. Extremophiles for Textile Industry.

Pratibha Dheeran is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Maharaj Singh College, Saharanpur, India. Dr. Dheeran has Ph.D. Degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior/Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun India. She has Masters Degree in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and MSc in Botany from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. She has been awarded DST Fast Track Young Scientist by Department of Science and Technology, India. She is a recipient of Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship by Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Dheeran has research experience in Biocatalysis, Thermophilic microbiology and Biofuels. She has nine research papers in various peer-reviewed journals, three book chapters and two edited books. She also has one filed Indian patent. Dr. Dheeran is actively engaged as a review editor for Marine Biotechnology and Bioenergy and Biofuels journals.Sachin Kumar is a Deputy Director in the Biochemical Conversion Division at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, India. He was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA, for a year. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India and has research experience in biochemical conversion of biomass to biofuels including bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, lignin valorization, etc. He has completed eight research projects and one consultancy project. Dr. Sachin has published more than 75 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and papers in conference proceedings and 8 edited books. He has one granted US patent and 4 filed Indian patents. He has delivered more than 40 invited/plenary lectures and presented more than 75 papers in national and international conferences. He is a recipient of 2016 ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Research Professorship and selected as Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge Research (B-ACER) Fellow 2016 by DBT and IUSSTF.

• Strengthening Bioenergy-Based Economy Through Conversion of Wastewater Resources: An Insight to Application of Extremophiles. Extremophiles for Wastewater Treatment. Role of Extremophiles in the Microbial Electrochemical Cell: Recent Advances. Fermentative Approaches in Wastewater Treatment for Harnessing Renewable Energy. Potential of Extremophilic Algae for the Synthesis of Value-added Products. Marine Extremophiles as a Source of Seaweed Polysaccharide Hydrolyzing Enzymes. Extremophilic Microalgae: The Potential Source for Wastewater Treatments and Biofuel Productions. Extremophilic Microalgae as a Potential Source of High-Value Bioproducts. Value-Added Products and Biofuels from Extremophilic Microalgae Biomass. Microbial Corrosion and It’s Current Mitigation Strategies. Extremophile: Biofilm Behavior, Characterization and Economical Applications. Extremophiles for Textile Industry.