Biodegradation of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals

Prof Kashyap Kumar DubeyProf. Kashyap Kumar Dubey is currently working as Professor at School of Biotechnology, JNU New Delhi. His research interests are in biochemical engineering and wastewater treatment which includes process development of value added pharmaceutical products through optimization of enzyme reactions and toxicological studies of micro-pollutants.Prof Kamal K PantProf. Kamal K. Pant is currently Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and has been Petrotech Chair Professor and Dean Faculty and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at IIT Delhi. He is working on cutting edge and futuristic technologies for coal to methanol conversion, e-waste treatment, waste plastic conversion, biomass valorization, etc. using catalysis and reaction engineering.Prof. Ashok PandeyProfessor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth, energy, industrial enzymes, etc.Prof. Maria Ángeles SanrománProfessor M. Angeles Sanroman is the head of the Bioengineering & Sustainable Processes Group at the University of Vigo, Spain. Currently, main research lines carried out are Environmental Technology applied to soil and water remediation, Advanced Oxidation Processes; Reuse, Recycling & Valorisation of wastes; Green Chemistry and Catalyst.

• 1. Biodegradation of Petrochemical refinery wastewater. 2. Biodegradation of anti-inflammatory non-steroidal pharmaceutical active compounds. 3. Biodegradation of Catechol in Sequential Batch Reactor. 4. Biodegradation and Decolorization of Textile Wastewater by Sequential Aerobic/microaerophilic, Aerobic and Microaerophilic Processes. 5. Bio-adsorbent based Integrated System. 6. Carbon-based hybrid metal composites for the degradation of toxic chemicals. 7. Microbial Biofilms in Biodegradation of Toxic Chemicals. 8. Microbial degradation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. 9. Bioremediation of heavy metals mediated by Cyanobacteria. 10. Metal Recovery from Lithium-ion Batteries using Bioleaching: A Greener Approach. 11. Microplastics pollution: A perspective on source, fate, impact, identification and extraction from the environment.