Oleaginous Microbes for Waste Biomass Valorization

Dipankar Ghosh, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biosciences (Microbiology & Biotechnology)at JIS University, Kolkata, India. His research interests are microbial engineering and algalbiotechnology. He is currently being funded for industry-sponsored research projects. He haspublished many peer-reviewed articles and reviews in esteemed international journals, as well asmultiple book chapters. He has supervised PhD research scholars, MSc project research trainees,and internship students.Latika Bhatia, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Bioinformatics at Atal BihariVajpayee Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, India. She has 24 years of teaching experience working atuniversities, teaching microbiology and biotechnology to graduates and postgraduates. She hasdelivered many talks at national and international conferences; convened and organizedconferences, seminars, and workshops; and published research articles, book chapters,monographs, and six books. She has also completed many consultancy and research projects.Dr. Bhatia is a reviewer for reputed journals and is a member of the national advisory committeesof eminent universities. She has been a resource person, a keynote speaker, and a session chairat more than 20 national and international conferences, including UGC-Human ResourceDevelopment Centre short-term courses. She has received awards and honors for her work.

• 1. Oleaginous Microbial Regimes Towards Utilization of Waste Biomass for Value-Added Products. 2. Significance of Oleaginous Microbes on Value-Added Biomolecule Production. 3. Oleaginous Microbes for Industrial Waste Degradation. 4. Significance of Process Parameter Optimization for Waste Biomass Degradation and Valorization. 5. Valorization of Agro-industrial Wastes for Production of Microbial Oils from Oleaginous Microbes. 6. Oleaginous Microbes for the Production of Value-Added Products from Agroforest Residues. 7. Valorization of Agroforestry Wastes for Bioenergy Generation. 8. General Perspective on High Value-Added Product Generation with Special Emphasis on NPK Biofertilizer from Oleaginous Microbes. 9. Technological Views on Electronic Waste, Recycling, and Resource Recovery. 10. General Perspectives on Lignocellulosic Biomass-Degrading Enzymes from Oleaginous Microbes. 11. Bioengineering of Oleaginous Microorganisms for Biosynthesis of Fuels and Value-Added Biomolecules. 12. Scaling-Up Studies on Lignocellulosic Waste Biomass Degradation Using the Oleaginous Microbial System. 13. Downstream Processing Application on Waste Valorization Using Oleaginous Microbes for NPK Biofertilizer Generation. 14. Downstream Processing Applications on Waste Valorization for Value-Added Biomolecule Generation.