Bioprocess Engineering for Bioremediation

Dr. Jerold Manuel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. He works in various research areas, e.g. Fermentation, Phytoremediation, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Biosorption, Microbial Fuel Cells, Nanotechnology, Biosurfactants, Biocatalysts, Biofuels, and Adsorption of Heavy Metals etc. He was awarded a Dr. D.G.S. Dhinakaran fellowship for his postgraduate studies, and an MHRD Fellowship by the Government of India for his doctoral studies. He has published 24 research and review papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, together with five book chapters. He has edited one book and serves as a reviewer for various journals.Prof. Arockiasamy Santhiagu completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) at Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai in 1998 and his Master of Technology in Biochemical Engineering at Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), Varanasi in 2001. Subsequently, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemical Engineering at Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), Varanasi in 2006. He is currently serving as a Professor at the School of Biotechnology, NIT Calicut. He has published over 40 research papers in various peer-reviewed national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has been involved in various research projects for government funding agencies like the DST, DBT, and KSCSTE. His key research areas include Bioprocessing, Bioremediation, and Controlled Drug Delivery Systems.Dr. Velmurugan Sivasubramanian is a Professor and Former Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) in Kozhikode, India. He has received four awards – the Dr. Radhakrishnan Gold Medal Award, Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Medal Award, National Citizenship Gold Medal Award from the Global Economic Progress and Research Association (Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu), and the UniversalAchievers Gold Medal Award from the Universal Achievers Foundation (Salem, Tamil Nadu) – for his outstanding contributions. He has published several research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals and conference proceedings on environmental and chemical engineering for the treatment of effluents from various industries. He is the editor of six peer­reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer for 50 others.

• Membrane Technology in Bioprocess Engineering.- Process Engineering Aspects in Bioleaching of metals from electronic waste.- Phytoremediation of soil for Metal and Organic Pollutant Removal.- Recent advances in organic acid production from microbial sources by utilizing agricultural by-products as substrates for industrial applications.- Lignocellulosic sugarcane tops for bioethanol production: An overview.- Recent developments in Food-based Bioplastics production.- Valorization of waste algal boom for value-added products.- Algal biomass for biofuels and bioproducts.- Applications and efficacy of exceptional bioactive compounds from microalgae.- Supercritical Water Gasification (SCWG) Technology for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Treatment.- Hydrothermal conversion of Biomass into Fuel and Fine Chemicals.- Biopolymer-based nanofibrous membrane for water purification treatment.- Materials and process selection for Biosorption.- Removal  of  Acid Magenta Dye by Fly Ash: A Sustainable Tool for  Textile Effluent Treatment.