Smart Waste and Wastewater Management by Biotechnological Approaches

Dr. Ali Mohd YatooDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Kashmir, IndiaDr. Ali Mohd Yatoo (Ph.D.) pursued his Ph.D. (Environmental Science) from the University of Kashmir, India and completed his M.Sc. (Environmental Science) from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, India. He has around 6 years of research experience and wide experience in waste valorization, wastewater management, eco-toxicology, bioremediation, and vermitechnology, Dr. Yatoo has published more than 40 research and review papers, including book chapters, in highly reputed peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has also edited several books related to waste & wastewater management with leading publishers like Springer and CRC Taylor and Francis. Dr. Yatoo has qualified various state and national-level competitive examinations like UGC NET (5 times), Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board NET, and the Jammu & Kashmir State Eligibility Test in Environmental Sciences. He has also qualified CSIR NET with a Junior Research Fellowship conducted by CSIR, India. He has been the recipient of various fellowships and awards from several funding agencies.Prof. Mika SillanpaaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, School of Mining, Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering, University of JohannesburgMika Sillanpää’s research work centres on chemical treatment in environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and analysis. Since 2000, he has been a full professor/adjunct professor at the University of Oulu, the University of Eastern Finland, and the University of Johannesburg. He has supervised over 60 PhDs and been a reviewer in over 250 academic journals. Mika Sillanpää has published more than 1300 articles in peer reviewed international journals. Having an h-index of 131, his publications have been cited over 83000 times (Google Scholar). Mika Sillanpää has received numerous awards for research and innovation. For example, he is the first Laureate of Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)’s Young Investigator Award, which was delivered at the UNESCO Conference in Shanghai 2010 for his “significant contributions, outstanding achievements and research leadership in Environmental Technological Innovations to address present water pollution problems worldwide, especially with regard to wastewater treatment and reuse.

• Section I: Smart techniques for waste management.- 1.Waste pollution and management: Current challenges and future perspectives.- 2. Potential of Smart sensors and smart waste bins in smart waste management.- 3. Robotics in waste management: A smart technique to segregate, recycle, and recover electronic waste.- 4. Potential of Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology in smart waste management.- 5. Role of machine learning and artificial intelligence in smart waste management.- 6. Application of Remote sensing and GIS in effective waste management.- Section II: Ecotechnological approaches for sustainable waste management.- 7. Sustainable management of food waste by composting.- 8. Vermitechnology: A green technology to manage and recover nutrients from municipal waste.- 9. Advanced biotechnological approaches for the management of plastic waste.- 10. Production of green energy from agricultural waste using advanced thermochemical and biological approaches: a step towards circular economy.- 11. Safe disposal and utilization of fly-ash from municipal waste incinerators for better environmental management.- 12. Biohydrogen production from sewage sludge: Mechanistic insights and factors involved.- Section III: Smart biotechnologies for wastewater management.- 13. Potential of Artificial intelligence in monitoring and predicting effluent quality.- 14. Membrane Bioreactors: A highly advanced biotechnological approach to manage emerging contaminants from industrial wastewater.- 15. Aquatic macrophytes: Role as biomarkers in water pollution detection and as potential agents for removing contaminants from wastewater environments.- 16. Recent advances in enhanced biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater.- 17. Potential of nano-biotechnology in remediation of emerging toxicants from wastewater.- 18. Microbial engineering and their potential in remediation of heavy metals from wastewater: Mechanism and factors involved.- 19. Microalgae: A novel low-cost biotechnological approach in detoxification and remediation of radioactive waste from wastewater.- 20. Nano-plastics in wastewater: Monitoring, ecotoxicity and remediation.- 21. Advanced biotechnological approaches for the biodegradation and detoxification of dyes from textile industrial effluents.- 22. Harmful pathogens and pharmaceutical residues: Ecotoxicity and management from wastewater.- 23. Microbial electrolysis: An emerging biotechnology for energy production and wastewater treatment.