Biodegradation of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals Remediation and Resource Recovery

Preface

Editors Biographies

List of Contributors

1.       Biodegradation of Petrochemical refinery wastewater

Marut Jain, Aisha Noor, Abhisek Sahoo, Kamal K. Pant, Zyta M. Ziora, Mark A. T. Blaskovich

2.       Biodegradation of anti-inflammatory non-steroidal pharmaceutical active compounds

Sumona Show, Gopinath Halder

3.       Biodegradation of Catechol in Sequential Batch Reactor

Vipul Sharma, Ashish Yadav, Jai Prakash Kushwaha, Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Indra Deo Mall

4.       Biodegradation and Decolorization of Textile Wastewater by Sequential Aerobic/microaerophilic, Aerobic and Microaerophilic Processes

Ponnarasi, R. Gandhimathi, S. T. Ramesh, Vishesh Mishra, Ayush Panwar

5.       Bio-adsorbent based Integrated System

Silvia Escudero-Curiel, Marta Pazos, Angeles Sanromán

6.       Carbon-based hybrid metal composites for the degradation of toxic chemicals

Vallari R. Chourasia, Nidhi Kushwaha, Aisha Noor, Neethu Thoppil Joshikumar, K. K. Pant

7.       Microbial Biofilms in Biodegradation of Toxic Chemicals

Antonina Nikolayeva

8.       Microbial degradation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Punit Kumar, Ravindra Kumar, Shalini Sharma

9.       Bioremediation of heavy metals mediated by Cyanobacteria

Nikita, Uma Singh, G.L. Tiwari, Richa Tandon, Ravi Tandon

10.   Metal Recovery from Lithium-ion Batteries using Bioleaching: A Greener Approach

Prashant Ram Jadhao, Shally Gupta, K. K. Pant, K. D. P. Nigam

11.   Microplastics pollution: A perspective on source, fate, impact, identification and extraction from the environment

Pradeep Kumar, Pinky, Naseeb, Ankush Yadav, Kashyap Kumar Dubey

Index

Biography

Prof Kashyap Kumar Dubey

Prof. 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 Pant

Prof. 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 Pandey

Professor 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 Sanromán

Professor 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.