Abhishek Guldhe Editor

Dr. Bhaskar Singh received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP, India, in 2010. He also holds an M. Phil. from Pondicherry (Central) University, India, with a gold medal (2006). He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. Dr. Singh is currently engaged in teaching in the thrust areas of environmental sciences like environmental earth science, natural resources, environmental chemistry, environmental pollution monitoring and, control technologies, etc. He is a reviewer of several international journals, viz., Fuel, Renewable Energy, and Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. His current interests lie in the application of algal biomass for biodiesel synthesis, development of heterogeneous and green catalysts, and corrosion aspects of biodiesel fuel. He has published more than 40 research and review papers in peer-reviewed and high-impact international journals and 14 book chapters by international publishers. He has co-edited & co-authored 3 books. Dr. Abhishek Guldhe was awarded Ph.D. in 2015 from the Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology at Durban University of Technology. His doctoral project was entitled “Biodiesel production from microalgae by enzymatic transesterification”. He was awarded the prestigious Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship of Department of Biotechnology by the Government of India in 2019. He teaches courses on various subjects of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology. His research focus area is microalgal biotechnology for biofuels, fertilizers and bioactive compounds application. He has published his research work extensively in reputed journals, book chapters and presented in international conferences. He has published 33 journal articles in peer reviewed journals and 7 book chapters with esteem publishers like Elsevier, Springer, and American Chemical Society. His published research work has garnered interest from researchers across the globe with over 1666 citations and h index of 23.