Neha Tyagi Author & Editor

Dr. Balasubramani Ravindran, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Energy & Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea. He obtained his Ph.D from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (C.S.I.R) -Central Leather Research Institute (C.L.R.I), which is affiliated with the University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. His primary research focuses on the development of novel treatment technologies for solid waste and wastewater generated from domestic and industries through aerobic and anaerobic fermentation; Composting/vermicomposting, activated carbon, biochar/black carbon amendments, nanotechnology applications, phytotoxic/plant growth studies, etc Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta began his research career in 1999 at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, previously known as the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre. His doctoral degree was awarded in 2010. He did two years (2012-14) post-doctoral research at the Institute for Water and Wastewater Technologies, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He received an award as “one of the top post-doctoral fellows” for four years for his meritorious research contributions. Dr. Gupta’s research interests lie in environmental monitoring and ecotoxicological risk assessment, water and wastewater, algal technologies for bioremediation and biofuel production. He has co-edited three books. One of his book entitled “Algal Biofuels” is among the top performing 25% books of the subject since publication in 2017. His two co-edited books on “Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability” are in press. He is a reviewer for more than 50 international journals. He has published 48 research articles in peer-reviewed high-impact international journals, 36 book chapters with reputed international publishers. Sartaj Ahmad Bhat is a JSPS postdoctoral researcher at the River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan. He received his PhD in environmental sciences from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India in 2017. His primary focuses on the development and evaluation of treatment technologies for organic waste and wastewater from domestic and industrial outlets as well as organic waste recycling, with a focus on the biological and sustainable treatment by earthworms. He has published more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, three books, and ten book chapters. Dr. Bhat serves as associate/academic editor for numerous scientific journals such as Frontiers in Water, BioMed Research International (Microbiology), BMC Biotechnology, PLOSONE, to name a few. He has received the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI (Basel, Switzerland) and has more than 500 Verified Reviews and 50 Editor Records to his credit. Dr. Puneet Singh Chauhan is Principal Scientist & Head at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Chauhan did his MSc from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India (June 2000) in Biochemistry and has received his Ph.D. from Natio0nal Botanical Research Institute (CSIR), Lucknow, India and and awarded from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India (2009), thesis entitledPhysiological and molecular characterization of rhizosphere competent plant growth promotingPantoea agglomeransNBRI-SRM. Dr. Chauhan is the recipients of several national and International awards. He is the recipient of ‘Postdoctoral Research fellowship from Brain Korea 21 project, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea (Awarded in July 2009). He is also the recipient of Innovative Young Scientist Awardfrom Asian PGPR society for sustainable agriculture, Hyderabad, India for contributions in the field of Agricultural Microbiology at National Workshop on “Advances in PGPR Research" organized by Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi on October 7-8, 2014. Dr. Chauhan has worked extensively on Agricultural Microbiology, Stress Biology and Soil and Microbial Ecology. He has published several research and review paper(s) in the Journal of international repute and has edited books with renowned international publishers. Dr Neha Tyagi is a Lead Consultant in Rebound Envirotech Pvt. Ltd, India. Before that, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India, and supervised 12 B. Tech and 02 M. Tech students. Dr Tyagi started her research career at Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India (2008) as a master's student (Environmental Engineering). She received a gold medal in her Master of Technology. Her doctoral degree was from the Centre of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2016). She has been constantly working in the field of environmental engineering past 12 years and has experience in the production of value-added products, circular economy, biopolymers, antibiotic resistance, and quantitative microbial risk assessment. She has published 12 papers in international peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Cleaner Production, Chemosphere, Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and Environmental Research. She has also acted as a reviewer for top international journals. Dr Tyagi has also presented at several international and national conferences and participated in faculty development and the GIAN program.