Ranjit Gurav Editor

Dr. Shashi Kant Bhatia is an Associate professor in the Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, and has more than ten years’ experience in biowastes valorization into bioenergy, biochemicals, and biomaterials. He holds an MSc and a PhD in biotechnology at Himachal Pradesh University (India). Dr. Bhatia has worked as a Brain Pool Post Doc Fellow at Konkuk University (2014–2016) and has contributed extensively to the industrial press and served as an editorial board member of Sustainability and Energies journal and associate editor of Frontier of Microbiology, Microbial Cell Factories, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Bioprocess and Biosystem Engineering, Carbohydrate Technology and Applications, 3 Biotech, and PLOS One journals. He is editor in Chief of Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials journal. He has published more than 200 research and review articles on industrial biotechnology, bioenergy production, biomaterial, biotransformation, microbial fermentation, and enzyme technology in international scientific peer-reviewed journals and holds 15 international patents. He has also edited 4 books on microbial biotechnology. Dr. Bhatia has successfully supervised and completed three projects funded by NRF Korea ($ 600, 000).

Dr. Parmjit S. Panesar is working as Professor & Dean (Planning & Development), Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology Longowal, Punjab, India. Prof. Panesar has also worked as Dean (Research & Consultancy), and Head, Department of Food Engineering & Technology, SLIET Longowal, India. His research is focused in the area of Food Biotechnology especially bioprocessing of food industry by-products, food enzymes, prebiotics (lactulose, GOS), biopigments etc. In 2005, he has been awarded BOYSCAST (Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science & Technology) fellowship by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, to carry out advance research at Chembiotech labs, University of Birmingham Research Park, UK. Prof. Panesar has successfully completed 7 research projects funded by DBT, CSIR, MHRD, AICTE, New Delhi and 02 projects are in progress. He has published more than 150 international/national scientific papers, 50 book reviews in peer-reviewed journals, 32 chapters and has authored/edited 08 books. He has guided 11 Ph.D. students & 8 students are under progress. He is a member of the editorial advisory boards of national/international journals including International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal of Food Science & Technology, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies & Applications. In recognition of his work, Prof. Panesar was awarded “Fellow Award 2018” by The Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) and “Fellow Award 2019” by National Academy of Dairy science India (NADSI). He has been selected for the award of prestigious ‘INSA Teachers Award (2020)’ by Indian National Science Academy (INSA). He has also served as the National Vice President of the Association of Food Scientists & Technologists of India (AFSTI), during 2019. He has also visited several countries like UK, USA, Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, France, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Iran, Thailand etc.

Dr. Ranjit Gurav is an Associate Professor at UPES Dehradun, India. He received his Ph.D in Biotechnology in 2013 and has since conducted extensive research for a decade in various countries, including the USA, South Korea, India, and China. Throughout his career, he has held roles such as Associate Professor, Research Professor, Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Research Associate, and Young Scientist, contributing significantly to advancements in his field. His research primarily focuses on harnessing agriculture and food industry waste biomass, and by-products to produce bioelectricity, polyhydroxyalkanoates, biodiesel, exopolysaccharides, and biohydrogen. Dr. Gurav is highly skilled in implementing microbial, bioelectrochemical, hydrogel, biochar, and self-activated carbon-based technologies for the remediation of organic contaminants and heavy metals in water and soil. Using a microbial system, he has established a unique technology for converting poultry feather biomass into a growth stimulator, and chitin biomass into an antifungal agent. In addition, he developed green infrastructure to manage urban stormwater runoff through biologically active pervious structures. Dr. Gurav has secured research funding totaling 100,000 USD from organizations such as the NSF I-Corps of the United States, FIAP of Texas State University, and DST-SERB of India. Dr. Gurav is deeply involved in the academic community, serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, Academic Editor, Topical Editor, and Editor for Ten international journals, and Reviewer for over 70 international journals. He holds life memberships with the Biotech Research Society of India, and the Association of Microbiologists of India.