This book presents the select proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Water Technologies 2022. While several efforts are underway, materials form the core of all research activities to develop technologies to mitigate the global challenge of water crisis. This book includes latest scientific dialogues, state-of-the-art developments in terms of emerging materials, technology development aimed toward mitigating various bottlenecks in water treatment, purification, desalination, and sensing with emerging materials. It also discusses diverse materials driven approaches, including theoretical and experimental studies, to address various aspects of this global issue. The book discusses various topics related to nanomaterials for water purification, bio-physical remediation, photocatalysis, membranes, physico-chemical processes, oil-water separation, sensors, and microplastics, etc. The book can be a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in water technologies and allied fields.
Dr. Sumit Saxena is Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He obtained his doctoral degree at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, New York, the USA. Subsequently, he worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Materials Science, University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign, Illinois, the USA, and at the Department of Physics Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the USA. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK; Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK; and National Environmental Science Academy, India.
Dr. Shobha Shukla is Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. She obtained her doctoral degree at the State University of New York/SUNY Buffalo, the USA. Subsequently, she worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the USA. She is a senior member of the Optical Society of America and serves on the editorial board of Scientific Reports, Nanotechnology, and Journal of Physics-Photonics.
Dr. Prasanna Kumar S Mural is Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), India. He obtained his doctoral degree at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa. Subsequently, he joined the National Institute of Technology Calicut, India as Assistant Professor before joining IITB.
