Extremophiles

This book ‘Extremophiles: Wastewater and Algal Biorefinery’ explores the potential of extremophiles/extremotolerant organisms in wastewater treatment, biorefining of algal biomass and in the treatment of industrial waste effluent. The book provides a holistic overview about the current status of extremophiles in waste water treatment and various industrial processes. The chapters comprehensively cover the scientific and research findings on various industrial applications of extremophiles such as biofuels, extremozymes, electricity generation, biofilms, microbial corrosion and waste water treatment etc. This book is an integrated source of literature for the scientists, engineers, academicians, and students working in the area of extremophiles, microbial technology and biorefinery.

Pratibha Dheeran is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Maharaj Singh College, Saharanpur, India. Dr. Dheeran has Ph.D. Degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior/Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun India. She has Masters Degree in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and MSc in Botany from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. She has been awarded DST Fast Track Young Scientist by Department of Science and Technology, India. She is a recipient of Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship by Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Dheeran has research experience in Biocatalysis, Thermophilic microbiology and Biofuels. She has nine research papers in various peer-reviewed journals, three book chapters and two edited books. She also has one filed Indian patent. Dr. Dheeran is actively engaged as a review editor for Marine Biotechnology and Bioenergy and Biofuels journals.

Sachin Kumar is a Deputy Director in the Biochemical Conversion Division at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, India. He was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA, for a year. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India and has research experience in biochemical conversion of biomass to biofuels including bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, lignin valorization, etc. He has completed eight research projects and one consultancy project. Dr. Sachin has published more than 75 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and papers in conference proceedings and 8 edited books. He has one granted US patent and 4 filed Indian patents. He has delivered more than 40 invited/plenary lectures and presented more than 75 papers in national and international conferences. He is a recipient of 2016 ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Research Professorship and selected as Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge Research (B-ACER) Fellow 2016 by DBT and IUSSTF.