Environmental Applications of Microbial Nanotechnology: Emerging Trends in Environmental Remediation

Dr Pardeep Singh is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India in 2011. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in the year 2017. The area of his doctoral research is the degradation of organic pollutants through various indigenous isolated microbes and by using various types of photocatalytic. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management.

Dr Vijay Kumar is presently working as Executive Member, Society for Environment and Sustainable Development, New Delhi India. He obtained his master degree from the Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India in 2012. He received his doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in 2017. His doctoral research area is biological synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles and their environmental and biological applications. He has published more than 27 papers in the International Journals in the field of environmental nanotechnology.

Mansi Bakshi works in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor in his research areas. He has published with Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.

Mika Sillanpää’s research work centers on chemical treatment in environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and analysis. The recent research focus has been on the resource recovery from waste streams. Sillanpää received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D.Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. Since 2000, he has been a full professor/adjunct professor at the University of Oulu, the University of Eastern Finland, the LUT University, the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Johannesburg.