Biomass Wastes for Sustainable Industrial Applications: A Waste-to-Wealth Approach

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Chandrabhan Verma is a researcher at the Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi. He earned a BSc and MSc at Udai Pratap College Varanasi and a PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi in 2017. Dr. Verma is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and a lifetime member of the World Research Council (WRC). He is a reviewer and editorial board member of various internationally recognized ACS RSC Elsevier Wiley and Springer platforms. Dr. Verma has published numerous research and review articles in different areas of science and engineering at ACS Elsevier RSC Wiley Springer etc. He has a total citation of more than 14089 with an h-index of 65 and an i-10 index of 175. Dr. Vermas research focuses on designing and developing industrially applicable corrosion inhibitors. He has edited or authored over 40 books for ACS Elsevier RSC CRC Springer and Wiley. Dr. Verma has received several awards for his academic achievements including a Gold Medal in materials science (Organic Chemistry; 2010) and Best Publication awards from the Global Alumni Association of IIT-BHU (Second Prize 2013).Shikha Dubey is an Assistant Professor (Analytical Chemistry) at the Department of Chemistry Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Srinagar (Garhwal) Uttarakhand. She earned a BSc (Hons.) and MSc in analytical chemistry at the Institute of Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi and a PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. After qualifying for the CSIR-NET exam she joined the Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). Dr. Dubey was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Ministry of Defence Government of India New Delhi India. During her research she synthesized various nanomaterials via simple precipitation methods and green routes to treat metal-laden water and wastewater. Her research interest involves nano-biomaterial synthesis and characterization development of low-cost adsorbents nano-adsorbents magnetic nano-sorbents for water remediation and green-synthesis of materials characterization and application in environmental remediation photocatalytic degradation of organic and inorganic pollutants etc. Dr. Dubey has attended several international and national conferences and delivered expert talks.