Nano-phytoremediation and Environmental Pollution: Strategies and Mechanisms

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Dr. Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli (Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei Divinópolis MG Brazil where she teaches graduate and post-graduate students. She specializes in biotechnology/molecular biology and has been studying nanomaterials applications such as delivery and remediation as same as green synthesis protocols and allelopathic potential of secondary metabolites from plants. The research projects have already resulted in 10 patent applications three of them already analyzed and granted. She has published nine books authored 15 scientific articles and more than 40 book chapters with international publishers. She has presented and participated in many national and international conferences and has helped in organizing various scientific events. Dr. Tonelli has also dedicated herself to the promotion of science and technology through co-funding a non-governmental organization. Dr. Tonelli is active in advocacy groups that support gender equality in science. Her efforts as a researcher have been recognized with various awards including For Women in Science Brazil (awarded by LOréal Brasil UNESCO-Brazil and Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and Under 30 Brazil (Forbes) as well as various certificates of merit. Dr. Rouf Ahmad Bhat (Ph.D.) pursued his doctorate at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (Division of Environmental Sciences) and is presently working in the Department of School Education Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Bhat has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of environmental sciences for the past three years. He is the author of more than 55 research articles (h-index 30; i-index 44; total citation 2500) and 40 book chapters and has published more than 40 books with international publishers (Springer Elsevier CRC Press Taylor & Francis Apple Academic Press John Wiley IGI Global). His specialization is in limnology toxicology phytochemistry and phytoremediation. Dr. Bhat has presented and participated in numerous state national and international conferences seminars workshops and symposia. In addition he has worked as an associate environmental expert at the World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and as the environmental support staff in Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded development projects. He has received many awards appreciations and recognition for his services to the science of water testing air and noise analysis. He has served as an editorial board member and a reviewer of reputed international journals. Dr. Bhat still writes and experiments with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution remediation. Dr. Gowhar Hamid Dar (Ph.D.) is currently Assistant Professor in Environmental Science Sri Pratap College Cluster University Srinagar Department of Higher Education (J&K). He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Science with a specialization in Environmental Microbiology (fish microbiology fish pathology industrial microbiology taxonomy and limnology). He has been teaching postgraduate and graduate students for many years in the Post-Graduate Department of Environmental Science Sri Pratap College Cluster University Srinagar. He has written more than 70 research articles (h-index 16; i-index 22; total citation >950) in international and national journals of repute and more than 20 books with international publishers (Springer Elsevier CRC Press Taylor & Francis Apple Academic Press John Wiley IGI Global). Moreover he supervises a number of students for the completion of degrees. He has been working for the last several years on the isolation identification and characterization of microbes their pathogenic behaviour and the impact of pollution on the development of diseases in fish fauna. He has received many awards and appreciations for his service to science and development. In addition he is a member of various research and academic committees. Furthermore Dr. Dar is Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator for different R&D projects sanctioned by the Government of India and the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (Ph.D. FRSB) is presently Professor at King Abdulaziz University Jeddah Saudi Arabia. After completing his Ph.D. in Botany with a specialization in Plant Ecophysiology and Molecular Biology from Jamia Hamdard New Delhi India in 2011 he worked as Assistant Professor at the University of Kashmir Srinagar for a short period. Later he joined Universiti Putra Malaysia Selangor Malaysia and worked there as Post-Doctorate Fellow in 2012 and Fellow Researcher (Associate Prof.) from 20132016. He joined King Abdulaziz University in August 2016 and was recently promoted to Professor.Dr. Hakeem has more than twelve years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology biotechnology and molecular biology medicinal plant research plant-microbe-soil interactions and environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both the national and international levels. He was recently elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology London (FRSB). Professor Hakeem has served as Visiting Scientist at Fatih Universiti Istanbul Turkey and at Jinan University Guangzhou China. Currently he is involved in a number of international research projects with different government organizations.So far Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 60 books with international publishers including Springer Nature Academic Press (Elsevier) CRC Press etc. He also has to his credit 121 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 65 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers.At present Dr. Hakeem is serving as an editorial board member and reviewer of several high-impact international scientific journals from Elsevier Springer Nature Taylor & Francis Cambridge and John Wiley Publishers.