Clean Energy Transition-via-Biomass Resource Utilization: A Way to Mitigate Climate Change

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Dr. Sachin Kumar is a deputy director in the Biochemical Conversion Division at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (Formerly Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy) Kapurthala India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India. He has more than 12 years of research experience in Biochemical Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels including lignocellulosic ethanol biogas biohydrogen etc. During his career at SSS-NIBE he has developed the state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for Biochemical Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels. His research interests are in biofuels including bioethanol biogas biobutanol biohydrogen algal biomass bioprocess engineering enzyme technology metabolic engineering etc.   Dr. Suresh Sundaramurthy  is a faculty and head of the Department Chemical Engineering Maulana Azad-National Institute of Technology (MA-NIT) Bhopal India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India. He was the recipient of Post-Doctoral Fellow awarded by IUSSTF Govt. of India and that time he was associated at The City University of New York (CUNY) USA. He was also the recipient of Visiting Faculty and Researcher awarded by Govt. of India. More than 15 years experience for teaching/research from MA-NIT Bhopal Pondicherry University IIT-Kanpur ICMS-JNCASR Bangalore AIT-Thailand and CUNY-USA. His teaching and research interest on Environmental Biotechnology New sorbents & Catalysts Reactor Design Waste-to-Energy Nanoengineered materials biofuels and intermediates from CO2 and Biomass Decarbonization Energy Transition Technical Textiles Gas separation Air pollution abatement Sensing of toxic gases Process Safety.   Dr. Deepak Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). Dr. Kumar received his Ph.D. in Biological and Ecological Engineering from Oregon State University. His research focuses on the development of sustainable bioprocess technologies for the production of high-value bioproducts bioplastics and biofuel from agro-food processing waste and forest residues using integrated experimental and modeling approaches. He has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed research articles and 15 book chapters with over 3200 citations and an H-index of 32. He has received several awards including the Bioenergy Society of Singapore (BESS) Achievement Award 2016. He is listed as one of the top 2% cited scientists in the field of energy by the research conducted by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier-Scopus for the years 2022 and 2023.Dr. Deepak Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). Dr. Kumar received his Ph.D. in Biological and Ecological Engineering from Oregon State University. His research focuses on the development of sustainable bioprocess technologies for the production of high-value bioproducts bioplastics and biofuel from agro-food processing waste and forest residues using integrated experimental and modeling approaches. He has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed research articles and 15 book chapters with over 3200 citations and an H-index of 32. He has received several awards including the Bioenergy Society of Singapore (BESS) Achievement Award 2016. He is listed as one of the top 2% cited scientists in the field of energy by the research conducted by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier-Scopus for the years 2022 and 2023.   Dr. Anuj Kumar Chandel is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology Engineering School of Lorena University of São Paulo Brazil. He has over 22 years of experience working on various aspects of industrial biotechnology (production of industrial enzymes biofuels and bio-based products) and membrane-based separation of fats proteins and viruses. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2009 and then did three post-doctoral fellowships at Stellenbosch University South Africa; Engineering School of Lorena University of São Paulo Brazil and University of Arkansas Fayetteville USA. Dr. Chandel has worked in 3 biotech industries for 7 years at large scale operations. His primary research interest is to develop sustainable processes for bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable fuels and biochemicals by bridging the gap between research laboratories and industries. Dr. Chandel has published more than 116 peer reviewed scientific papers edited 15 books and wrote 56 book chapters. He has one Brazilian patent to his credit.