Management of Micro and Nano-plastics in Soil and Biosolids: Fate, Occurrence, Monitoring, and Remedies

About Morgan Shamy

Dr. Sartaj Ahmad Bhat is working as JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher at the River Basin Research Center Gifu University Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar India in 2017. His research interests focus on vermicomposting treatment of various solid wastes especially for investigations on fate and behavior of emerging pollutants during biological treatment of organic wastes. He has published more than 65 papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited over 14 books published by Elsevier Springer CRC Press IWA and RSC.  Dr. Bhat is serving as an Associate/Academic Editor and Editorial Board Member/Advisory Board Member of more than 15 journals published by Frontiers Springer Elsevier PLOS Wiley Hindawi and De Gruyter. Dr. Bhat is a recipient of several prestigious awards such as the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue research at River Basin Research Center Gifu University Japan the Basic Scientific Research Fellowship (BSR JRF SRF) by the University Grants Commission (UGC) India the DST-SERB National Postdoctoral Fellowship at CSIR-NEERI Nagpur India and Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship by the Govt. of India. He has also received the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health MDPI and the Top Peer Reviewer 2019 award in Environment and Ecology by Web of Science. He has more than 750 Verified Reviews and 70 Editor Records to his credit.Dr. Vineet Kumar is presently working as a National Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology at Central University of Rajasthan India. He received his M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Microbiology from the Department of Microbiology at Ch. Charan Singh University Meerut India. Subsequently he earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University Lucknow India in 2018. His research interests include waste management bioremediation phytoremediation metagenomics wastewater treatment environmental monitoring bioplastic and biofuel production. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals of repute 55 book chapters 1 technical report and 4 scientific magazine articles with more than citations 2500 and h-index 30. In addition he has published 2 authored and 22 edited books on various aspects of science and engineering by renowned international publishers. He has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in more than 65 International Journals for his research area. He is an active member of numerous scientific societies including the Microbiology Society (UK) the Indian Science Congress Association (India) the Association of Microbiologists of India (India) the Biotech Research Society (India). He is founder of the Society for Green Environment India (website: www.sgeindia.org).Prof. Fusheng Li is a Professorin the Division of Water System Safety and Security Studies and the Graduate School of Engineering at Gifu University Japan. He received his BS degree in environmental engineering from Lanzhou Jiaotong University of China in 1986 MS degree from Kitami Institute of Technology of Japan in 1994 and PhD degree from the Gifu University of Japan in 1998.  Dr. Li is directing the Division of Water Quality Studies that covers the fields from water quality to water and wastewater treatment and recently to resource and energy recovery from organic waste. The ongoing research projects in his lab include adsorption; membrane filtration enhanced coagulation disinfection; biological water and wastewater treatment; vermicomposting treatment of vegetable waste and activated sludge; microbial fuel cell; physicochemical water quality assessment; biological water quality assessment. He has over 350 scholarly publications including more than 200 in peer reviewed journal papers. As principal supervisor he has already guided 50 master's and 20 doctorate graduate students to the completion of their degrees. Dr. Li is the recipient of awards from several academic societies and associations for his research work on water treatment and water quality dynamics studies. Prof. Sunil Kumar is a well-rounded researcher with more than 22 years of experience in leading supervising and undertaking research in the broader field of Environmental Engineering and Science with a focus on Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. Dr. Kumar is a graduate in Environmental Engineering and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India. He completed his Ph. D. in Environmental Engineering from Jadavpur University Kolkata India. His primary area of expertise is solid waste management (Municipal Solid Waste Electronic waste etc.) over a wide range of environmental topics including contaminated sites EIA and wastewater treatment. His contributions in thesefields led to a citation of approx. 15300 h-index of 62 and i10-index of 252 (Google scholar). His contributions since inception at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) India in 2000 include approx. 300 refereed publications 05 books and 40 book chapters 10 edited volumes and numerous project reports to various governmental bodies and private local and international academic/research bodies. He is the Associate Editor of peer-reviewed journals of international repute i.e. Environmental Chemistry Letter International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology ASCE Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste. He also served as Editorial Board Member of Bioresource Technology Elsevier during 2017-2023. He has completed more than 22 research projects as PI with 15 (11 awarded) Ph. D. and 20 M. Phil/M. Tech thesis/dissertations. Dr. Kumar was awarded the most prestigious award Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Jean-Paul-Str.12 D-53173 BonnGermany as a Senior Researcher for developing a Global Network and Excellence for more advanced research and technology innovation.