Contaminants and Clean Technologies

About

Dr. Pankaj Chowdhary was born in 1989 and completed his basic education from Gorakhpur India. He received his B.Sc. (2009) in Zoology Botany and Chemistry from St. Andrews College Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh (UP) India and Post graduation degree (2011) in Biotechnology from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Uttar Pradesh (UP) India. Afterward he obtained his Ph.D. (2018) in the area of Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow Uttar Pradesh India. During Ph.D. his work has mainly focused on role of ligninolytic enzyme producing bacterial strains in the decolorizing & degradation of coloring compounds from distillery wastewater. His main research areas are Microbial Biotechnology Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental contaminants in Industrial wastewaters and Metagenomics. He has edited two International Book entitled Emerging and Eco-friendly Approaches for Waste Management & Microorganisms for Sustainable Environment and Health. He has published many research/review papers in national and international peer reviewed journals of high impact factor published by Springer Elsevier Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Taylor & Francis Group and Frontiers. He has also published many National and International Book chapters & Magazine articles on the biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial pollutants. He has been presented many posters/papers relevant to his research areas in National and International conferences. He is a life member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Kolkata India.