Metal Value Recovery from Industrial Waste Using Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Technologies

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Dr. Dimitrios Giannakoudakis graduated as chemist from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in Greece where he obtained also two M.Sc. degrees (in Physical-chemistry & Electrochemistry and in New Educational Technologies). He received his PhD degree on Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry” from the City University of New York (CUNY) with full scholarship in 02/2017. Then he continued as postdoctoral-fellow and adjunct tutor at the City College of New York AUTh and the Institute of Physical Chemistry (IChF) of Polish Academy of Sciences. Afterwards he served at IChF as adj. Assistant Professor and tutor of Modern nano-Topics in Physical Chemistry”. Currently he is Research Associate and tutor at AUTh. He has co-authored more than 105 publications in leading peer-reviewed journals (avg. Impact Factor as 1st author above 11) with the articles to be cited more than 3000 times one monograph by Springer three edited books by Elsevier more than 20 book chapters and 3 invention patents. For more details: www.DaGchem.com Prof. (Dr) Papita Das is Professor Department of Chemical Engineering and Director School of Advanced Studies in Industrial Pollution Control Engineering Jadavpur University Kolkata. She has expertise in highly topical domains of chemical engineering related to Environmental Pollution Control. The research done in her laboratory addresses known and emerging environmental concerns that continues to plague us with an emphasis on clay-based liner materials nanoparticles bio-polymeric film for the clean-up of contaminated soil water and other environmental compartments. Over the years her research team has made notable contributions on several key areas related to Environmental Sustainability” which have been recognized with various awards in recent years. Further her research has produced over 175 International Journal publications 50+ Book Chapters 12 Books 2 Edited Books and 100+ Conferences which have been well received by the global scientific community. Professor Parimal is currently serving as HAG Professor (Higher Administrative Grade) and the senior most professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering National Institute of Technology Durgapur A Govt. of India Autonomous Institute of National importance. A Master of Technology from the Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur he joined academia in 1990 with a few years field experience in Indian Oil Corporation Limited the most profitable and largest petroleum industry in India. He holds PhD degree from Jadavpur University Kolkata. Professor Pal developed a dozen of membrane-based green technologies and software for chemical and allied process industries. He has already earned patent rights of half a dozen novel technologies and copyright of two process optimization and control software. Dr. Pal supervised around one and a half dozen doctoral and postdoctoral thesis work. Dr. Jayato Nayak is a prominent researcher with more than 9 years of experience in the field of novel design and applications embracing the theme of process intensification. His core expertise includes Process Intensification Bioprocess Engineering water and wastewater treatment graphene integrated photocatalyst development and biosynthesis of value-added products. Currently along with the national collaboration with IITs NITs and CSIR Labs he has extended research collaborations with research professionals in Poland Brazil Malaysia Vietnam etc. Till August 2022 he has published 25 international SCI/SCOPUS indexed peer reviewed journal papers more than 10 book chapters and filed 3 patents. As of now with huge number of citations he is having high h-index and i10- index. He is providing his expertise as Resource person for several Webinars and FDPs: and as Senior Editor Review Editor Guest Editor Editorial board member and recognized reviewer of more than 15 international journals. He has received 2 best research awards and 5 distinguished awards from various National and International organizations. Dr. Sankha Chakrabortty an assistant professor of School of Biotechnology/Chemical Technology KIIT Deemed to be University India is a renowned researcher with over 10 years of expertise in the domains of Environmental Engineering and Green Technology. He has had his research published in over 32 SCI/SCOPUS indexed high impact factor journals and has filed seven patents. He has garnered 14 awards/achievements from different organizations over the course of his ten-year research career. He received the SPRINGER publisher's Best Paper Award-2015 in 2015 and the Best Researcher Award- 2020 from an international organisation last year as well as the NESA Young Scientist of the Year 2020 from the National Environmental Science Academy. In addition Dr. Chakrabortty received another award from KIIT University in the field of STE-Young Scientist Award (Faculty Category) for his remarkable research effort.