Algal Biotechnology

Nivedita Sahu received her Ph.D. degree on Marine Algal Biotechnology from the Dept. of Botany, University of Delhi in 2004. She has expertise in algal biology, cultivation, and algal polysaccharides and her research area of interest is Applied Phycology and Industrial Microbiology. She is currently working as Principal Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in algae-based membrane integrated technology for water and wastewater treatment. To her credits, she has 01 Patent, 01 Book, 04 Book Chapters,10 prestigious awards and 25 research papers published in various journals.S. Sridhar is a Chemical Engineer from College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, who has been working as a Scientist in Membrane Separation Processes at the CSIR- IICT, Hyderabad for the past 24 years. He has developed several technologies for chemical industries besides contributing immensely to rural welfare through water purification projects and academic development via \extensive HRD and laboratory development in several schools and colleges. Dr. Sridhar has published 162 research papers in reputed international journals which are widely cited by peers more than 9000 times in high-impact journals with an h-index of 47. He has 12 foreign patents to his credit besides 40 Book Chapters and 200 papers in various symposia/conference proceedings. Dr. Sridhar has trained 400 B.Tech./M.Tech & M.Sc. students from different universities and institutes for project work apart from guiding 8 scholars for Ph.D. Dr. Sridhar’s students have been awarded 50 prizes for meritorious work and the best oral paper/poster presentation made under his guidance in various conferences/symposia.

• THEME I Algae and the Environment1. A Role of Algae in an Aquatic Ecosystem 2. Phytoplankton as Bioindicators3. Bioplastic Production from Algae and Impact on Environment4. Economic Potential of algae for Enhancing Blue Economy 5. Mass Mortality of Kappaphycus alvarezii and Its Subsequent Impact on Marine Phytoplankton Diversity: A Consequence of Climate Change 6. Algal-Derived (By) Products as an Immunostimulant in the Aquaculture IndustryTHEME II Bioremediation Using Algae7. Biological Fuel Cells with Oxygenic Photosynthetic Microorganisms for Wastewater Treatment: State of the Art and Perspectives in Biocathode8. Phycoremediation: A Prospective Technique for Human Welfare9. Biosorption of Heavy Metal by Algae to Meet Clean Environment: The Need of the Hour for a Sustainable Future10. Bioremediation of Hexavalent Chromium Using Microalgae 11. Role of Microalgae in Value Addition and Bioremediation of Wastewater 12. Microalgae for Plastic Biodegradation and Bioplastics Production THEME III Algal-Omics and Applications13. Nuclear Characteristics and Chromosome of Green Algae: A Review14. Current Strategies of Stress Tolerance in Microalgae and Plants15. Metabolic Engineering of Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to Enhance Fuel Precursor Accumulation16. Review of Algal Nanotechnology: Guidelines to Research Scholars17. Microalgae-Based Nanoparticles and Biocomposites for Biomedical Applications18. Recent Biotechnological Advances in Understanding the Omega-3 Fatty Acid Accumulation in Algal LipidsTHEME IV Large-Scale Bioprocesses for Algal Cultivation: Constraints and Challenges19. Neural-Network Approach in Seaweed Research: An Emerging Field for Prediction and Modelling Critical Parameters20. Constraints and Challenges on Large-Scale Cultivation of Economically Important Algae21. Harnessing the Blue-Green Gold: Scaling-Up and Bio-Integrations22. Algal Cultivation for Fuel Production