Biofuels and Bioenergy

Dr Baskar Gurunathan is Professor of Biotechnology in St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, India. He has published more than 150 research and review articles in National and International Journals, 15 book chapters, and 3 books. He has delivered invited lectures and chaired technical sessions in national and international conferences. His current research areas are biofuels and bioenergy, nanocatalysis, therapeutic proteins, industrial enzymes and nanomedicine. He is the editorial board member of several journals, recipient of Outstanding Reviewer Awards from various Elsevier Journals. He has received Outstanding Researcher in Renewable Energy Award from the Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi in 2016 and Young Scientist Award 2015 from the International Bioprocessing Association, France in 2017. Recently he received the ‘Prof S B Chincholkar Memorial Award 2019’ of the Biotech Research Society, India for his outstanding work in the area of Biofuels and Food Biotechnology. Dr. Govindarajan Venkatesh is an Associate Professor at the Karlstad University in Sweden. He holds two master’s degrees – Mechanical Engineering (India) and Industrial Ecology (Norway). He has a rich publishing background (both peer-reviewed scientific journals. His teaching and researching include sustainable development, life-cycle analysis (environmental and social), circular bioeconomy, and thermodynamics.

• 1. Biofuels and bioenergy production in a circular bioeconomy – a brief overview2. Circular bioeconomy: The role of science and technology in biofuels and bioenergy production3. Agricultural residues as a viable source of sustainable biofuel4. Utilization of Agricultural Residues in Biofuels and Bioenergy Production through Biorefinery Routes5. Valorization of waste biomass sources to biofuels, bioenergy and biomaterials: Integration of conversion technologies6. Economic Importance of Circular Bioeconomy Approaches in Biofuels Production7. The role of microbial Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) in the production of biofuels: A sustainable approach towards a circular bioeconomy8. Promoting Biohydrogen Production for an Environmentally Sustainable Energy Economy in Addressing Climate Change9. Biorefinery Avenues for Processing Urban Solid Waste: Potential for Value Added Chemicals and energy10. Technological advancements in biofuel, bioproducts and bioenergy production from fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass11. Food wastes (corn cob) as biomass for bioethanol production- a circular bioeconomy approach12. Sustainable bioethanol production from the pre-treated waste lignocellulosic feedstocks13. Integrated Biorefinery Approach to Lignocellulosic and Algal Biomass Fermentation Processes14. Algal Biorefinery: An approach towards effective and profitable utilisation of freshwater micro algae15. Towards A Greener Future: Biorefinery Approaches for Sustainable Algae - Based Products16. Modelling, energy analysis and GHG-footprint analysis of a proposed industrial symbiotic system including algal cultivation, a combined heat and power plant and a wastewater treatment plant17. Multiomics approaches for the improvement of Biofuel in microalgae18. Algal chemical genetics approaches for sustainable energy production in Microalgae19. Multi-Products recovery from marine macroalgal biomass through incorporation of biorefinery techniques20. Biorefinery approaches for utilization of Marine macroalgae21. Biomass-Fueled Microbial Electrochemical Systems: A Renewable Energy Solution22. Clean production of valuable chemicals from ethanol by catalytic transformation in a fixed bed catalytic reactor23. Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of biorefineries24. AI in Circular Economy - The Next Step for Sustainable Revolution25. Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Bioenergy for maximizing the efficiency