Bioprospecting of Multi-tasking Fungi for a Sustainable Environment

Dr Kiran Babu Uppuluri graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur. For the past eighteen years, he has been engaged in developing, modelling, optimizing, and intensifying a bioprocess for various biochemicals like biofuels, therapeutic enzymes, and biopolymers. The primary focus is on the utilization of agricultural feedstocks for the production of biofuels. Dr Kiran has also been involved in the bioprospecting of indigenous fungi. He has more than 50 peer-reviewed international publications and has delivered numerous oral and posters presentations in numerous international meetings.Dr. Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian is currently working as Head and associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, India. He received his doctorate degree from National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India. He was awarded post-doctoral fellowship by Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 2015, Germany. His major research interests are waste valorization and wastewater treatment. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and edited 8 books. Dr Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian was listed in Top 2% (2021, 2022 and 2023) most cited research scientists in the world as per data published by Stanford University USA.

• 1. A comprehensive analysis of waste and pollutant origin: Fungi.- 2. Fungi Potential Applications in Sustainable Packaging.- 3. Utilizing aerobic and anaerobic mesophilic fungi for the production of multienzymes.- 4. Bioprospecting of cellulases-producing fungi for biofuel applications.- 5. Bioprospecting for novel fungal hemicellulases for hemicellulose degradation: Recent advances, applications and future directions.- 6Bioprospecting of Fungi for the Production of Pectinase and Other Industrial Enzymes.- 7. Bioprospecting of fungi for lignin degradation and enzyme production.- 8. Bioprospecting of Fungi to Produce Protease and Amylase.- 9. Fungi as Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Approach to Agriculture.- 10. Synergistic Interactions of Fungi and Biochar for Various Environmental Applications.- 11. Mycosorption and Mycoremediation: Fungi as the Tools for Heavy Metal Removal.- 12. Simultaneous removal of heavy metals and production of fungal enzymes.- 13. Biodegradation of Industrial Pollutants using Fungi.- 14. Challenges and Safety Regulations for Employing Fungi in Environmental Applications.- 15. Bioprospecting of multi-tasking fungi for synthesizing metal nanoparticles for environmental applications.- 16. Dual application of waste treatment and fungal cultivation /metabolite production.