Bioremediation and Biotechnology, Vol 4

Dr. Rouf Ahmad Bhat (Ph.D) is working in Cluster University Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir, India on the capacity of Assistant Professor and has his specialisation in Limnology, Toxicology, Phytochemistry and Phytoremediation. Dr. Bhat has been teaching graduate and post graduate students of Environmental Sciences for the past three years. He is an author of more than 50 research papers and 30 book chapters, and has published more than 15 books with international publishers. He has presented and participated in numerous State, National and International conferences, seminars, workshops and symposium. Dr. Bhat has worked as an associate Environmental Expert in World Bank funded Flood Recovery Project and also Environmental Support Staff in Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded development projects. He has received many awards, appreciations and recognitions for his services to the science of water testing, air and noise analysis. He has served as editorial board member and reviewer of repute international journals. Dr. Bhat is still writing and experimenting with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution.Khalid Rehman Hakeem (Ph.D.) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (Botany; specialization in Plant Eco-physiology and Molecular Biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, in 2011, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, for a short period. Later, he joined Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, and worked there as Postdoctorate Fellow in 2012 and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) from 2013 to 2016. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels; also, he has servedas the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with a number of international research projects with different government organizations. So far, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 35 books with international publishers, including Springer Nature, Academic Press (Elsevier), and CRC Press. He also has to his credit more than 80 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 55 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer of several high-impact international scientific journals from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Cambridge, and John Wiley Publishers. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea. Dr. Hakeem has been listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, since 2014–2019. Currently, Dr. Hakeem is engaged in studying the plant processes at eco-physiological as well as molecular levels.

• Preface.- Concerns and Threats of Heavy Metals Contamination on Aquatic Ecosystem.- Pollution in Aquatic Environs: Sources and consequences.- A Recent Scenario of Groundwater Quality in Northwest Himalaya, India.- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons:  Toxic Effects and their Bioremediation Strategies.- Mechanisms and importance of phytoremediation.- Role of Soil Biota and Associated Threats.- Viability of in-situ and ex-situ bioremediation approaches for degradation of noxious substances in stressed environs.- Bioremediation: A viable approach for degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon.- Application of macrophytes for remediation of wastewater in constructed wetlands.- Application of Biotechnology for restoration of degraded environs.- Role of Free Floating Aquatic Macrophytes in abatement of the disturbed Environs.- Genetically Modified Microbes as Biofertilizers.- Nanotechnology: A Modern Waste management approach.- Restoration of Heavy Metal Contaminated Environs through Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis.- Index.