Bioremediation of Pollutants

Prof. Vijai Singh is currently serving as Head of the Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Dean (Research & Innovation) at Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, India. Prior to this, he held the position of Associate Professor in the same department at Indrashil University. He has also served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at the Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, and in the Department of Biotechnology at the Invertis University, Bareilly, India. Earlier of his career, Prof. Singh worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Synthetic Biology Group at the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Paris, France and at the School of Energy & Chemical Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea. He earned his Ph.D. in Biotechnology in 2009 from the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India. His doctoral research focused on the development of molecular and immunoassays for the diagnosis of Aeromonas hydrophila. Prof. Singh’s research interests lies in the design and construction of novel biosynthetic pathways for production of medically and industrially important biomolecules. His laboratory is also actively engaged in developing CRISPR-Cas systems for gene knock out, knock in, gene regulation and diagnostic. With over 15 years of research and teaching experience, his areas of expertise include synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, microbiology, and industrial microbiology. He has an extensive academic record, with over 110 articles, 89 book chapters, 26 books and 3 patents to his credits. Prof. Singh has received number of prestigious awards, including the Bioclues Innovation, Research and Development Award (2023) from the BIOCLUES Society, the Vice Chancellor's Best Research Award (2023) from Indrashil University, and the Agathiyar Chemical Biology Award (2023) from the Society of Chemical and Synthetic Biology. At Indrashil University, he currently serves as chairman of the Board of Study, and is a member of the Academic Council of Indrashil University. He also holds the position of the Member Secretary of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC) at the university. Dr. Singh is actively involved in national and international scientific advisory roles. Dr. Vimal Chandra Pandey is an applied research scientist of phyto- and phycoremediation at Chandigarh University, India. He obtained his PhD from Dr. RML Avadh University and conducted post-doctoral research at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India. Dr. Pandey’s research focuses on the remediation and management of polluted sites using ecologically and socio-economically valuable plants and algae. His work focuses strongly on restoring ecosystem services and developing a bio-based economy in support of the UN SDGs. Dr. Pandey is a member of the IUCN commission on Ecosystem Management and the National Academy of Sciences, India. He is the author and editor of several books, including Elsevier’s Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes in Cities, Bioremediation of Pollutants, and more.

• Part I Phytoremediation1 Phytoremediation—a holistic approach for remediation ofheavy metals and metalloids2 Role of potential native weeds and grasses for phytoremediationof endocrine-disrupting pollutants discharged from pulp paperindustry waste3 Transgenic plants in phytoremediation of organic pollutants4 Progress, prospects, and challenges of genetic engineering inPhytoremediation5 Recent advances in phytoremediation using genome engineeringCRISPR-Cas9 technologyPart II Microbial Remediation6 Endophytes—the hidden world for agriculture, ecosystem, andenvironmental sustainability7 Engineering bacterial aromatic dioxygenase genes to improveBioremediation8 Microbial remediation progress and future prospects9 Development of biologically-based activated carbon for advancedwater and wastewater treatment process10 The role of microorganism bioremediation for sustainableenvironment management11 Bioreactor and bioprocess technology for bioremediation ofdomestic and municipal wastewater12 Metagenomics approach for bioremediation: challenges andPerspectives13 Microbial bioremediation of industrial effluents and pesticides14 Synthetic biology approaches for bioremediation15 Microbial indicators and biosensors for bioremediation16 Biosurfactant-based bioremediation17 Engineered bacteria for bioremediation18 Biofilm in bioremediation19 Genetic engineering approaches for detecting environmentalPollutants20 Current status, challenges, and future of bioremediation21 Engineered microbes and evolving plastic bioremediationtechnology