Biotemplated Catalysts

Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Taylor’s University, Malaysia, with a PhD in ChemicalEngineering from Shiraz University, Iran. Although his research spans gas separation and purification, green energy, nanofluids, microfluidics, and catalyst synthesis, Dr. Makarem has also established a strong reputation as an editor and contributor to scholarly publishing.He has served as Editor or Co-editor for numerous books, book series, and major reference works published by well-known academic publishers. His editorial contributions encompass a wide range of scientific and engineering disciplines, including carbon capture and storage, bioenergy, greenhouse gases, hydrotreating technologies, oily wastewater, crises in chemical industries, hydrogen energy, methanol production, homogeneous catalysis, nanofluids, synthesis gas, natural gas, and renewable energy systems. Through these efforts, he hashelped shape authoritative resources that serve as critical references for researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers worldwide. By combining his deep technical expertise with editorial leadership, Dr. Makarem continues to advance knowledge dissemination in chemical engineering and energy sciences, supporting the global scientific community through high-impact publishing initiatives. Dr. Maryam Meshksar is currently a Process Engineer at Petrochemical Industries Design and Engineering Company (PIDEC). Beside theexperience of design and construction of oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, she has worked at Shiraz University as a research associate for more than 2 years because she got her PhD in Chemical Engineeringfrom this university in 2022. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In gas separation, sheis working on the membrane separation process, and in the clean energy field, she has more than 14 articles on different reforming-based processes for syngas production from methane experimentally. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for these processes that are tested for the first time. Thesecatalysts were synthesized via hard templating materials like leaf biotemplates and glucose.Dr. Meshksar has also contributed significantly to the writing and editing of numerous booksand book chapters for esteemed publishers like Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. She served aseditor of several book series on the fields of greenhouse gases, synthesis gases, natural gas, and homogeneous catalysis. Dr. Uddandarao Priyanka is a Researcher and Academician specializing in nanobiotechnology and environmental biotechnology applications. She is currently working as an Adhoc Faculty Member in theDepartment of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh, where she teaches courses related to bioprocessengineering and downstream processing and supervises several undergraduate research projects. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, followed by a postdoctoral research position at the University of Galway in the Republic of Ireland, funded by Science Foundation Ireland.Her research focuses on microbial nanobiohybrids, photocatalytic degradation of pollutants, and wastewater treatment, and she has published extensively in internationally reputed scientific journals. She has been the recipient of multiple national and international recognitions, including the Water Advanced Research and Innovation Fellowship funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the Indo–United States Science and Technology Forum and a Summer Research Fellowship funded by the Department of Science and Technology in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Priyanka also serves as co-editor for scientific books published by the International Water Association Publishing and Elsevier, and she actively contributes to academic workshops, seminars, and international conferences, demonstrating her commitment to scientific research, teaching, and outreach.

• SECTION I: Biotemplates characteristics1 Catalysts history, importance, and typesMohammad Amin Makarem, Siew Wei Phang2 Biotemplates importance and benefits in catalysis compared with other templatesSaad A. El-Sayed3 Soft- and hard-biotemplated methods for catalyst synthesis and structural differenceMaryam MeshksarSECTION II: Biotemplates origins4 Plant-based biotemplates for catalyst synthesisSalim Newaz Kazi5 Algae and microalgae biotemplates for catalyst preparationArun Sakthivel6 Proteins, DNAs, yeasts, and peptide-based biotemplates for catalyst synthesisJayant Haridas Pisal, Vasudha Kannan, Nitish Venkateswarlu Mogili7 Animals-based biotemplates for catalyst synthesisMahboubeh Houshiar, Zoheir Salemi, Masoud MofarahiSECTION III: Biotemplated catalysts types8 Biotemplated zeolite-type catalystsPonnu Sabu, Blessy Thankachan, Azin Maria Biju, Vishnu Manirethan9 Biotemplated carbonic catalystsElnaz Sharifi, Ali Zarei, Masoud Mofarahi10 Biotemplated silica composites and catalystsAnanya Nitin Kanade, Sri Keerthana Gopalakrishnan, Shiva Krithika Srinivasan, Arumugam Arumugam11 Biotemplated ceramicsWajahat Ahmed Khan, Kaleemullah Shaikh, Salim Newaz Kazi, Mohd Nashrul Mohd ZubirSECTION IV: Applications of biotemplated catalysts12 Biotemplated catalysts for thermochemical reactionsVitaly V. Chaban13 Biotemplated catalysts for electrochemical applicationsOscar E. Medina, Dahiana Galeano-Caro, Karol Zapata, Esteban A. Taborda, Camilo A. Franco, Farid B. Cortés14 Biotemplated catalysts for photocatalysisParakala Sai Sri Krishna, Hema Putti, Uddandarao Priyanka15 Biotemplated catalysts for biomedical applicationsAtiyeh Heydari Zefreh, Ehsan Nikmanesh, Masoud Mofarahi16 Biotemplated catalysts for environmental applicationsVitaly V. Chaban17 Application of biotemplates in sustainable chemistryFarah Lachquer, Jamil ToyirSECTION V: Biotemplated catalysts challenges18 Environmental challenges associated with biotemplated catalystsMohammadali Kiehbadroudinezhad, Khaled Zoroufchi Benis, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha19 Economic assessment of biotemplated catalysts and challengesMohammadali Kiehbadroudinezhad, Adel Merabet, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha20 Scale-up strategies and industrialization challenges for biotemplate catalystsMohammad Gholipour, Masoud Mofarahi21 Biotemplated catalysts for hydrogen productionAisha H. Al-Moubaraki, Zarah Alqarni