Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad is currently Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India in various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist in several international universities.

• 1. Recycling biowaste for resources to reduce pollution2. Resource recovery and pollution control for vinasse, a byproduct of the alcohol industry3. Recovery of energy and new materials from gaseous pollutants4. Recovery of energy and new materials Soil pollutants for5. Biochar production from biowaste to protect the environment and for sustainable agriculture6. Making biochar from organic wastes to reduce pollution on contaminated areas7. Biosorbents from biowaste for the removal and recovery of metals8. Oleaginous yeast and microalga for the synthesis of biodiesel from wastewater9. Valorization of sludge for energy10. Recovery of energy and new materials from gaseous pollutants11. Recovery of energy and new materials Soil pollutants for12. Utilization of ferrous and copper slags and other industrials solid wastes for sustainable development13. Biosolids application for Mine site rehabilitation and revegitation14. Utilization of ferrous and copper slags and other industrials solid wastes for sustainable development15. Asbestos: Waste Management and Resource Recovery16. The resource potential of waste gypsum, both natural and synthetic17. Resource recovery from Red Mud18. Red mud usefulness in glass-ceramics19. Technologies for recovery of precious metals from waste20. Extracellular electron transfer-based resource recovery from wastewater21. Acid Mine Drainages: Hydrochemistry, Environmental Impact, Resource Recovery and Pollution Prevention22. Pollution Reduction Drives Economic Recovery by Restoring Smelter Industrial Barrens23. The structure, chemistry, and relevance of clay minerals in polluted settings and geological CO2 sequestration24. Zeolite for nitrogen removal from farm effluents25. Reusing bottom ashes26. Crystallization of struvite and its analog (K-struvite), from waste streams for Recycling nutrients