Fungal Waste Biomass Management for Energy, Environment and Value-Added Products

Dr. Dan Bahadur PalB. Tech, M. Tech, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh India Dr. Pal is currently working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh India. He has received his M. Tech in 2011 and Ph.D. in 2017, in the field of Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Before that, he has completed his B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow in 2006. Dr Pal completed doctorate degree in the field of nanotechnology and catalysis. These nanofibers have very promising potential to provide benefits to nanotechnologies, energy, environment, catalysts, sensors etc. While pursuing research I got the total number of 92 publications in the international referred journals and six book, thirty book chapters. From all the publication I got 3027 citations with 24 h-index and 54i-10-indexes. Dr. Pal’s research interest is nano-technology, catalysis, energy and environment and waste management with a special focus in developing process and materials by using waste as raw materials. He also prefers to work on bio-waste processing and value addition.Dr Swarn Lata Bansal B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph. D in Chemistry from Lucknow UniversityWorking as Research Associate in Kanpur DAV College, Kanpur, UP, India. Dr Bansal completed doctorate degree in the field of biotechnology and environment. While pursuing research I got the total number of 12 publications in the international referred journals and conference papers and book chapters.

• Sustainable Hybrid Composites, Constructed from Cellulose Nanofibrils and Wood Fungal Mycelium.- Fungal Waste Biomass as a Feedstock for Polylactic Acid (PLA) Production.- Utilizing Fungal Mycelium in Bio-Nanocomposites as A Replacement for Chemically Synthesized Light Weight Polymers.- Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis on Setting Up of Pilot Scale Plants.- Importance of Utilizing Fungus Rather Than Bacteria for Biomass Valorization.- Extraction and Purification of Essential Oils from Food Waste Biomass.- Exploring the Potential of Fungal Biomass in the Evolution of Polylactic Acid (PLA) Biocomposites.- Biochar from Bio-Based Materials : Applications, Clean Technologies and Novel Production Methods.- Advanced Materials from Fungal Mycelium: Fabrication and Tuning of Physical Properties.- Rice Polishing as a Substrate for Fungal Biomass and Protein Production by Trichoderma harzianum and Candida utilis.- Enzymes Playing Their Specific Roles in Biomass Waste Management.- Production of Hemicellulose from Biomass and Agricultural/Food Waste Contains Lignocellulosic Materials.- Extraction and Purification of Essential Oils from Food Waste-Derived Waste Biomass.