Fungi in Fuel Biotechnology

Dr. Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani is a Professor of Microbial Biotechnology at the Microbial Biotechnology Department of Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII). His research focus is agricultural microbial bio-products and biorefinery, including biofuels from biomass, biocompost, biopesticides, biofertilizers, and probiotics. Professor Salehi Jouzani has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, achieved more than 8 patents, and transferred two technologies to the private sector (h-index: 20, i10-index: 32). His publications have received 2221 citations. He has supervised more than 60 graduate students. In addition, he serves on the editorial board of several reputed journals including the Bioengineered (Taylor & Francis Online), Iranian Journal of Biotechnology, and Iranian Journal of Microbiology.Dr. Meisam Tabatabaei is an Associate Professor of Environmental Biotechnology (Universiti Teknologi MARA-UiTM, Malaysia) and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Biofuel Research Journal (BRJ) in Canada. Meisam has been working closely with the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) to promote waste-oriented biofuels in the developing world. Since 2016, he has been the lead collaborator of the Lancet Commission on Public Health and Climate Change (UCL, UK) and has published over 250 publications including original research papers and reviews in journals such as The Lancet (Impact Factor: 59.102), Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences (Impact Factor: 26.467), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Impact Factor: 10.556), etc. (Citations: >7350, h-index: 43, i10 index: 147) He is currently also a Guest Professor at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport (Vietnam). Dr. Tabatabaei has been listed on the Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers List (Top 1% scientists in the world) in Engineering Category since 2017. He is the Editor of the Book Volumes "Biogas: Fundamentals, Process, and Operation” and "Biodiesel: from Production to Combustion" which have been published by Springer Nature in 2018 and is on the Editorial/Advisory Board of International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Springer), Data In Brief (Elsevier), MethodsX (Elsevier), and Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects (Taylor & Francis). Meisam is the Associate Editor of Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier; Impact Factor: 6.395) and Frontiers in Energy Research. Dr. Tabatabaei is also the Guest Editor of Special Issues in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier) and Energies (MDPI). Meisam is the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Book Series on Biomass and Biofuels.Dr. Mortaza Aghbashlo is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Iran. He has received University of Tehran’s award for Excellence in Research in 2008, 2012, and 2017. His researchinterests primarily include renewable energies, biofuels, exergy-based analyses, and sustainability assessment. With over 150 technical publications in highly referred journals such as Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences, Fuel, Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, etc., Mortaza is an established researcher in renewable energy technologies, engineering thermodynamics, and thermal engineering. He is also the Co-Editor of the Book Volume "Biodiesel: from Production to Combustion" which has been published by Springer Nature in 2018 and is on the editorial of Biofuel Research Journal and Frontiers in Energy Research.

• Preface.- Biofuels: challenges and the promises of fungi in biofuel production.- Plant pathogenic fungi for bioethanol production: mechanisms of actions.- Plant pathogenic fungi for biodiesel production.- Plant pathogenic fungi for VOCs production.- Plant probiotic fungi as a new source for Bioethanol Production.- Endophytic fungi  for biofuel production.- Brown and white rot fungi for biofuel production.- Gut fungi for biofuel production.- Consolidated bioprocessing: highly efficient fungi for biofuel production.- Process design in fungal-based biofuel production systems.- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of fungal-based biofuel production systems.- Thermodynamics aspects of fungal-based biofuel production systems.- Modeling and optimization to enhance fungal-based biofuel production.- Index.