Ionic Liquids in Biomass Processing

Harish Kumar Chopra completed his PhD in Organic Chemistry by Punjabi University, Patiala (INDIA) in 1992. He has been working as Professor (since 2009) of Chemistry at Sant Longowal Institute of Engg. & Technology (SLIET), Longowal, Punjab, India. He has served as Dean and as Registrar at SLIET, Longowal in addition to being Full time Professor. Parmjit S. Panesar is currently working as Professor & Dean (Planning & Development), Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology Longowal, Punjab. He has more than 25 years of teaching & research experience and also served in administrative positions as Dean and Head, Department of Food Engineering & Technology, SLIET Longowal. In 2005, he has been awarded BOYSCAST fellowship by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, to carry out advance research at Chembiotech labs, University of Birmingham Research Park, UK.

• 1. Fundamentals of Ionic liquids & Biomass Processing2. Challenges and Opportunities in Biomass Processing3. Deep Eutectic Solvents in Biomass Processing4. Wood & Woody Biomass Processing5. Herbaceous Biomass Conversion6. Agricultural Biomass Processing7. Aquatic Biomass Processing8. Animal Biomass waste Processing9. Industrial Biomass Processing10. Production of Biofuels from Biomass11. Production of Value-Added Products from ionic liquid mediated Biomass conversion12. Commercially attractive process for production of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) from Biomass13. Ionic liquid nanoparticles in Biomass Processing14. Biomass conversion into Advanced Materials (Hydrogels/Composites) utilizing Ionic Liquids15. Advanced applications and Future Prospects in Biomass processing