Lignocellulosic Biomass to Value-Added Products

Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. His current research activities are focused in four distinct areas viz. i) advanced separation technologies, ii) waste to energy, iii) smart materials for various applications, and iv) process intensification. In each of the area, his goal is to synthesis stimuli responsive materials and to develop a more fundamental understanding of the factors governing the performance of the chemical and biochemical processes. He has more than 20 years of experience in academics and research and published more than 300 papers in different reputed journals (Citation: >16,500, h-index = 75, i-10 index = 193). He has 12 patents and completed 43 sponsored and consultancy projects from various funding agencies. Dr. Dibyajyoti Haldar is an Associate Professor in the Division of Biotechnology at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India. Prior to this he was Assistant Professor at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. Dr. Haldar completed his Post-Doc as an Institute Post-doctoral Fellow at Centre for the Environment of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biochemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Agartala, India and M. Tech in Environmental Science and Technology from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India. of Technology Durgapur (NITDGP), India. His research work includes conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars, enzymatic hydrolysis and kinetics, biofuels, and formation of value-added products derived from agricultural wastes and processes intensification. Dr. Haldar has published more than 50 research and review articles in various SCI-Indexed reputed international journals of high impact factors. Apart from that, Dr. Haldar is the co-author of 4 books published by Elsevier. Moreover, he has also contributed few book chapters published by international publishers. In 2023, Dr. Haldar was enlisted on the World’s Top 2% Scientist list ranked by Stanford University, USA.

• 1. Introduction to lignocellulosic biomass and its potential2. Compositional aspects of lignocellulosic biomass3. Conventional pretreatment methods of lignocellulosic biomass4. Emerging and advanced techniques in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass5. Formation and detoxification of inhibitors6. Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: mechanistic insight and advancement7. Strategies to improve enzymatic production of sugars8. Analytical methods for quantification of sugars and characterization of biomass9. Value-added products derived from lignocellulosic biomass10. Valorization of lignin into high-value products11. Bioenergy from biomass12. Pyrolysis of biomass for value-added products13. Waste to bioenergy in the developed and developing world14. Advanced and emerging technologies for the conversion of biomass to bioenergy15. Challenges and future perspectives involved with various unit operations in the production of bioenergy from biomass