Metagenomics to Bioremediation

Vineet Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (GGV), Bilaspur, India and teaches Environmental Microbiology and Cell and Molecular Biology at the same Institution. Before his joining, he worked as Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator at the Vinayak Vidyapeeth, Meerut, India. Kumar received M.Sc. and M.Phil. degree in Microbiology from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimaro Ambedkar (A Central) University, Lucknow, India and later worked at the Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow, India as a Guest Faculty. He was a Senior Researcher in the School of Environmental Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India and worked on biodiesel production from oleaginous microbes and industrial sludge. He awarded a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, India to support his doctoral work on “Distillery Wastewater Treatment” in 2012. His research interests include Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Metagenomics, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Monitoring, and Bioenergy and Biofuel Production. Currently, his research mainly focuses on the development of integrated and sustainable methods that can help in minimizing or eliminating hazardous substances in the environment. He is the author of numerous research/review articles published in international peer-reviewed journals from Springer Nature, Frontiers, and Elsevier on the different aspects of bioremediation, phytoremediation, and metagenomics of industrial waste polluted sites. In addition, he has published 10 Books on Phytoremediation and Bioremediation from CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), and Elsevier Inc., USA. His recently published books are ‘Recent Advances in Distillery Waste Management for Environmental Safety’ (From CRC Press; Taylor & Francis Group, USA), and ‘New Trends In Removal Of Heavy Metals From Industrial Wastewater’ (From Elsevier Inc. USA), Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advances and Challenges (from CRC Press; Taylor & Francis Group, USA). He is also a reviewer for many other international journals. He is an active member of numerous scientific societies and has served on the editorial board of the journal Current Research in Wastewater Management. As part of his interest in teaching biology, he is founder of the Society for Green Environment, India (website: www.sgeindia.org). He can be reached at drvineet.micro@gmail.com; vineet.way18@gmail.com. Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS. He has obtained his Ph.D. in 1998 from Allahabad University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. He has experience of 25 years in teaching and research Environmental Microbial Technology, Nano-biotechnology, herbal technology, herbal antimicrobials, and IPR. He has published more than 60 original research and review articles and 10 book chapters in various reputed national and international journals. He has been awarded a Fellow of various national level scientific societies viz., Indian Botanical Society, Indian Phytopathological Society, Indian Society of Plant Pathologist, International Young Scientist Association. He obtained Patents on some herbal product for the control of fungal disease in humans from USA, UK, Japan, and India: Presently he is trying to develop some eco-friendly technology as microbial-based fuel-cells, biodegradable polythene, and bioremediation of toxic pollutant from the environment. Prof. Vinod Kumar Garg is presently working as Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India. Previously, he has worked at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology and CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, in different capacities. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, Biotech Research Society of India, Indian Nuclear Society etc. He was elected Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India in 2011. He has completed several research projects funded by various funding agencies. He was awarded “Thomson Reuters Research Excellence – India Citation Awards 2012”.

• Section I: Introduction to Bioremediation and Metagenomics1. Bioremediation for Environmental Cleanup2. Recent Trends in Bioremediation of Heavy metals3. Recent advances in bioremediation by metagenomics - based approach for pharmaceutical derived pollutants4. Metagenomics in Bioremediation: Recent advances, Challenges, and Perspectives5. Metagenomic Approaches for Understanding Microbial Communities in Contaminated Environments: State-of-the-art, Case Studies and Future Outlook6. Microbial enzymes and their budding roles in bioremediation: Foreseen tool for combating environmental pollution.7. Interface of ‘Meta -Omics’ in Gut Biome Remediation to unravel the complications of environmental pollutantsSection II: Bioremediation and Metagenomics in Environmental Remediation8. Bioremediation: A favorable perspective for elimination of Heavy Metal-Polluted Soil9. Metagenomic analysis in bioremediation of metal for environmental cleanup10. Microbial Community and their Role in Bioremediation of Polluted e-Waste Sites11. Metagenomic analysis of wastewater for water quality assessment12. The proteome mapping – Metabolic modeling, and functional elucidation of the microbiome in the remediation of dyes and treating industrial effluents13. Wastewater Treatment Processes and Microbial Community14. Water quality and wastewater treatment for human health and environmental safety15. Bioremediation of petrochemical sludge from soils16. Bioremediation of Nuclear Waste Effluent using Different Communities of Microbes17. Metagenomics of contaminated wetland sediment in a tropical region18. Hydrocarbons and Environmental Pollution: Metagenomics Application as a Key Tool for Bioremediation19. A Complete Review on Anaerobes and Nano- particles in Wastewater TreatmentSection III: Plant Microbes Association in Environmetal Remediation20. Metagenomic approach of psychrotrophic and psychrophilic microbes in bioremediation21. Nano- and Phytoremediation Techniques for Textile Wastewater Treatment and Successive Production of Fertilizers22. Plant-Microbes Association: Psychrophilic and psychrotrophic microorganisms associated to plants and their potential environmental services23. Metal-organic frameworks-based emerging platforms for recognition and monitoring of environmentally hazardous organic contaminants24. Bioaugmentation of metal phytoremediation through plant microbe interactionsSection IV: Emerging Green Technologies in Bioremediation and Metagenomics25. Lignin-Based Hybrid Materials in Wastewater Cleanup26. Immobilized enzyme reactors for Bioremediation27. Biochar Processing for green and sustainable remediation: Wastewater treatment, Bioenergy and Future Perspective28. High-throughput Sequencing Technologies in Metagenomics29. Genetically Engineered Microbes for Bioremediation and Phytoremediation of Contaminated Environment30. Proteomics Monitoring of Microbes in Environmental Contaminants31. Development of Biosensors for Application in Industrial Biotechnology32. Microbial enzymes: Versatile tools for pollution abatement