Microbe-assisted Remediation of Heavy Metals in Wastewater

Manikant Tripathi (Author) Dr Manikant Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the Biotechnology Program at Dr Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, India with more than ten years of teaching and research experience. After passing MSc and qualifying the National Eligibility Test, he completed a PhD program in Microbiology. He received research fellowship by the University Grants Commission, India, and awards by various scientific societies in international and national conferences. His primary research interest is to explore different efficient strategies toward bioremediation of environmental pollutants and microbial biotechnology. Dr Tripathi has published many research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals and has edited books with Springer Nature, Bentham Science and Elsevier. He is an active member of various scientific societies. Presently, he is working on microbial technology, waste management, biomass valorization, bioactives, and nanobiotechnology.Sukhminderjit Kaur (Author) Dr Sukhminderjit Kaur is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. She has more than 25 years of experience in academics and research. Her research mainly focuses on applied microbiology, biofertilizers, probiotics and bioremediation. She has published more than 62 research and review articles in high-impact journals and has contributed to several book chapters. She holds two patents for biofertilizer formulations and has edited four books with Springer Nature. She continues to guide PhD students and is a member of many scientific societies with an objective to contribute at advancing microbial applications for environment and agricultural sustainability.Neha Srivastava (Series Edited By) Neha Srivastava received a PhD in Biotechnology from Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, SHIATS, India in 2016 in the area of bioenergy. She works in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. She has published more than 28 research articles in peer reviewed journals and has filed 3 patents, 1 technology transfer and edited 7 books. She has many popular social scientific articles in newspapers and has 11 potential deposited microorganisms in her credit. Presently, she is working on bioprocess technology and biofuels production (Microbial screening and enzymes; production and enhancement, biohydrogen production from waste biomass, bioethanol production).

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