Abha Kumari is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Centre for Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. She has earlier served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India, Visiting Researcher at the Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan, DBT Postdoctoral Fellow at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, and Postdoctoral Fellow at Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, etc.Sang-Hyoun Kim is a full professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University and the Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Fellow (Top 10 faculty in Yonsei University). He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), where he also got his master and bachelor degrees in Civil Engineering and Chemistry, respectively.