Thermophiles for Biotech Industry

Dr. Jujjavarapu Satya Eswari is currently working as an Assistant professor in Department of Biotechnology at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur, India.  She completed her PhD from IIT Hyderabad / IICT Hyderabad (CSIR lab). She also pursued her research in the areas of bioinformatics and bioprocess and product development. She gained pioneering expertise in the application of mathematical and engineering tools in biotechnological processes. Her fields of specializations include bioinformatics, biotechnology, and process modeling, evolutionary optimization and artificial intelligence. She has more than 35 publications in SCI/Scopus indexed journals and 35 proceedings in international and national conferences. Her research contributions have received wide global citations. She has also published 6 book chapters and 4 books (currently in press) with international publishers. Dr.J. Satya eswari completed 2 sponsored and currently 1 on-going project.  She has a teaching experience of more than 7 years along with a research experience of 3 years. She has conducted various short-term courses on bioprocess development, and soft computing and intelligent techniques. She has delivered invited lectures in various institutes. She visited three countries for international conferences. She has guided more than 47 B.Tech and post-graduate students and is currently supervising 5 Ph.D. students, a project assistant and 7 B.Tech students. She is an active participant in both academic and research activities. She has reviewed various research articles in 20 international journals. She is an active member of various organisations. She has received early career research (ECR) award by DST, IEI young engineer award, Venus Outstanding woman in engineering and DK international best faculty award (2018). Dr. Ramkrishna Sen is a Professor (Bioprocess Engineering) and currently, the Head, Department of Biotechnology and a Joint-Faculty, P K Sinha Center for Bioenergy & Renewables, IIT Kharagpur. He served as a Fulbright Visiting Professor in Columbia University, New York, USA. Prof. Sen also worked as an Assistant Professor in BITS, Pilani for about 2 years and as Manager (R&D-Biotech) in Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ahmedabad for about 3 years. Prof. Sen has been engaged in R&D activities in the areas of Healthcare, Energy, Environment & Water, with a focus on Green Process & Product Development in Microalgal-Microbial Biorefinery models. So far, 21 students have completed their Ph.D under his guidance. Currently 18 Ph.D students including 2 in foreign Universities are working under his supervision. He has about 230 publications in international and national journals, books and conference proceedings and 13 patent applications including 3 international to his credit. Prof. Sen completed 24 sponsored and consultancy projects and has 9 on-going projects. He published a book ‘Biosurfactants’ (Springer-USA). Prof. Sen has been honoured with the Distinguished Alumni Award (Jadavpur University; 2017); Fulbright Visiting Professor Fellowship (USA; 2013–14); UKIERI Award for Academic Visits (UK, 2007); and National Award for Technology Innovation, Government of India (2012). He is a life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and member of European and Asian Federations of Biotechnology. Prof. Sen administered as Vice-Chairman and Chairman (GATE & JAM), IIT Kharagpur from 2015–18. Ms. Swasti Dhagat is currently a research scholar in Department of Biotechnology at National Institute of Biotechnology. She has done her M.Tech in biotechnology from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani, Hyderabad and B.Tech in biotechnology from Banasthali University. She has seven publications in international peer-reviewed journals, few conference proceedings in international and national conferences and a book which is currently in press. She has pursued research from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories in India in the areas of microbiology and environmental biotechnology.

• Introduction.- Heat stable enzymes from thermophilic microorganisms: biochemical properties and commercial application potential.- Proteins and amino acids from thermophilic microorganisms: current research trends and applications.- Platform chemicals by thermophiles.- Biosurfactants, bioemulsifiers and biopolymers from thermophilic microorganisms .- Applications of thermophiles.