Inaugural Keynote Lecture
Prof. JI-DONG GU
Editor-in-Chief, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, Elsevier
jdgu@hku.hk
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Research Interest
- Ammonia
oxidizing archaea (AOA), anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria,
and nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-damo) bacteria
- The
new archaea which have not been isolated from the ecosystems
- Microbiology
of cultural heritage and conservation of art
- Anaerobic
degradation and mechanisms of alkanes/aromatics in petroleum reservoirs
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Editor/ Associate Editor
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
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Prof. Jega Jegatheesan
Editor in-Chief Environmental Quality Mangement, Wiley
jega.jegatheesan@rmit.edu.au |
Prof. Jega Jegatheesan is presently working as Professor in School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Department, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He has worked in various reputed universities in past including in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, James Cook University Australia as visiting senior lecturer, in School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand · Bangkok and as Associate Professor in School of Engineering in Civil Engineering Deakin University Australia· His research interest is focused in the area of Water (Treatment, Distribution, modelling) Waster water (MBR, Membranes in Agriculture, Aquaculture), Salt Water Intrusion, Resource Recovery (Mine Tailing Ponds, Dye and Salt from Textile Effluent), Novel Technologies (FO, MD) and used of nanotechnology in waste water treatment. He has a combined publication of >200 in various SCI cited journals of high repute, Book Chapters and peer-reviewed conferences with high citation >2000. He is reviewers of different reputed international journals. He is editorial board member and guest editor of many reputed journals like, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal of Water Sustainability, International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technologies, Bioresource Technology.
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Prof Ashok Pandey
Editor-in-Chief, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier
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Professor Ashok
Pandey is a Distinguished Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute for Toxicology
Research and former Chief Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division at
CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at
Trivandrum. He has over 40 years of experience in the field of Biotechnology
and Research. His major research interests are in the areas of microbial,
enzyme and bioprocess technology, which span over various programs, including
biomass to fuels & chemicals, probiotics & nutraceuticals, industrial
enzymes, solid-state fermentation, etc. He has more than 1185
publications/communications, which include 16 patents, 51 books, 130 book
chapters, 460 original and review papers, etc with h index of 83 and more than
27,500 citations. He has transferred several technologies to industries and has
done industrial consultancy for about a dozen projects for Indian/international
industries. He is Founder President of the Biotech Research Society, India
(www.brsi.in); International Coordinator of International Forum on Industrial
Bioprocesses, France (www.ifibiop.org), Chairman of the International Society
for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (www.isees.in) and
Vice-President of All India Biotech Association (www.aibaonline.com).
Prof Pandey is editor-in-chief of Bioresource Technology, Honorary
Executive Advisors of Journal of Water Sustainability, Journal of Energy and
Environmental Sustainability, Subject Editor of Proceedings of National Academy
of Sciences (India), and editorial board member of several international and
Indian journals. He is editor-in-chief of a book series on Current Developments
in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, comprising nine books published by
Elsivier.
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ICBSEE 2020
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Prof. Rintu Banerjee
Professor, Agricultural & Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
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Research Interest
- Food Biotechnology
- Bioenergy
- Enzymology & its Biotechnological applications
- Protein Chemistry
Awards JSPS visiting Scientist Award (2001) Lata Sinha Roy
Memorial Award (2000) Lata Sinha
Roy Memorial Award (2001) NCTD Best
Paper Award All India Convention Modern Waste Water Management (2002) Woman
Scientist Award of the Biotech Research Society of India (2003) Received
Recognition Award from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi
for outstanding contribution in the area of Agricultural Engineering &
Technology (2010) Received
Most Inspiring women Engineer/Scientist for the year-2014, for the exemplary work in the field of Science & Technology by Engineering Watch, New Delhi.
(2014) Received
Panjabrao Deshmukh Award for Outstanding Women Scientist 2012, from ICAR, New
Delhi on 16th July 2013 (2013) Received
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award 2013 for outstanding contribution in the field of
Natural Resource Management and Agricultural Engineering, ICAR, New Delhi on
29th July, 2014 () Best Teacher
Award, Autumn Sem, IIT Kharagpur (2015) Madan Mohan
Malviya Senior Faculty Award (2015) Best Teacher
Award Autumn Semester (2016) Prem Dureja
Endowment Award for Outstanding contribution in the area of Agriculture (2016) Fellow Fellow International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses Bioved Society of India National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI)
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Prof. Ramkrishna Sen
Bioprocess Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
rksen@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.inr
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Dr. Ramkrishna
Sen is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Biotechnology and an
Associate Faculty, P K Sinha Center for Bioenergy-&-Renewables, IIT
Kharagpur. Prof. Sen worked as an Assistant Professor in BITS, Pilani for about
two years and as Manager (R&D-Biotech) in Cadila Pharmaceuticals for three
years. He served as a Fulbright Visiting Faculty in Columbia University, New
York, USA. He has been engaged in R&D activities in the areas of
Healthcare, Energy, Environment and Water, with a focus on Green
Process-&-Product Development for therapeutic biomolecules; Marine
bacterial green-surfactants-&-polymers; Microbial/microalgal biofuels,
value-added products with concomitant flue-gas carbon-dioxide sequestration and
waste valorization in Green-Biorefinery models. So far, 21 Ph.D and 39 Masters
students received their degrees and 15 Ph.D students are presently working
under his supervision. He is now jointly guiding two Ph.D students registered
in Melbourne University, Australia and The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
He has about 200 publications in international and national
journals/books/conference proceedings, and 14 patent applications including one
US, one European and one PCT to his credit. Prof. Sen completed 21 sponsored
projects and is currently implementing 8 sponsored projects. He published a
book ‘Biosurfactants’ (Springer, USA). Prof. Sen has received the (i) Shastri
Indo-Canadian Institute Award (2018); Distinguished Alumni Award – Jadavpur
University (2017); Fulbright Visiting Professor Fellowship (2013–14); Runner-up
in National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals & Downstream
Processing Industries, Government of India (2012) and UKIERI (British Council)
Grant for Academic Visits of Universities in London and Northern-Ireland
(2007-08). He is the founding member of Biological Engineering Society (India).
He is also a life member of IIChE and member of European and Asian Federations
of Biotechnology. He has developed collaborations with many national and
international Universities/Institutes. Prof. Sen administered as Vice-Chairman
and Chairman (GATE & JAM), IIT Kharagpur from 2015-2018.
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Prof. Kannan Pakshirajan
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
IIT Guwahati, India.
pakshi@iitg.ernet.in
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Prof. Kannan Pakshirajan specializes on biological removal of pollutants (organic/inorganic) and resource recovery from wastes. His areas of research interest are Environmental Biotechnology, Biological removal and recovery of inorganic compounds from wastewaters, Biofuels and other Biotechnological Products: production, process design, kinetics and environmental applications He is currently the Head of the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. Prof. Pakshirajan is a recipient of many awards and honours. These include, besides others, Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Award for Young Scientist, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) Young Scientist Award, Hiyoshi Young Leaf Award, Japan, Top Reviewer Award, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Publications. He has authored and co-authored over 130 peer-reviewed journal publications; produced 12 Ph.Ds and guides 7 Ph.D. students. He is an active life member of renowned professional societies which include Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and Biotechnology Research Consortium of India (BRSI).
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Dr Thallada Bhaskar
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) · Materials Resource Efficiency Division
tbhaskar@iip.res.in
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Research Interest
- Thermo-catalytic processes for
biomass conversion to biofuels
- Functional chemicals from
lignocellulosic and algal biomass
- Valorization of lignin
- Design of novel catalytic
materials for biomass conversion and bio-oil upgradation
- Waste plastics conversion
(e-waste, industrial and municipal)
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