Biographical note

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Awasthi is associate professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China. His major research interests include a wide range of microbiology, environment science, biotechnology & bioengineering. He is associate editor of Bioengineered, Bioenergy & Biofuels, BMC- Microbiology, BioEnergy Research, Environment, Development and Sustainability & Frontier in microbiology. He is also editorial board member of Science of the total environment, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Integrated Publishing Association, & Journal of Basic and Applied Mycology. Dr. Sindhu current research focus is on biofuels, biopolymers and microbial enzymes. She is an editorial board member of Journals – BioEnergy Research, Annals of Agricultural and Crop Sciences, Journal of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Resources, Journal of Innovations and Applied Research and EC Microbiology. She is a reviewer of 108 SCI Journals in the field of bioprocesses and products. She is a National Honorary Advisory Board Member of Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES, India), Expert Reviewer of BIRAC – BIG scheme, Chairperson of Kerala Technical University – Food Technology and Chemical Engineering, Board of Studies Member- St. Josephs College and Chairperson of Institute Ethical Committee- Santhigiri Scientific Industrial Research Institute. Dr. Balasubramani Ravindran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Energy and Engineering, at Kyonggi University, Suwon-Si, South Korea. His research focuses on solid waste treatment and wastewater generated from domestic and industrial sources through aerobic and anaerobic fermentation, composting and vermicomposting, activated carbon, biochar or black carbon amendments, nanotechnology applications, and phytotoxic/plant growth studies. Dr. Ravindran has over 150 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, filed patents, edited books, and published book chapters. He has received national and international research grant funds for his research projects. He serves as an academic editor, editorial board member, or guest editor on several international journals. Dr. YAN Binghua is a professor at Hunan Agricultural University, Hundred-talent of Hunan Province, China, Research Fellow of the Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture Hong Kong Baptist University. Dr. Yan received her PhD from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2015. In the same year she joined Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 2019, she moved to Hunan Agricultural University as a full professor. Her main research interest focuses on sustainable waste management and disposal, resources recovery from waste, greenhouse gases from waste management, biological nutrients removal and recovery. She has published > 50 research papers, >30 conference presentations and 5 book chapters on sustainable waste management, wastewater treatment and resource recovery. She has documented nine patents, five of which were granted. As a PI, she has been supported by more than ten research projects including National Natural Science Foundation of China and Key Research and Development Program, Special Project of Low Carbon, etc. Now, she serves as editorial board of Environment Technology and Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers in Environmental Science. She also serves as national and provincial project evaluation expert of research projects. She is the life member of International Bioprocessing Association (LM 263).