Biographical note

Carlos Ricardo Soccol - Heat Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Division at Federal University of Paraná-Brazil, Mentor of Master and PhD program (1997) at the Federal University of Paraná. Mentor of the Centre for Agro-industrial and Agri-food Biotechnology of Paraná-CENBAPAR (2004). 10 Parana Science and Technology Award (1996). Best Scientific Achievement of the Year 2001 by Ministry of Sugar of Cuba (MINAZ). Scopus/Elsevier Award (2009). Doctor Honoris Causa Université Blaise Pascal-France (2010), Outstanding Scientist Award- 5th International Conference on Industrial Bioprocesses, Taipei-Taiwan (2012). Elected Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences - Engineering Area (2013). Henri Nestlé Prize in Food Science and Technology (2014). Polytech-Reseau Écoles d'Ingénieurs de France Medal (Paris 2015). Medal and Diploma of Merit, CREA-PR (2016). Scientific and Technological Merit, Legislative Assembly of the State of Paraná (2016). Scientist of the Year - Nanocell Institute (2017), Order of Scientific Merit - Commander Class, MCTIC/ Brazil Presidency of the Republic (2018).The IBA Felow- Mexico (2021). Full Professor of Industrial Biotechnology at the Federal University of Paraná and HDR Professor - École Supériure D’Ingénieurs de Luminy, Aix-Marseille Université-France. Editor, Journal Biotechnology Research and Innovation. Vice-President Brazilian Biotechnology Association (2021 - ). Has experience in Industrial Biotechnology, with an emphasis on the following specialities: Bioprocess Engineering and Applied Biotechnology (Agriculture, Food, Human Health, Animal Health, Industrial Biotechnology, Cosmetics, Environment and Bioenergy). To date, he has supervised 25 postdoctoral fellows, 95 doctors, 132 masters and has 1.488 publications/communications, including 35 books, 210 book chapters, 541 full articles published in periodicals, 185 full papers published in event proceedings, 397 abstracts published in event proceedings. He has registered 120 patents, several of which are with companies and have been licensed. His research articles have been cited more than 45.950 times in the Google Scholar Citations database, with an H factor of 104. Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc. Júlio C. de Carvalho is a professor of the Graduate Course of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology at UFPR – Brazil. He obtained his PhD from Federal University of Paraná at Curitiba, Brazil in 2004. After joining UFPR in 2006, he has worked mainly with FD&C bioadditives (especially biopigments and lipids), bioprocess modeling, microalgal biotechnology, bio-based chemicals (especially itaconic acid), and engineering education. He has published 62 papers, 29 book chapters, and 18 patents, with H-index = 21 and 2390 citations (GScholar), and has directly advised students for 4 Doctoral theses and 11 Masters dissertations. Prof. RD Tyagi is an internationally recognized Professor of Biochemical Engineering and biotransformation. He is distinguished professor at School of technology, Huzhou University, China and chief scientific officer at BOSK Bioproducts, Canada. He held Canada Research chair (2004-20180. He also holds an adjunct professor position at the University of Missouri-Columbia, United State. Prof. Tyagi has published more than 600 papers/communications, which include 21 books, 140 book chapters, 10 research reports, 11 patents, etc. He is Associate Editor of Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management ASCE and serves on the editorial board of Process Biochemistry and Bioresource Technology. He has been recognized by many national and international awards and honors. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts’. He conducts research on hazardous/solid waste management, water/wastewater treatment, wastewater sludge treatment/disposal, and bioconversion of wastewater and wastewater sludge into value-added products.