Biodegradation and Detoxification of Micropollutants in Industrial Wastewater

Izharul Haq is currently working as Post Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He has completed his Post graduation in Environmental Microbiology from BBA University, Lucknow and PhD in Microbiology from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. Before joining of PDF, he was Assistant Professor at JECRC University, Jaipur, India. He has exposure in the field of bioremediation and detoxification of emerging pollutants from industrial wastewater using microbial approaches. He has published many research papers in reputed national and international journals with high impact factor and reviewed peer review journal. He also has published book chapters and magazine article in reputed international books. Dr Haq currently supervising two M Tech students of Environmental Engineering field. He is a life member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Kolkata and Vigyan Bharti, India Ajay S. Kalamdhad is working as professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He obtained his Bachelors, Masters and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from GEC Jabalpur, VNIT Nagpur and IIT Roorkee respectively. Prior to joining IIT Guwahati in 2009, he was an Assistant Professor at VNIT Nagpur and worked in various projects at RRL, Bhopal (Now AMPRI, Bhopal) and NEERI, Nagpur. His research team is working on solid waste management by microbial and vermicomposting, aerobic and anaerobic digestion of kitchen waste and industrial sludge for biogas production, Composting of water hyacinth using different composting technologies. He also serves as an editorial board member/reviewer for several national/international journals of repute. Currently, Prof Kalamdhad supervising 18 PhD and 11 M Tech students and more than 10 PhD and 35 M Tech dissertations have been completed under his supervision. In addition, Prof. Kalamdhad has handled 9 major R&D projects funded by various agencies. He has published more than 150 research papers in national and international journals of repute. He also has published 6 book chapters and 5 international books. He is a life member of Indian Public Health Engineers, Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society, National Solid Waste Association of India, International Solid Waste Association, and Indian Water Works Association. Dr. Maulin P. Shah is Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. His work focuses on the impact of industrial pollution on the microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification, and genetically engineering high-impact microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewaters.