Microalgal Biomass for Bioenergy Applications

Edited by:   Jeyabalan Sangeetha (Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Science Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India), Devarajan Thangadurai (Professor, Department of Botany, Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India)
Imprint:   Woodhead Publishing
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:   9780443139277
ISBN 10:   044313927X
Series:   Woodhead Series in Bioenergy
Pages:   466
Publication Date:   06 October 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jeyabalan Sangeetha is an Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, India. She earned her BSc in Microbiology (2001) and PhD in Environmental Sciences (2010) from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Sciences (2003) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Between 2004 and 2008, she was the recipient of Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of University Grants Commission, Government of India for doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India during 2012-2016 with funding from University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. She has carried out her doctoral and postdoctoral research in the fields of microbiology and metagenomics respectively. Devarajan Thangadurai is a Professor at Karnatak University, Dharwad in India and did his postdoctoral research at the University of Madeira, Portugal, University of Delhi, India, and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of Best Young Scientist Award with Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, India. He has keen interest and expertise in the fields of biodiversity and biotechnology, genetics, and genomics of beneficial microbes for biofuel production towards sustainable environment. He has authored and edited more than thirty-five books including Phycobiotechnology, Algal Genetic Resources, Microalgal Biotechnology, Seaweed Biotechnology, Algal Metabolites, Algal Farming, and Bioprospecting Algae for Nanosized Materials with international scientific publishers in USA, Canada, Switzerland, and India.