Societal and Environmental Ramifications of Plastic Pollution

Edited by:   Nisha Gaur, Eti Sharma, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Muhammad Bilal, Niranjan Prakash Melkania
Imprint:   Engineering Science Reference
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm, 
ISBN:   9798369391648
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   18 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Nisha Gaur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Gautam Buddha University, India. She has received her Ph. D from the National Institute of Technology Warangal. She has a postdoctoral research associateship with the Defence Research Laboratory, DRDO Tezpur. Her research interests lie in water quality monitoring, water treatment, soil health maintenance, phytoremediation, organic pollutant degradation and waste management. She is an editorial board member in the International Journal of Sustainable Energy. She has served as a reviewer in reputed journals. She has published 19 studies in reputed peer reviewed journals, 20 book chapters and 1 edited book to her name. She is also a member of Association of Microbiologist of India. Eti Sharma , Currently working as assistant professor in school of biotechnology, Gautam buddha University, Greater Noida. Eti does research in nanobiotechnology, bioactive compounds of plants and plant microbe interactions. Tuan Anh Nguyen was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He received his BSc in Physics from Hanoi Univ. in 1992, and his Ph.D in Chemistry from Paris Diderot Univ.(France)in 2003. He was Visiting Scientist at Seoul National Univ.(South Korea, 2004) and Univ. of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate & Research Scientist in Montana State Univ. (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Microanalysis Department at Institute for Tropical Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). He is Editor-In-Chief of “Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience” and Founding Co-Editor-In-Chief of “Current Nanotoxicity & Prevention”. He is author of 3 Vietnamese books and Editor of 14 Elsevier books in Micro & Nano Technologies Series (with 930 contributors from 58countries). Muhammad Bilal is an associate professor (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering). Niranjan Prakash Melkania is a Professor & Dean Academics at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida. He obtained his Ph.D. from Kumaun University, Nainital, India. From past 30 years he has been working in the areas, viz., pollution. environment impact assessment, social impact assessment, ecology and biodiversity assessment and conservation, and eco-development. He has been listed as a noteworthy Management educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.