recovery from organic waste. The ongoing research projects in his lab include
adsorption; membrane filtration, enhanced coagulation, disinfection; biological
water and wastewater treatment; vermicomposting treatment of vegetable waste
and activated sludge; microbial fuel cell; physicochemical water quality assessment;
biological water quality assessment. He has over 350 scholarly publications, including more than 160 in peer reviewed journal papers. As principal supervisor, he has
guided so far 41 masters and 13 doctorate graduate students to the completion of
their degrees. Dr. Li is the recipient of awards from several academic societies and
associations for his research work on water treatment and water quality dynamics
studies.
Balasubramani Ravindran is currently working as an Assistant Professor in
Department of Environmental Energy & Engineering, Kyonggi University, South
Korea. He obtained his doctorate from the Environmental Science and Engineering
Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Central Leather
Research Institute (CLRI), which is an affiliated with the University of Madras,
Tamil Nadu, India, by 2013. His primary research focuses on development and
evaluation of treatment technologies for solid waste and wastewater from domestic
and industrial outlets. He has published more than fifty research papers in peerreviewed journals, few book chapters and three patents to his credit. He is as a
potential reviewer in top international journals and also received “Outstanding
reviewer award” from Elsevier and Springer Journals. He has also received prestigious “Best Researcher—IBET 2017” award (in waste management research) for
Exceptional Performance and Contributions to ‘International Bio-energy technology/eco-protection/organic food/green business’ given by the International Centre
for Biogas & Bio-energy Technology, India.
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adsorption; membrane filtration, enhanced coagulation, disinfection; biological
water and wastewater treatment; vermicomposting treatment of vegetable waste
and activated sludge; microbial fuel cell; physicochemical water quality assessment;
biological water quality assessment. He has over 350 scholarly publications, including more than 160 in peer reviewed journal papers. As principal supervisor, he has
guided so far 41 masters and 13 doctorate graduate students to the completion of
their degrees. Dr. Li is the recipient of awards from several academic societies and
associations for his research work on water treatment and water quality dynamics
studies.
Balasubramani Ravindran is currently working as an Assistant Professor in
Department of Environmental Energy & Engineering, Kyonggi University, South
Korea. He obtained his doctorate from the Environmental Science and Engineering
Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Central Leather
Research Institute (CLRI), which is an affiliated with the University of Madras,
Tamil Nadu, India, by 2013. His primary research focuses on development and
evaluation of treatment technologies for solid waste and wastewater from domestic
and industrial outlets. He has published more than fifty research papers in peerreviewed journals, few book chapters and three patents to his credit. He is as a
potential reviewer in top international journals and also received “Outstanding
reviewer award” from Elsevier and Springer Journals. He has also received prestigious “Best Researcher—IBET 2017” award (in waste management research) for
Exceptional Performance and Contributions to ‘International Bio-energy technology/eco-protection/organic food/green business’ given by the International Centre
for Biogas & Bio-energy Technology, India.
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About the Editors