About the Editors
Prof. Agbaje Lateef is the Head of LAUTECH
Nanotechnology Research Group (NANO+) at Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria. He
obtained his B.Tech. in Pure and Applied Biology,
M.Tech. in Biotechnology and Ph.D. in Microbiology in
1997, 2001 and 2005, respectively, from Ladoke
Akintola University, Nigeria. He received advanced
training in fermentation technology, enzyme technology, biocatalysis, functional foods and molecular biology at Central Food Technological Research Institute,
Mysore, India. He has more than twenty years of
research and teaching with interest in industrial microbiology and biotechnology, especially fermentation
processes, enzyme technology and nanobiotechnology.
He has more than one hundred publications in reputable
journals and books to his credits, more than fifty of
which are in nanobiotechnology.
Prof. Evariste Bosco Gueguim-Kana research focuses
on microbial process technology with interest in biorefinery of agricultural and industrial wastes for biofuels &
bioproducts, application of artificial intelligence in bioprocess development, bioreactor design and nanobiotechnology. He has attracted and trained various national and
international postgraduate students in the field of bioprocess technology. Prof. Gueguim-Kana has authored
approximately 90 publications in national and international peer-review journals and book contributions. His
current Google Scholar h-factor is 30, and he has been
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Prof. Agbaje Lateef is the Head of LAUTECH
Nanotechnology Research Group (NANO+) at Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria. He
obtained his B.Tech. in Pure and Applied Biology,
M.Tech. in Biotechnology and Ph.D. in Microbiology in
1997, 2001 and 2005, respectively, from Ladoke
Akintola University, Nigeria. He received advanced
training in fermentation technology, enzyme technology, biocatalysis, functional foods and molecular biology at Central Food Technological Research Institute,
Mysore, India. He has more than twenty years of
research and teaching with interest in industrial microbiology and biotechnology, especially fermentation
processes, enzyme technology and nanobiotechnology.
He has more than one hundred publications in reputable
journals and books to his credits, more than fifty of
which are in nanobiotechnology.
Prof. Evariste Bosco Gueguim-Kana research focuses
on microbial process technology with interest in biorefinery of agricultural and industrial wastes for biofuels &
bioproducts, application of artificial intelligence in bioprocess development, bioreactor design and nanobiotechnology. He has attracted and trained various national and
international postgraduate students in the field of bioprocess technology. Prof. Gueguim-Kana has authored
approximately 90 publications in national and international peer-review journals and book contributions. His
current Google Scholar h-factor is 30, and he has been
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