Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Anoop Singh holds a Ph.D. in Botany (2004) and is
currently a Scientist at the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and
Technology, Government of India. Before joining
DSIR, he worked at the Technical University of
Denmark; University College Cork, Ireland; The Energy
and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India;
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New
Delhi; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; and
VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, India. He has
participated in several international conferences and
has published more than 50 research articles in scientific
journals (h-index 28, citation 7430) and also published
four edited books with Springer and CRC Press. He is a
member of various scientific communities and is serving
as an editorial board member and reviewer for a number
of journals. His research focuses on sustainable agriculture; waste management through agriculture; the utilization of industrial, agricultural and household waste for
eco-friendly energy production; renewable energy and
life cycle assessment (LCA) e-mail: anoop.s@nic.in.
Shaili Srivastava is an Associate Professor at Amity
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Amity
University Haryana. She holds a master’s and Ph.D.
from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology with specialization in Microbiology and Biotechnology. Before joining Amity, she worked as lecturer
and postdoctoral fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi. Her research focuses on wastewater treatment, degradation of PAH, remediation of heavy metals,
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About the Editors
Anoop Singh holds a Ph.D. in Botany (2004) and is
currently a Scientist at the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and
Technology, Government of India. Before joining
DSIR, he worked at the Technical University of
Denmark; University College Cork, Ireland; The Energy
and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India;
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New
Delhi; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; and
VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, India. He has
participated in several international conferences and
has published more than 50 research articles in scientific
journals (h-index 28, citation 7430) and also published
four edited books with Springer and CRC Press. He is a
member of various scientific communities and is serving
as an editorial board member and reviewer for a number
of journals. His research focuses on sustainable agriculture; waste management through agriculture; the utilization of industrial, agricultural and household waste for
eco-friendly energy production; renewable energy and
life cycle assessment (LCA) e-mail: anoop.s@nic.in.
Shaili Srivastava is an Associate Professor at Amity
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Amity
University Haryana. She holds a master’s and Ph.D.
from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology with specialization in Microbiology and Biotechnology. Before joining Amity, she worked as lecturer
and postdoctoral fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi. Her research focuses on wastewater treatment, degradation of PAH, remediation of heavy metals,
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