microbial sequestration of CO 2 , biofuel and
biosurfactant production, genomics and proteomics in
CO 2 sequestration and value-added products formed by
microorganisms. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia and has been a
speaker at various international conferences. She has
published 28 research papers in respected international
journals, as well as two book and 8 book chapters. She is
a life member of various scientific communities and a
reviewer for various international Journals. She has
completed three research projects sponsored by CSIR,
UGC and DST. She has 18 years of research and teaching experience. She has a Google Scholar Profile of
h-index 15 and total citations are 1300 e-mail:
ssnigam@ggn.amity.edu.
Dheeraj Rathore is an Assistant Professor at the
School of Environment and Sustainable Development
at the Central University of Gujarat (CUG),
Gandhinagar, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany from
AAI-DU, Allahabad, India and an M.Phil. in Environment Management from Vikram University, Ujjain,
India. Before joining CUG, he worked at The University
of Dodoma, Tanzania. He has 2 books and 40 peer
reviewed articles (h-index 13) to his credit. He is member of several scientific communities besides being a
reviewer for several journals. He is a member of several
scientific societies and also serves as a reviewer. His
research focuses on ecology, stress physiology, waste
utilization and biofuel production e-mail: dheeraj.
rathore@cug.ac.in.
Deepak Pant is a Senior Scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium. His
research focuses on electrosynthesis and bioenergy, specifically, combining electrochemical and biological conversion systems with a focus on CO 2 conversion and
their combination with separation systems. He has
published five books (with Springer, CRC Press and
Elsevier), 6 patents, 135 peer-reviewed articles
(h-index 59) and 35 book chapters. He is a member of
various scientific societies, including ISMET, ISE, BES,
BRSI, IFIBiop and AMI. He is the editor of
‘Bioresource Technology Reports’, associate editor of
‘World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology’
and is an editorial board member of the journals:
xiv
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biosurfactant production, genomics and proteomics in
CO 2 sequestration and value-added products formed by
microorganisms. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia and has been a
speaker at various international conferences. She has
published 28 research papers in respected international
journals, as well as two book and 8 book chapters. She is
a life member of various scientific communities and a
reviewer for various international Journals. She has
completed three research projects sponsored by CSIR,
UGC and DST. She has 18 years of research and teaching experience. She has a Google Scholar Profile of
h-index 15 and total citations are 1300 e-mail:
ssnigam@ggn.amity.edu.
Dheeraj Rathore is an Assistant Professor at the
School of Environment and Sustainable Development
at the Central University of Gujarat (CUG),
Gandhinagar, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany from
AAI-DU, Allahabad, India and an M.Phil. in Environment Management from Vikram University, Ujjain,
India. Before joining CUG, he worked at The University
of Dodoma, Tanzania. He has 2 books and 40 peer
reviewed articles (h-index 13) to his credit. He is member of several scientific communities besides being a
reviewer for several journals. He is a member of several
scientific societies and also serves as a reviewer. His
research focuses on ecology, stress physiology, waste
utilization and biofuel production e-mail: dheeraj.
rathore@cug.ac.in.
Deepak Pant is a Senior Scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium. His
research focuses on electrosynthesis and bioenergy, specifically, combining electrochemical and biological conversion systems with a focus on CO 2 conversion and
their combination with separation systems. He has
published five books (with Springer, CRC Press and
Elsevier), 6 patents, 135 peer-reviewed articles
(h-index 59) and 35 book chapters. He is a member of
various scientific societies, including ISMET, ISE, BES,
BRSI, IFIBiop and AMI. He is the editor of
‘Bioresource Technology Reports’, associate editor of
‘World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology’
and is an editorial board member of the journals:
xiv
Editors and Contributors