Microorganisms and enzymes for lignocellulosic biorefineries

Dr. Pratima Bajpai is currently working as a Consultant in the field of Paper and Pulp. She has over 36 years of experience in research at the National Sugar Institute, University of Saskatchewan, the Universitiy of Western Ontario, in Canada, in addition to the Thapar Research and Industrial Development Centre, in India. She also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada and as a visiting researcher at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. She has been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in the list published in October 2022. This is the third consecutive year that she has made it into the prestigious list. Dr. Bajpai’s main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper, and environmental biotechnology. She has contributed immensely to the field of industrial biotechnology and is a recognized expert in the field. Dr. Bajpai has written several advanced level technical books on environmental and biotechnological aspects of pulp and paper which have been published by leading publishers in the USA and Europe. She has also contributed chapters to a number of books and encyclopedia, obtained 11 patents, written several technical reports, and has implemented several processes in Indian Paper mills. Dr. Bajpai is an active member of the American Society of Microbiologists and is a reviewer of many international research journals.

1. General background
2. Biorefinery industry development drivers
3. Biorefinery value chain - economical and technical considerations
4. Composition and characterization of lignocellulosic biomass
5. Enzymes Responsible for Lignocellulose Degradation
6. Challenges in the engineering of lignocellulolytic enzymes
7. Mining and engineering for better enzymes
8. Construction of high-performance enzyme cocktails
9. Microorganisms for Lignocellulose Degradation
10. Fermentative production of chemicals with recombinant cellulose-utilizing microbe
11. Advances in cellulase-expressing microbes used for the production of chemicals
12. The Approaches for Bioconversion of Lignocelluloses
13. Perspectives for future CBP microorganisms
14. Utilisation of lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose and derived sugars
15. Present and future prospects of lignocellulosic valorization
16. Lignocellulosic biorefinery in emerging circular bioeconomy and SWOT analysis for future development of biorefineries
17. Challenges and viewpoint of biorefinery