Biohydrogen - Advances and Processes

lt;p>Professor Carlos Ricardo Soccol is a research group leader within the Department of Bioprocesses Engineering and Biotechnology (DEBB) at the Federal University of Paraná. Professor Soccol has experience in bioprocessing/biological engineering, industrial biotechnology, biofuel technology, applied microbiology and fermentation technology. His research has resulted in 1418 publications, including 111 patents, 31 books, 175 book chapters, 511 original papers and 590 research communications at conferences/symposia. His research articles have so far been cited more than 40.000 times on Google Scholar (H-index = 95). He has also successfully supervised 91 doctoral students, 135 master's students, and 24 post-doctoral students. He is Professor HDR at the University of AIX-Marseille-France (2001- ). He was a visiting professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (2009), University Lille 1-France (2014) and University Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand-France (2015). He has received several national and international awards, including the Science and Technology Award of the Government of Paraná (1996), Best Scientific Achievement of the Year 2001 by Ministry of Sugar of Cuba (MINAZ), The Scopus/Elsevier Award (2009), Dr Honoris Causa, University Blaise Pascal-France (2010), Outstanding Scientist at 5th International Conference on Industrial Bioprocesses, Taipei, Taiwan, Henri Nestlé Award - Nestlé, Brazil (2014), Scientist of the Year - Nanocell Institute (2017), Medal of Scientific Merit by Ministry Science Technology and  Innovation - Brazilian Government (2018). Since 2014, Professor Soccol is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and editor-in-chief of the Journal Biotechnology Research Innovation. He also holds the position of scientist IA of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, Brazil. He is a technical and scientific consultant for several companies, and agencies and a co-editor and editorial board member of several scientific journals. 

Professor Satinder Kaur Brar is the James and Joanne Love Chair in Environmental Engineering and Director of One WATER Institute at York University. Her research is on the intersecting areas of environmental engineering and its impact on the overall well-being of the global community. She primarily works in the two converging fields of value-addition of wastes and removal of emerging contaminants. Many national and international awards and honors have been bestowed on her that prove her research mettle. Notable ones being, in 2021, Best Paper Award, and in 2019, Eddy Principles/Processes Wastewater Medal winner, honored by the Water Environment Federation; in 2017, her research on "Novel and Advanced Hybrid Oxidation and Enzymatic Technologies for Emerging Trace Environmental Contaminants" were awarded the Grand Prize in University Research for Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES). She was recently inducted into the European Academy of Sciences in 2021 and has been a member of the College of New Scholars, Scientists and Artists of the Royal Society of Canada, since 2014. She leads the Bioprocessing and NanoEnzyme Formulation Facility (BANEFF) at York University and this unit has successfully led to the training of 72 HQPs (including 45 undergraduates and summer interns). Currently, she is supervising 4 PDFs, 2 research associates, one research assistant, 11 Ph.D.s and 2 M.Scs. She has published more than 400 articles, edited 12 books and at least 55 invited talks to her credit.

Professor  Kugen Permaul obtained his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.  His early research projects focused on bacterial molecular genetics, especially plasmid biology.  He graduated with a Ph.D. in 1999 and spent a year as a postdoctora

Chapter 1: Introduction to Biohydrogen: Advancements, Challenges, and Perspectives of the Cleanest Biofuel.- Chapter 2: Molecular Hydrogen (H2) Metabolism in Microbes: A special focus on biohydrogen production.- Chapter 3: Biohydrogen: Microbiology and Microbial Dynamics in Dark Fermentation.- Chapter 4: Biohydrogen Production in Anaerobic Reactors.- Chapter 5: Biohydrogen production by mono- versus co- and mixed cultures.- Chapter 6: Biohydrogen production by photosynthetic microorganisms.- Chapter 7: Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology in biohydrogen production.- Chapter 8: Substrate composition and effects on biohydrogen production.- Chapter 9: Biomass immobilization in biohydrogen production.- Chapter 10:Enhancement of biohydrogen production using chemical additives and nanoparticles.- Chapter 11: Feedstocks and cases I - Biohydrogen production from agroindustrial wastes - pretreatment, process engineering and techno-economic analysis.- Chapter 12: Feedstocks and cases II - Bioprocessing of domestic wastewater and sewage sludge for biohydrogen production: different routes and pretreatment strategies.- Chapter 13: Feedstocks and cases III - Biohydrogen from algal biomass (macro and microalgae).- Chapter 14: Biohythane production.- Chapter 15: Volatile fatty acids production and recovery in biohydrogen production.- Chapter 16: Biohydrogen and polyhydroxyalkanoates coupled production.- Chapter 17: Microbial electrolysis cells for biohydrogen production from effluents.- Chaper 18: Gas mass transfer and system pressure in biohydrogen production.- Chapter 19: Computational modelling and optimization strategies for biohydrogen production.- Chapter 20: Various routes for hydrogen production and its utilization for sustainable economy.- Chapter 21: Biohydrogen downstream processing and storage systems.- Chapter 22: A Life cycle assessment and economic perspective of biohydrogen production.- Chapter 23: Biohydrogen and the circular economy: Insertion of biohydrogen production in biorefineries aiming at zero-waste processes.- Chapter 24: Patents in biohydrogen production.