Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Dr Giorgio Mannina is Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at the Engineering Department of Palermo University – Italy. His research interest and focus is on: resource recovery from wastewater, advanced wastewater treatments (MBR, MBBR, hybrid processes, IFAS, Granular systems etc..), BNR processes, mathematical modelling, water quality issues related to integrated urban drainage systems. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. He is HSBS National Innovation Chair (Biotechnology) and is/has been Visiting/Distinguished Professor in many countries. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, etc. Dr. Ranjna Sirohi is currently working as Research Professor in Korea University, Seoul. She obtained B.Tech. degree in Biochemical Engineering and M.Tech. degree in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in Food Biotechnology Engineering. She has worked as Visiting Researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, as Scientist at Centre for Energy and Environment Sustainability, Lucknow and as Senior Project Associate at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Process and Food Engineering from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. Her major research interests are in the field of Bioprocess Technology - Food & Food Waste Valorisation-Waste to Wealth – Biofuels. She has 65 publications/communications that include 32 research and review papers, 12 book chapters, 7 popular articles and 14 conference proceedings. Dr Sirohi has won several awards and honors that include Research Excellent Award in the international conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology, Trivandrum, India (2019), Best Poster award in 8th International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing (IBA-IFIBiop 2019), Miri; Sarawak, Malaysia (2019) and Research Excellence Award in International Conference on Bio-Innovation for Environmental and Health Sustainable Developments (BEHSD-2018), Lucknow, India (2018). She is the Life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE); the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI); Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and Association of Food Scientists & Technologists, India (AFSTI).

1. Introduction 2. Sewage sludge from wastewater in a circular economy prospect 3. Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from wastewater organic carbon 4. Production of volatile fatty acids from sewage sludge fermentation 5. Zeolite for the recovery of nutrients from treated wastewater 6. Selecting bulking agent for Sewage sludge composting 7. Advances in technologies for sewage sludge management 8. Energy and valuable product recovery through anaerobic digestion processes 9. Life cycle assessment as a tool for resource recovery facilities in wastewater sector 10. Water reuse in the frame of circular economy: bottleneck, barriers and technological issues 11. Drivers and barriers to wider uptake of water smart solutions 12. Advances in environmental bioprocess technology for an effective transition to a green circular economy 13. Advanced technologies for a smart and integrated control of odour emissions from wastewater treatment plant 14. Microbial biotechnology diverts wastewater treatment to circular economy 15. Biological nutrients recovery from wastewater for circular economy 16. Towards circular economy implementation: the role of stakeholders engagement