Bionanotechnology Towards Sustainable Management of Environmental Pollution

Dr. Naveen Dwivedi is currently working as Professor and Head in the Department of Biotechnology at the S. D. College of Engineering and Technology, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained his M. Tech. degree in Biotechnology from Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow. Dr. Dwivedi has completed his M. Tech. dissertation work from Fermentation Division of Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow and Ph.D. research work from Bioenergy & Environmental Engineering Research Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Dr. Dwivedi is broadly interested in the fields of Environmental Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Biological remediation of wastewater, Bioprocess Engineering, and Fermentation Biotechnology. Dr. Dwivedi has more than 17 years of teaching experience. He has about 50 research publications in the peer reviewed journals and conferences. He is also contributed 20 chapters in the books published by Elsevier, CRC press, AAP, Springer and Wiley publisher. He is an author of the book "Introduction to Biotechnology" published by University Science Press, New Delhi. Presently he is also engaged in editing various international repute book projects with Wiley and CRC Press. Dr. Dwivedi has received many research awards and grants for robust research interest among students. Dr. Dwivedi has delivered several invited talks and guest lectures on various topics of biotechnology, nano-biotechnology and bioenergy at different places of India and abroad. He is the member of editorial board and reviewer of several International Journals. He is the senior member of the Universal Association of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineers (IRED), New York, USA and The Society of Chemical Industry" (SCI). Dr. Shubha Dwivedi is a researcher by profession and the Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Technology, IIMT University, Meerut, India. She received her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior and MBA degree from Punjab Technical University. Dr. Dwivedi has completed her M. Sc. dissertation work from Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), Delhi and Ph.D. research work from Sustainable Processing and Water Treatment Research Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. She has got an experience of more than 16 years of teaching and research work in the area of Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology. Her area of work has been the eco-friendly technology development for the removal of hazardous contaminants from wastewater. She has published more than 47 research papers in International journals and conference proceedings. Moreover, she has published more than a dozen book chapters with CRC Press, AAP, Wiley, Elsevier and Springer etc. Dr. Dwivedi has published one book titled on "Introduction to Biotechnology" by University science press, New Delhi. She is also engaged in three international book projects from Wiley and CRC Press. Recently, she was appointed for session lead on IPR workshop organized in RAIB-2021 at Precious Cornerstone University, Nigeria. She has chaired the session in many National and International conferences. She has been invited as keynote speaker in various institutes of national and International repute. Presently she is engaged in many international projects with various universities in terms of research exchange program, organizing workshops and conferences etc.

1. Advances and Challenges of Bionanotechnology in Sustainable Management of Environment and Green Economy. 2. Scope and application of bio-nanotechnology for the bioremediation of emerging contaminants generated as industrial waste products. 3. Bio(nano)cleaning-biopurification and bioremediation. 4. Hybrid Bio-nano Techniques: Novel Approach for Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Environment. 5. Eco-design and modification study of bionanoparticles and life-cycle assessment: key to sustainability. 6. Bionanocomposite membranes and adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment. 7. Critical Factors Affecting the Synthesis of Bio-nanomaterials and Bio-composites. 8. Air and water pollution monitoring and control through bio-nanomaterials based sensors. 9. Bionanotechnology in resource recovery from wastewater and agro-waste into valuable products. 10. Bionanotechnology in Biofuel and Bioenergy Production. 11. Recent Advancement in bionanotechnology and IoT based Sustainable Air quality Management: Surveillance and Monitoring using Machine Learning Techniques. 12. Bionanotechnology: A recommended solution for food security, climate change and wastewater treatment.