Biofuels and Sustainability

Prof. Zhu has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience after obtaining PhD degree. Dr. Daochen Zhu is currently working as a Professor at Biofuel Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. He is a reviewer and editorial board member of various peer-reviewed journals of international repute. His research group mainly focuses on microorganism resource and diversity, Enzyme mediated valorization of lignin into value added commodity products, and biodegradation of organic pollutants. He is also interested in the mitigation of microplastic through bioremediation technology. Dr. Zhu has over 50 peer-reviewed publications, 12 patents, and 4 book chapters and three edited books to his credit with international repute. Dr. Dar have more than 3 years of teaching and research experience after obtaining PhD degree. Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Dar is working as an Associate Professor, at Biofuel Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. He is currently working to design a novel biorefinery model adapted from the termite-bacteria symbiosis via biomimetic strategies. He completed his postdoctoral studies from the Jiangsu University, China. He has completed his masters in Zoology from University of Pune, Maharashtra with First Division. After completing his master’s, he pursued Ph.D. from the Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, under the supervision of Prof. R. S. Pandit on the topic entitled, Bioprospection of symbiotic gut-bacteria from the snails for agro-waste disposal management. He is highly interested to work on Biofuels; Environmental biotechnology; Bioremediation, Systems biology; Gut-microbiome; Bioprospection; and modeling insects for biotechnological applications. Dr. Shahnawaz have more than 6 years of teaching and research experience after obtaining his doctoral degree. Recently, Dr. Mohd. Shahnawaz got selected as an Associate Professor at Biofuel Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. In 2020, he got selected as a postdoc fellow at Yeungnam University, South Korea; however, due to the COVID-19 scenario, he was not able to join. He has several years of teaching and postdoctoral research experience. Dr. Shahnawaz worked on bioremediation of polythene at the Botany Department, SP Pune University, during his doctoral research with Prof. A. B. Ade. He is recipient of various fellowships awarded by the SPPU, UGC-BSR, UGC-MANF, and DST-SERB. His research interest is in Biofuels, Microbiology, Bioremediation, and Plant Biotechnology. Besides working on the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels, he is also focused on the mitigation of microplastic using bioremediation technology.

Part-I: Overview of Biofuels
1. A perspective on the emergence and need of alternate fuels.
2. Carbon foot-printing analysis and strategies for limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: Life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis of biofuels/bioproducts production/application pathways and compliance with the international standard
3. Environmental Aspects of biofuels used as Sustainable Energy resources: Current Situation and Future Trends
4. Drawbacks of the first-generation of biofuels: Challenges and paradigm shifts in technology for second and third generation biofuels
5. Preprocessing of the lignocellulosic waste for biofuel productions

Part-2: Methods and technologies
6. A holistic approach towards the maximum conversion of lignocellulose into biofuels
7. Targeting lignin as a substrate for future biorefinery
8. Using systems biology to exploit the resources/natural reservoirs for biofuel production
9. Exploiting the gut bacteria for the production of biofuels from lignocellulose
10. Rumen as a potential reservoir for advanced biocatalysts for alternate fuels

Part-3: Polices for sustainable biofuels
11. Guidelines for the production of different generations of Biofuels in United states
12. Policies and innovative technologies required for the sustainable production of biofuels from organic waste
13. European Union guidelines for the production of different generations of biofuels
14. Policies and guidelines for the production of Biofuels in Asian counties
15. African countries regulations and guidelines for the production of biofuels
16. Hindrances and drawback in the existing Biofuel policies and roadmap for sustainable production of biofuels

Part 4: Impact of advanced biofuels
17. Impact of advances biofuels to decarbonizes transport
18. Impact of advanced biofuels on climate change
19. Impact of advanced biofuels on sustainable agriculture
20. Impact of advanced biofuels on water resources
21. The impact of developed countries advanced Biofuel production on developing countries

Part-5: Recent advances and Future research prospects
22. Can termites serve the role of future biorefinery?
23. Non-termite Insects as biomimetic models to advance the production of second and third generation of biofuels
24. Metabolic engineering and designing of the novel biomass species for enhanced production of biofuels
25. Bioengineering of the extremophilic microorganisms for biofuel production
26. Design of the novel bioreactors for efficient bioconversion of lignocellulose into bioethanol