Marine Biomass (eBook)

Ocean plays a significant role in energy production, human health and economy. Seawater, seaweed, microalgae, yeast, bacteria act as feedstock for biofuels and bioproducts. This book focuses on the application of marine biomass for production of energy, fertilizers, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, bioplastics and other value-added products. It presents technological advancements and optimization strategies for enhancing process efficiency, overcoming challenges and maximizing the potential of marine-based biorefinery. It also describes how marine resources can be applied to wastewater treatment, eco-restoration, environment protection and sustainable development.

Dr. Riti Thapar Kapoor is Assistant Professor in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Dr. Kapoor received her Ph.D from University of Allahabad and worked as post - doctoral fellow at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Kapoor has fourteen years of teaching and research experience and her area of specialization is environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor has published 7 books and over 90 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. Dr. Kapoor has visited 8 countries for participation in different academic programmes. Dr. Kapoor has received prestigious travel award from Bill & Melinda Gates Research Foundation under CGIAR project for participation in International training programme held at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines in 2010. She is also recipient of DST travel grant for participation in International Conference held at Sri Lanka in 2013. Dr. Kapoor has been awarded with Teacher's Research Fellowship from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru in 2019. She has supervised and mentored a number of research projects funded by different governmental funding agencies such as DAE, DST and UPCST etc. She has successfully supervised 2 research students for Ph.D. degree besides several (more than 70) masters and graduate students for their dissertation thesis.

Dr. Mohd Rafatullah is presently working as an Associate Professor of Environmental Technology in the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. He joined this School in the year 2008 as a Post Doctoral Fellow. He has completed his education; Ph. D. in Environmental Chemistry, Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry and Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India. His research interest is in the areas of environmental water pollutants and their safe removal; preparation of various nanomaterials to protect the environment; water and wastewater treatment; adsorption and ion exchange; microbial fuel cells; advance oxidation process; activated carbons and their electrochemical properties. His contribution was recognized by Guest Editors and Member of Editorial Board of various scientific journals. Listed in Word's top 2% Scientist by Stanford University, listed in Top 1% peer reviewer, in Chemistry, Environmental Science and cross-field on Publons global reviewer, Web of Science. Life time Fellow member of International Society of Sustainable Developments and member of various professional international societies. He has published several reviews articles and regular research papers in the journals of international repute and presented my research work in various national and international conferences. He has also attended many workshops and seminars of environmental chemistry. Based on his performance and contribution in research (total citations: > 7500 and h index: 36 @ Scopus).

Dr. Norli Ismail holds a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Masters Degree in Chemical Processes and a PhD in Environmental Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Dr. Norli completed her Ph.D. studies in October 2003 before proceeding to join the School of Industrial Technology as a lecturer attached to Environmental Technology Division. She has research experienced in various areas of environmental science and technology with particular emphasis on water quality, management issues, and treatability studies in relation to water, wastewater, and analytical testing. She actively involved in the technical aspects of biological and physico-chemical treatability studies, bioremediation research, environmental analytical techniques, sampling, and data validation. She did involve in research project on wastewater treatment and acclimatization studies for a semiconductor industry and as a co-researcher for sewage treatment plant development modification of private company; and also, as a co-researcher for the Bioremediation of an Industrial Waste (Latex Effluent) project. She has research experienced collaboration on hydrothermal gasification of palm oil mill effluent (POME) with Osaka Gas Ltd., Japan, at the Eco-energy department. She also a research member and lead a research project granted by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). She is a fellow member of Research Stay, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdients (DAAD), GERMANY (2013 and 2023). Her research focuses on low-cost treatment technologies of different types of wastewaters which may be used in developing countries. Her research fields cover bio-methanation production and bio-purification, biological nutrient removal in sewage using a homegrown cubic biocarrier in a hybrid treatment system. Her research works has been expanded to physico-chemical and biological process integration for green material synthetization from microalgae and biosolids of the solid waste. She has graduated 32 Ph.D students and 33 master students. She authored and co-authored more than 178 articles in international peer-reviewed journals with more than 3402 total citations and 32 H-index SCOPUS, 26 WOS and 37 Google Scholar as August 3rd, 2023. She has authored and coauthored 15 of Book chapters and 5 research books.