Valorizing agricultural biomass for sustainable development: biological engineering aspects

"Valorizing agricultural biomass for sustainable development: biological engineering aspects." Bioengineered, 11(1), pp. 522–523

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Sunita Varjani

Dr. Sunita Varjani is Scientific Officer at Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Her major areas of research are Industrial and Environmental Microbiology/Biotechnology. She has worked as visiting scientist at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Varjani has authored more than 175 publications, including research and review papers, books, book chapters and conference communications. She has won several awards, including Young Scientist Awards from Biotech Research Society, India (2018), Microbiologist’s Society India (2018-19), Association of Microbiologists of India (2018), International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2018) and AFRO-ASIAN Congress on Microbes for Human and Environmental Health, New Delhi (2014); Highly Cited and Highly downloaded papers, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier; Top Reviewer Award - 2018, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier; Top Reviewer Award - 2017, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier and Best Paper Awards in national and international conferences in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019. She is member of editorial board of Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability and has served as guest editor of special issues of Bioresource Technology, ASCE- Journal of Environmental Engineering, Energy and Environment and others. She is Management Council Member of the BRSI (www.brsi.in).

Duu-Jong Lee

Prof. Duu-Jong Lee Dr. Duu-Jong Lee obtained his BS and PhD degree, both from chemical engineering, National Taiwan University, in 1984 and 1989, respectively. In his 30 years’ service Professor Lee has worked on research projects on biomass energy, resource recovery from waste and microscale heat and mass transfer. The research carried out till-date has credited him with 11 patents, one book, 12 book chapters, and 910 SCI papers with WoS citations over 25,000 with h-index=72 and Google Scholar h=89. In SciVal search, Dr Lee ranked #4 in publication in subcategory ‘Environmental Engineering’ and ‘Bioengineering’ worldwide. Professor Lee is the recipient of many national and international awards and fellowships. He is the National Chair of Ministry of Education, Taiwan, and is the Specially Appointed Distinguished Researcher of Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He is the past President of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was also the Vice President of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Chief Executive Officer of National Taiwan University System. Dr. Lee is a Fellow of RSC, IBA and TWIChE.

Quanguo Zhang

Prof. Quanguo Zhang, Ph.D Dr. Quanguo Zhang obtained his BS degree from internal combustion engine, Harbin Engineering University, and PhD degree from Power and engineering, Dalian University of Technology. Prof. Zhang has engaged in the teaching and research work in the scientific field of biogas and biomass energy for almost 40 years. He has implemented 5 projects from National Natural Science Foundation, 3 projects from 863 Hi-tech Project, 2 projects from Doctoral Program Foundation of State Education Ministry, and other projects. He has made some original results with internationally significant effect on the photo-fermentative bio-hydrogen production, biogas engineering, and high efficiency combustion of biomass. He has published more than 100 SCI papers, and 2 of them were High Cited. Total impact factors are more than 300. Seventeen researches won the provincial science and technology award. Twenty-one invention patents were granted. The self-inventive auxiliary heating container type biogas engineering technology has successfully achieved industrialization and has achieved great economic and social benefits. This patent won the 12th Chinese Patent Award of Excellence. He is the Deputy director of Steering Committee of Agricultural Engineering Education, Ministry of Education, China, and is the Director of Key Laboratory of New Materials and Facilities for Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, China. He is the past president of Henan Agricultural University. He is also the Vice-chairman of the China Biogas Society, Vice-chairman of the China Agricultural Engineering Society, and Vice-chairman of the Chinese Universities Engineering Thermo-physics Research Institute.