1. Microplastic (MP) and nanoplastic (NP) compounds:
Introduction
2. Sources and occurrence of MPs and NPs in the environment
3. Environmental effects of MPs and NPs exposure
4. Methods of sampling and detection of MPs and NPs in
environment
5. Quantitative and qualitative identification, characterization
and analysis of MPs/NPs in water
6. Occurrence of MPs and NPs in freshwater environment
7. Occurrence of MPs and NPs in marine environment
8. MPs and NPs in drinking water and food chain
9. MPs & NPs occurrence, fate and persistence in wastewater
treatment plants (WWTP)
10. MPs and NPs accumulation in wastewater sludge (primary and
secondary)
11. Physical and physicochemical separation of MPs and NPs from
water
12. Biological degradation of MPs and NPs in water and
wastewater
13. Chemical degradation of MPs and NPs in water and wastewater
14. Impact of MPs/NPs interactions with other contaminants in
environment
15. MPs/NPs and their impact on antibiotic resistance genes
transmission to environment
16. Impact of MP/NP pollution on climate change
17. Exposure & impacts of MPs and NPs on the natural soils
18. Challenges and opportunities for treatment processes and future
advances
19. Social aspects of MPs and NPs
Prof. RD Tyagi is an internationally recognized Professor of
Biochemical Engineering and biotransformation. He is distinguished
professor at School of technology, Huzhou University, China and
chief scientific officer at BOSK Bioproducts, Canada. He held
Canada Research chair (2004-20180. He also holds an adjunct
professor position at the University of Missouri-Columbia, United
State. Prof. Tyagi has published more than 600
papers/communications, which include 21 books, 140 book chapters,
10 research reports, 11 patents, etc. He is Associate Editor of
Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste
Management ASCE and serves on the editorial board of Process
Biochemistry and Bioresource Technology. He has been recognized by
many national and international awards and honors. He is a member
of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts’. He conducts research
on hazardous/solid waste management, water/wastewater treatment,
wastewater sludge treatment/disposal, and bioconversion of
wastewater and wastewater sludge into value-added products.
Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the
Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian
Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Executive
Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental
Sustainability – India. Formerly, he was Eminent Scientist at the
Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali and Chief
Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division and Centre for Biofuels
at CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and
Technology, Trivandrum. His major research and technological
development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology
and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels &
chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, industrial enzymes, etc.
Professor Pandey is Adjunct/Visiting Professor/Scientist in
universities in France, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, South Africa,
and Switzerland and also in several universities in India. He has
~1425 publications/communications, which include 16 patents, 90
books, >700 papers and book chapters, etc with h index of 105
and ~49,000 citations (Goggle scholar). He has transferred several
technologies to industries and has done industrial consultancy for
about a dozen projects for Indian/international industries.
Professor Pandey is the recipient of many national and
international awards and honours, which include Highest Cited
Researcher (Top 1% in the world), Clarivate Analytics, Web of
Science (2020, 2019 & 2018); Top scientist in Biotechnology (#1 in
India and #8 in the world), Stanford University world ranking
(2020); Fellow, World Society of Sustainable Energy
Technologies?(2020); Fellow, Indian Chemical Society (2020);
Distinguished Scientist, VDGOOD Professional Association, India
(2020); Distinguished Professor of Eminence with global impact in
the area of Biotechnology, Precious Cornerstone University, Nigeria
(2020); IconSWM Life-time Achievement Award 2019, International
Society for Solid Waste Management, KIIT, Bhubaneshwar, India
(2019); Yonsei Outstanding Scholar, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
(2019); Life-Time Achievement Award from the Biotech Research
Society, India (2018); Life-Time Achievement Award from Venus
International Research Awards (2018), Most Outstanding Researcher
Award from Career360 (2018), Life-Time Achievement Award from the
International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
(2017); Fellow, Royal Society of Biology, UK (2016); Felow,
International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
(2016); Academician of European Academy of Sciences and Arts,
Austria (2015); Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (2012);
Fellow, Association of Microbiologists of India (2008); Honorary
Doctorate degree from Univesite Blaise Pascal, France (2007);
Fellow, International Organization of Biotechnology and
Bioengineering (2007); Thomson Scientific India Citation Laureate
Award, USA (2006); Fellow, the Biotech Research Society, India
(2005); UNESCO Professor (2000); Raman Research Fellowship Award,
CSIR (1995); GBF, Germany and CNRS, France Fellowships (1992) and
Young Scientist Award (1989), etc.
Professor Pandey is Founder President of the Biotech Research
Society, India (www.brsi.in); Founder & International Coordinator
of International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses, France
(www.ifibiop.org), Chairman of the International Society for
Energy, Environment & Sustainability (www.isees.in),
Editor-in-chief of Bioresource Technology
(http://ees.elsevier.com/bite/), Honorary Executive Advisor of
Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (www.jees.in),
Journal of Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing
(https://www.springer.com/journal/43393), Journal of Environmental
Sciences and Engineering (http://neerijese.org/editorial-board/),
Subject Editor, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, India
(https://www.springer.com/life+sciences/journal/40011) and
Associate Editor, Biologia – Section Cellular and Molecular Biology
(https://www.springer.com/journal/11756/editors) and editorial
board member of several international and Indian journals. Patrick
Drogui is professor and researcher at the Institut national de la
recherche scientifique’s Centre Eau Terre Environnement. He is an
internationally recognized expert in electrochemical and membrane
technologies, and oxidative processes for different applications in
water treatment from industrial wastewater to potable water. The
originality of his research work lies in the development of
advanced electrolytic processes for water and wastewater treatment
requiring no or minimum addition of chemical products. Co-inventor
on 8 patents, Dr. Drogui is currently working on new electrolytic
and/or membrane, photo-catalytic, and electro-photo-catalytic
processes for water treatment, and the removal of phosphate and
emerging contaminants. Prof. Drogui is the author of more than 260
papers published in scientific refereed journals. He is an author
of 16 book chapters and 54 industrial and scientific reports. Prof.
Patrick Drogui received 4 fellowships and 2 awards for the best
research project from Pollutec and for the best paper published in
Water Environment Federation, delivered 17 invited conferences and
119 communications and conferences. Prof. Patrick Drogui is a
director of CREATE-Program in Environmental Decontamination
Technologies and Integrated Water and Wastewater Management
(TEDGIEER). Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program
(CREATE) from National Science Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
of Canada. Bhoomika Yadav is researcher at Institut national de la
recherche scientifique’s Centre Eau Terre Environnement. She has
strong research skills and worked in multidisciplinary areas of
biotechnology, microbiology and biochemical engineering. Her
research interest includes waste to value transformation,
bioflocculants, wastewater treatment, bioplastics, circular
bioeconomy. Currently, she is working on production of bioplastics
and recovery of various value-added products co-produced with
bioplastics. She has authored 16 publications including research
and review papers, book chapters and scientific communications
published in the leading journals of water science, bioprocess
technology and microbiology. She has given numerous talks in
conferences and scientific platforms at national and international
level. She has won several awards and scholarships including
prestigious scholarship of FONCER TEDGIEER in her doctoral
programme. Dr. Sridhar Pilli presently holding the Assistant
Professor in the Water and Environmental Division of the Department
of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal,
India. His research interests include Water/wastewater treatment,
life cycle analysis, Solid waste management, Biodiesel,
Bio-plastic, Bio-flocculants production, bio-energy production from
wastewater, wastewater sludge, and organic waste.
Dr. Pilli has authored several technical publications in peer
reviewed Journals with high impact factor. He has more than 10
publications with citations more than 1000 that includes
International journals, technical notes and conference proceedings.
He has 6 books published in Elsevier’s and ASCE. He has delivered
several expert talks at different technical forums organized
nationally and internationally. He developed a decision support
system model (based on life cost analysis) to facilitate the
decision makers, policy makers, municipalities, and engineers in
adjudicating a pre-treatment/treatment technology for a wastewater
treatment plant. He is serving on Editorial board for various
journals. He also served as Advisory Committee member for various
international conferences.
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