This book focuses on untapped marine resources for production of biofuel, biogas, bio-fertilizers, nutraceuticals, pharmaceutical and other value-added products. The applications of marine biomass and microbes in human welfare, whether individual or synergistic use, for waste management, climate change mitigation, eco-restoration, and environment protection have also been covered. This book also looks at the solutions to the problem of fossil fuel, which is one of the major sources of environmental pollution and global warming. In this context, marine-based biorefinery represents a promising approach to mitigate climate change as bio-based products are good alternatives to fossil-based fuels and synthetic chemicals due to their capacity for net-negative carbon emissions.
This book is a reference material for researchers and scientists working in the field of biorefinery, pharmaceutical industry, bioremediation of contaminants and carbon neutrality for environmental safety.
Dr. Mohd Rafatullah is currently working as an associate professor of environmental technology in the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. He obtained his PhD in environmental chemistry, master's in analytical chemistry and bachelor's in chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India. His areas of research interest are environmental water pollutants and their safe removal, preparation of nanomaterials, wastewater treatment, adsorption and ion exchange, microbial fuel cells, advance oxidation process, activated carbons and their electrochemical properties. He is a lifetime fellow member of International Society of Sustainable Development and a member of various professional international societies. He has published several review articles and research papers in the journals of international repute.
Dr. Masoom Raza Siddiqui is currently working as a professor of chemistry at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Siddiqui received his bachelor's, master's and PhD from Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research experience includes analytical method development of pharmaceutical, food additives and contaminants, bioremediation and water treatment. He has more than 120 publications to his credit and has also contributed book chapters and patents.
Dr. Moonis Ali Khan is a professor at the Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is an interfacial chemist with research focused on the development of advanced materials for energy, environmental, and biomedical applications. His research is also focused on waste conversion to valuables for both energy and environmental applications. He has authored more than 200 research/review articles and has three US patents to his name.
Dr. Riti Thapar Kapoor is associate professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. She received her PhD from University of Allahabad and worked as post-doctoral fellow at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Kapoor has 15+ years of teaching and research experience, and her areas of specialization are environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor has published 8 books and over 110 research papers in various journals of national and international repute.
