Harit Jha Editor

Bikash Kumar is an Assistant Professor at Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India, and has more than 10 years of experience in biomass valorization, pretreatment technologies, and microbial-based biochemical production for sustainable energy, environmental solutions, and biomedical applications. He holds a PhD in Microbiology from Central University of Rajasthan and has 3 Years of post-doctoral experience at IIT Guwahati and IIT Indore.

Harit Jha is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, with over 24 years of teaching and research experience. He holds an MSc and a PhD in Biochemistry from RTM Nagpur University. His research focuses on lignin extraction from agrowaste and developing lignin-based composites, biofilms, and biodegradable polymers.

Shashi Kant Bhatia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea, and has more than 12 years of experience in biowaste valorization into bioenergy, biochemicals, and biomaterials. He holds an MSc and a PhD in Biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University (India).