Preshanthan Moodley Editor

Preshanthan Moodley is a Post-doctoral Researcher in environmental engineering at The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. He obtained his Ph.D from UKZN in 2018 and also had all five chapters from his thesis published in high impact international Elsevier journals including Bioresource Technology and Energy Conversion and Management. He has a strong background in biotechnology, microbiology, bioprocess engineering and chemical engineering. In his short career thus far, he has published over 10 researcher papers, review papers and book chapters related to lignocellulosic biofuel production with more than 150 citations. Dr. Ramesh C. Ray is a former Principal Scientist (Microbiology) and Head of the ICAR- Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (Regional Centre), Bhubaneswar, India. He has 35 years of research experiences in agriculture and food microbiology, published 140 research and review papers in international journals, 63 books chapters, edited 14 books and authored 3 books and received more than 4400 citations. He has more than 40 research papers, book chapters and review articles concerning lactic fermentation of roots and tuber crops (please see the CV). He is a distinguished fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, India and 10 other scientific societies. Currently, he is Director of Centre for Food Biology & Environmental Studies, a non-government organization at Bhubaneswar, India. Professor Gueguim Kana is a Senior Professor in Bioprocess Technology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research focuses on microbial process technology with interest in biorefinery of agricultural and industrial wastes for biofuels and bioproducts; application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in bioprocess development; bioreactor design and nanobiotechnology. He has attracted and trained various national and international postgraduate students in the field of bioprocess technology. Professor Kana has produced approximately 100 publications in national and international peer-review journals and book contributions. His current Google Scholar h-index is 31 and he has been cited more than 2400 times. He has received the award of a top published researcher of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Professor Gueguim Kana is also the recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.