Bioflocculants for Wastewater Treatment

Dr. Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad. With six years of teaching and research experience, his work spans environmental biotechnology, food biotechnology, marine biotechnology, and waste management. He has authored 65 publications (28 book chapters, 37 research/review papers), holds one patent, and has 649 citations (h-index: 13, i10-index: 18). He received a consultancy project worth ?2 lakh from N-Science Sustainable Solutions Pvt. Ltd., and an in-house grant of ?31,447 from CBIT. Dr. Mandal served as Guest Editor for Energy Nexus (Elsevier, 2021–2023) and has reviewed over 100 manuscripts for various journals and books.

Dr. Bishwambhar Mishra is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad, has over a decade of post-PhD experience in teaching and research. His work focuses on microbial and nanotechnological solutions for sustainability, food security, and resource management. He has published 60 papers in SCIE-indexed journals with 1,533 citations (h-index: 23, i10-index: 44), authored 2 books and 20 book chapters, and reviewed for 50+ international journals. Dr. Mishra also serves as a Topical Editor and Editorial Board Member for several SCIE journals.

Dr. Maulin P. Shah is a renowned environmental microbiologist with over two decades of research experience. He earned his PhD from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, in 2005. His work focuses on exploring the link between pollution and microbial diversity in wastewater through both culture-dependent and independent approaches. Dr. Shah has published over 250 research papers and edited more than 200 books with leading publishers like Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Wiley. He also serves on the editorial boards of several top-tier journals, contributing significantly to environmental science and microbiology.