Biopolymers

Transforming wastes into high value-added products: An introduction.- Biopolymers and environment.- Biopolymers: Global carbon footprint and climate change.- Biopolymers: Regulatory and legislative issues.- Sustainable green methods for the extraction of biopolymers.- Biopolymers from agriculture wastes and by-products.- Biopolymers from industrial waste.- Biopolymers from microbial flora.- The scope of biopolymers in food industry.- Potential applications of biopolymers in fisheries industry.- Biopolymers in cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications.- Biopolymers in leather industry.- Biopolymers in automotive industry.- Biopolymers in electronics.- Biopolymer in wastewater treatment.- Bioplastics from biomass.- Sustainability challenges and future perspectives of biopolymer.- Biomaterials in coating industries.

Dr. Ashok Kumar Nadda is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan China. He also worked as a Brain Pool researcher/ Assistant Professor at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Ashok has a keen interest in microbial enzymes, biocatalysis, CO2 conversion, biomass degradation, biofuel synthesis, and bioremediation. Dr. Ashok has published more than 160 scientific contributions in the form of research articles, review, books, book chapters and others at several platforms in various journals of international repute. The research output includes 100 research articles, 30 book chapters and 20 books. He is the main series editor of "Microbial Biotechnology for environment, energy and health" publishing the booksunder Taylor and Francis, CRC Press USA. He is also a member of the editorial board and reviewer committee of the various journals of international repute.
Dr. Swati Sharma is working as Assistant professor at University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University Mohali, India. She has completed her PhD. from University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She also worked as a visiting researcher in the college of life and environmental sciences at Konkuk University, Seoul South Korea. Dr. Sharma has completed her masters (M.Sc.) from Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni Solan H.P. India. She has also worked as a program co-coordinator at the Himalayan action research center Dehradun and Senior research fellow at India agricultural research institute in 2013-2014. Dr. Sharma has published her research papers in reputed international journals. Presently, Dr. Sharma's research is in the field of bioplastics, hydrogels, keratin nano-fibers and nano-particles,