New Trends in Emerging Environmental Contaminants

Introduction of New Trends in Emerging Environmental Contaminants.- Emerging contaminants in Wastewater and Surface water.- Occurrence, Fate, and Health Hazards of Microplastics Pollution.- Microplastics in Terrestrial soils: Occurrence, Analysis, and Remediation.- Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants: Occurrence, Fate and Mitigation Strategies.- Chloroform - An emerging pollutant in the air.- Phthalate Esters in the Environment: An Overview on the Occurrence, Toxicity, Detection, and Treatment Options.- Removal of pharmaceutical compounds: Overview of Treatment Methods.

Dr. Swatantra Pratap Singh is an environmental engineer with experience in membrane fabrication, environmental nanotechnology, fate, and transport of pollutants and emerging contaminants in the environment. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Environmental Science and Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India. He has developed a key technology to fabricate the membranes for water purification and print graphene in-situ in a single step. He has four US patents (two granted and two provisional) on membrane and laser-based graphene fabrication techniques. He has authored 19 journal articles, one book, and three book chapters. He recently won the INAE Young Engineer Award (2020) and ISEES Young Scientists Award (2020).


Dr. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati. He earned his master's and Ph.D. from the IIT Madras in Environmental Engineering. The focus of his research is to address the challenging task of providing safe water for all. One of his arsenic removal technologies has been implemented in the field, and more than one million affected people benefit from the invention. He has extensive experience in the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials and their application in water purification. Besides water and wastewater treatment, his interests include developing green and smart materials for energy and infrastructure applications. Dr. Maliyekkal has authored over 70 articles in reputed journals and conference proceedings, and he is an inventor/co-inventor in 16 patents or patent applications. He is one of the founding directors of an IIT Tirupati incubated start-up NGEN Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd.


Prof. Tarun Gupta is a doctorate from Harvard University & M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He has authored over 175