Solid Waste Treatment Technologies (ePub)

addition, he has served the editorial board of various reputed journals. He has presented several papers relevant to his research areas in national and international conferences. He is an active member of numerous scientific societies including the Microbiology Society (UK), the Indian Science Congress Association (India), the Association of Microbiologists of India (India), etc. He is the founder of the Society for Green Environment, India (www.sgeindia.org). He can be reached at drvineet.micro@gmail.com and vineet.way18@gmail.com.

Dr. Sunil Kumar is a well-rounded researcher with more than 20 years of experience in leading, supervising, and undertaking research in the broad field of environmental engineering and science with a focus on solid and hazardous waste management. His primary area of expertise is solid waste management (municipal solid waste, electronic waste, biomedical waste, etc.) over a wide range of environmental topics including contaminated sites, EIA, and wastewater treatment. He has contributed extensively to these fields and has a citation of 8825, an h-index of 44, and an i10-index of 168 (Google Scholar). His contributions since inception at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), India in 2000 include 300 refereed journal publications, 5 books and 40 book chapters, 10 edited volumes, and numerous project reports to various governmental and private, local, and international academic/research bodies. He is the Associate Editor of peer-reviewed journals of the international repute, that is, Environmental Chemistry Letter, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology and ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste. He also serves as Editorial Board in Bioresource Technology, Elsevier. He has completed more than 22 research projects as PI with 17 (7 awarded) Ph.D. and 17 M.Phil/M.Tech thesis/dissertations under his supervision. Dr. Kumar was also awarded the most prestigious award "Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Jean-Paul-Str.12 D-53173 Bonn, Germany" as a Senior Researcher for developing a Global Network and Excellence for more advanced research and technology innovation.