Elsevier Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals: Advances in Enzyme Technology

Biomass, Biofuels and Biochemicals: Advances in Enzyme Technology provides state-of-the-art information on the fundamental aspects and current perspectives in enzyme technology to graduate students, postgraduates and researchers working in industry and academia. The book provides information about the use of enzyme technology as an important tool for biotechnological processes, including food, feed, fuels, textiles, paper, energy and environmental applications. The search for improvements in existing enzyme-catalyzed processes dictates the need to update information on various enzyme technologies. The book gives a snapshot of current practice and research in the area of enzyme technology. Includes current and emerging technologies for the development of novel enzyme catalysis Outlines immobilized enzymes and their implications Refers to enzymes as diagnostic tools Includes metabolic engineering principles for improving industrial enzymes Review Provides an updated holistic view of the fundamental aspects of enzyme engineering and technology, including recent research advances About the Author Dr Ram Sarup Singh is Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. He obtained PhD (Biotechnology) from Punjabi University, Patiala. He is working in the areas of Industrial Biotechnology. His current research works include production of industrial enzymes, glycoproteins, biopolymers, organic acids, ethanol etc. The major focus is to develop processes for the production and purification of various metabolites and industrial enzymes/glycoproteins. He is recipient of many national and international awards which include INSA Visiting Scientist, MASHAV-UNESCO Fellowship, Israel and Fellow of Biotech Research Society, India. He was also Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPLF), Switzerland. He has published 125 research and review papers, 3 books, 30 book chapters and 50 popular articles. He has two Indian Patents in his credit. He is also on the editorial board of international journals. He was Guest Editor of Biologia (2012), Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (2012) and Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (2012). Dr Reeta Rani Singhania is a DBT- Bioscience Energy Overseas Fellow working at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research, IOCL R&D, Faridabad, India. Dr. Singhania obtained PhD in Biotechnology from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India. She has worked at CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum, India; EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland and Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Her major research interest is in the areas of microbial and enzyme technologies, with current focus on biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass. She has 83 publications, which include 32 papers and 19 book chapters, with >3100 citations and h-index of 21 (Google scholar). She is the recipient of Elsevier Best Paper award in 2007, AU-CBT Excellence award of BRSI in 2008 and IFIBiop Young Scientist award for the year 2013. She has been conferred Best Reviewer certificate from Bioresource Technology journal for two years. She has served as guest editor of Renewable Energy journal for a special issue. She is editorial board member of Biofuel Research Journal. She has received Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Most Cited Paper award for the year 2015. She has received prestigious ‘DBT- Energy Bioscience Overseas Fellowship’ from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India to work on Bioenergy in India. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute for Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Honorary Executive Director at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability- India; he was the former Deputy Director for CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at Trivandrum, where he head the Centre for Biofuels