Dr. Vineet Kumar is currently working as Sr. Project Associate in the Waste Re-processing Division at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Before his joining, he worked as Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) in the Department of Botany at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, India. He was an Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator at Vinayak Vidyapeeth, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He received his M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Microbiology at Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India. Subsequently, he earned his Ph.D. (2018) in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, Lucknow, India. His doctoral work focused on Study of Bacterial Communities in Two Step Treatment of Post Methanated Distillery Effluent by Bacteria and Constructed Wetland Plant Treatment System was supported by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. Dr. Kumar's research interest includes: Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Metagenomics, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Monitoring, Waste Management; Bioenergy, and Biofuel Production. Currently, his research mainly focuses on the development of integrated and sustainable treatment techniques that can help in minimizing or eliminating hazardous waste in the environment. He has published 18 research and review articles in reputed International Journals. In addition, he is the author of 4 Proceeding Articles, 35 Book Chapters, and 4 Scientific Magazine articles. Moreover, he has published 2 authored and 11 edited books on different aspects of Phytoremediation, Bioremediation, Wastewater Treatment, Waste Management, Omics, Genomics, and Metagenomics from CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), Elsevier, USA, Springer Nature, and Wiley. His recently published book is 'Recent Advances in Distillery Waste Management for Environmental Safety' (From CRC Press; Taylor & Francis Group, USA). He has presented several papers relevant to his research areas at national and international conferences. Dr. Kumar has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in many prestigious International Journals, including Frontiers in Microbiology, Environmental Research, Chemosphere, Journal of Basic Microbiology; Journal of Applied Microbiology; Current Microbiology; International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology; CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water; Process Biochemistry. He is the founder of the Society for Green Environment, India (website: www.sgeindia.org). When he is not teaching or writing, Dr. Kumar enjoys bicycling, gardening, traveling, spending time with family, and reading spiritual books. He can be reached at vineet.way18@gmail.com; drvineet.micro@gmail.com.
Dr. Manish Kumar is currently working as a Project Scientist at Environmental Biotechnology and Genomic Division (EBGD), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Dr Kumar did his postdoctoral research from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China and Ph.D. from School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Dr Kumar working area belongs to bioremediation, bio-valorization, bioenergy, and detoxification of natural and organic compounds, with major emphasis on waste biorefinery and circular economy. He worked for Department of Science and Technology Government of India sponsor project and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India sponsored project. He also worked for international collaborative project entitle "Indo-US Advanced Bioenergy Consortium (IUABC): Second Generation Biofuels . In 2018 he worked as Visiting Researcher at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland, Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group (BPE). He has published more than 40 research and review papers in peer review journals, 5 book chapters, and also applied for one patent. He has more than 1386 Google citations with 20 h-index.
