Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology: An Insight into Current Trends

Dr. Pradeep Verma is a professor at the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, CURAJ, Ajmer, India. He received his PhD from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, and his Master’s and Bachelors from MDS University, Rajasthan. He has worked as visiting scientist at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany, and as a PDF at ASCR Prague, Gottingen University Germany, and RISH Kyoto University, Japan. He also worked at Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai, India. His stay at Japan and Reliance Life Sciences resulted in several commercialized national and international patents. He also worked as Associate Professor and Reader-Founder Head at GGV, Bilaspur, and Assam University, Silchar, India. During his scientific tenure, he has received various prestigious awards and fellowships such as the Ron-Cockcroft Award from the Swedish Society, UNESCO fellow, DFG fellow, JSPS PDF, and JSPS-Bridge Fellow. He is a fellow of the Mycological Society of India, the BiotechResearch Society of India, and the Association of Microbiological Society (AMI). His area of expertise involves microbial diversity and proteomics bioprocess development of microwave-assisted pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass and value-added products, along with algal biomass-based biorefinery. He has contributed to 91+ research and review papers, 52+ book chapters and 12+ edited books. He is an editorial board member and reviewer of more than 50+ journals, including Bioresource Technology, Renewable Energy, 3 Biotech, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, Biotechnological Advances, Bioresources and Bioprocessing, etc. He has more than 20 years of research and teaching experience in bioprocess and microbial biotechnology and industrial microbiology.