Journal of Food Science and Technology - Biotechnology for Resource Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Chemicals and Health (BREEECH-2021)
SI- BREEECH-2021
Background & topics:
The International Conference on Biotechnology for Resource Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Chemicals and Health (BREEECH-2021) is being held at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India during December 1-4, 2021, which aims to present a unique spectrum of scientific program on the most recent and exciting developments in Biotechnology and to display breakthroughs and significant developments in the important areas of Biotechnology and their relevance to the welfare of mankind. The event is the annual showcase of the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI), which was established in 2003, with an aim to promote R&D in biotechnology, bring interaction between the academic institutes and biotech industries, interact with industries and help them in resolving their problems as well make them aware with the new developments in biotech sector. BRSI also provides and arranges training in biotechnology and dissemination of biotech knowledge and application through lectures, seminars, symposia, workshops, etc on scientific themes and societal missions.
With the ever-increasing demand for food and energy and the global emphasis on sustainable developments, there is an increased interest in developing newer technologies for food production and preservation along with developing processes for adequate food waste treatment and management. Food waste to fuels and chemicals concept has gained much momentum in recent years as on one hand, it offers unique opportunity to handle and dispose these wastes and simultaneously provides alternative sources of renewable chemicals and fuels. Food production and food waste treatment and management are major issues worldwide.
This special of JFST will cover following topics:
- Food enzymes-productions and application
- Food fermentation and microbiology
- Food production, processing and preservation
- Food waste – resource recovery and production of value added products
- Microbial products (food applications)
- Probiotics, prebiotics and nutraceuticals
Timeline:
Submission portal should open on 1st January 2022 and close on 31st January 2022.
Brief bio-sketches of the Guest Editors
Managing Guest Editor: Ashok Pandey
Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, industrial enzymes, etc. Professor Pandey has ~1550 publications/communications, which include 16 patents, 108 books, ~850 papers and book chapters, etc with h index of 114 and >56,000 citations (Goggle scholar). Professor Pandey is the recipient of many national and international awards and honours, which include Highly Cited Researchers (top 2% in the world), Rank no 1 in India in Microbiology under Enabling and Strategic Technologies sector and No 4 in overall in science and engineering- Elsevier Citation Report (2021); Highly Cited Researchers (h>100), Google Scholar Citations, 14th Edition, BETA list (2021); Distinguished Fellow, the Biotech Research Society, India (2021); Highest Cited Researcher (Top 0.1% in the world), Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science (2018-till-date); Top scientist in Biotechnology (no 1 in India and no 8 in the world), Stanford University world ranking (2020, 2021). He is Fellow in several international and national academies and societies and has many awards and honors.
Guest Editor: Anil Kumar Patel
Dr. Anil Kumar Patel is currently working as Research Professor at Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. He carried out post-doctoral research in several overseas labs in France, USA, Hong Kong and South Korea and worked in the DBT-IOC Bioenergy Centre, India and has been a visiting researcher at EPFL, Switzerland. His current work is mainly on environmental bioengineering, broadly focused on waste to fuel/non-fuel products program utilizing bacterial, and algal systems. Dr Patel ahs published over 100 publications/communications, which include four patents, 80 original and review articles, 22 book chapters and two conference proceedings (h-index 33 and citations >6000). He is the recipient of IBA-IFIBiop Young Scientist Award for the year 2013 and ‘DBT- Energy Bioscience Overseas Fellowship’ from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India in 2013. He was best reviewer (2012, 2014) & guest editors for Bioresource Technology (special issues 2019, 2020, 2021) as well as Applied Sciences (2019), Science of the Total Environment (2021) and Editorial member of Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Guest Editor: Michael Sauer
Dr Michael Sauer is Associated Professor at the Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna, Austria. His research aims at microbial production of base chemicals from renewable resources. Metabolic engineering and bioprocess engineering are combined to provide microbial processes of industrial relevance. One focus is on the characterization and optimization of natural producers, exploiting natural diversity. Particularly lactic acid bacteria and yeasts are of industrial interest, due their high stress tolerance. A second line of research is dedicated to the development of synthetic tools aiding metabolic engineering approaches with a focus on microbial transport processes. The cellular membrane is a focal point to shield living cells from detrimental influences of the surroundings on the other hand overcoming of the membrane is a potential bottleneck for substrate uptake and product export as well.
Guest Editor: Ayon Tarafdar
Ayon Tarafdar is currently working as an ARS Scientist at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute of ICAR at Izatnagar, Bareilly (India). He has also worked as a researcher in Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He has also worked as a fully funded researcher in Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He has more than 60 publications, including research/review papers, book chapters, books and popular articles He has been awarded with several meritorious fellowships, including the TEQIP-II fellowship, NIFTEM research fellowship, UGC-JRF fellowship, CSIR direct SRF fellowship and SERB-DST international travel grant. He has received awards in India and abroad for his work, the most prominent of which include the IBA-IFIBiop Best Paper award, ISAE Best poster award, IIT Jodhpur Best presenter award, etc. He is currently an editor of the Journal of Food Quality (Wiley/Hindawi). His research interests include process engineering, machine learning, food waste valorization, among other food bioprocesses.