Editors:
- Latest research on environmental toxicity caused by pesticide and heavy metal contamination
- Outlines problematic events and its magnitude, followed by innovative and sustainable bioremediation strategies
- Special focus on the restoration of contaminated ecosystems
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book addresses the grave concerns stemming out due to conventional treatment techniques. The main focus of this book revolves round the central kernel of novel technology (bioremediation and biotechnology) which has emerged as an independent warrior to clean up and restore the disturbed environs. Furthermore, this book is a coherent assortment of diverse chapters relevant to the role of biotechnology and bioremediation for restoration of the ecosystems degraded by pesticide and heavy metal pollution. The inaugural chapters deal with the quantification of problem and its magnitude due to pesticides and heavy metals, followed by innovative modern biotechnological and bioremediation treatment technologies and sustainable techniques to remediate the persistent pollutants. It is a detailed comprehensive account for the treatment technologies from unsustainable to sustainable. Academicians, researchers and students shall find it as a complete wrap up regarding biotechnological intervention for sustainable treatment of pollution and shall suffice for the diverse needs of teaching and research.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Environmental Science, Cluster University, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, India
Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Moonisa Aslam Dervash
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Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Khalid Rehman Hakeem
About the editors
Khalid Rehman Hakeem (Ph.D.) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (Botany; specialization in Plant Eco-physiology and Molecular Biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, in 2011, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, for a short period. Later, he joined Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, and worked there as Postdoctorate Fellow in 2012 and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) from 2013 to 2016. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels; also, he has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with a number of international research projects with different government organizations. So far, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 35 books with international publishers, including Springer Nature, Academic Press (Elsevier), and CRC Press. He also has to his credit more than 80 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 55 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer of several high-impact international scientific journals from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Cambridge, and John Wiley Publishers. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development andSustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea. Dr. Hakeem has been listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, since 2014–2019. Currently, Dr. Hakeem is engaged in studying the plant processes at eco-physiological as well as molecular levels.
Dr. Moonisa Aslam Dervash (Ph.D) is actively involved in teaching the graduate and post-graduate students of Environmental Science for the past one year in Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, J&K, India. She has bagged a number of awards and certificates of merit. Her specialisation is in Measofuana and carbon sequestration. She has published scores of papers in international journals and has more than three books with national and international publishers. She is also the reviewer of various international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bioremediation and Biotechnology, Vol 2
Book Subtitle: Degradation of Pesticides and Heavy Metals
Editors: Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Moonisa Aslam Dervash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40333-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40332-4Published: 06 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40335-5Published: 06 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40333-1Published: 05 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 278
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Sustainable Development, Applied Ecology, Agriculture