Bioprospecting of Multi-Tasking Fungi for a Sustainable Environment: Volume I

Dr Kiran Babu Uppuluri graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur. For the past eighteen years, he has been engaged in developing, modelling, optimizing, and intensifying a bioprocess for various biochemicals like biofuels, therapeutic enzymes, and biopolymers. The primary focus is on the utilization of agricultural feedstocks for the production of biofuels. Dr Kiran has also been involved in the bioprospecting of indigenous fungi. He has more than 50 peer-reviewed international publications and has delivered numerous oral and posters presentations in numerous international meetings.

Dr. Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian is currently working as Head and associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, India. He received his doctorate degree from National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India. He was awarded post-doctoral fellowship by Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 2015, Germany. His major research interests are waste valorization and wastewater treatment. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and edited 8 books. Dr Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian was listed in Top 2% (2021, 2022 and 2023) most cited research scientists in the world as per data published by Stanford University USA.

Dr. Kiran Babu Uppuluri 畢業於安得拉大學（Andhra University）化學工程學院，現任泰米爾納德邦薩斯特拉大學（SASTRA Deemed University）化學與生物技術學院生物技術系的副教授。在過去的十八年中，他專注於開發、建模、優化和強化各種生化產品的生物過程，如生物燃料、治療性酶和生物聚合物。主要研究重點是利用農業原料生產生物燃料。Kiran 博士還參與了本土真菌的生物勘探。他擁有超過 50 篇經過同行評審的國際出版物，並在多個國際會議上發表了大量口頭報告和海報展示。

Dr. Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian 目前擔任印度 SRM 大學（SRM University-AP）環境科學與工程系的系主任及副教授。他在印度卡利卡特國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology, Calicut）獲得博士學位。2015 年，他獲得德國馬克斯·普朗克複雜技術系統動力學研究所的博士後獎學金。他的主要研究興趣包括廢物增值和廢水處理。他已發表超過 130 篇經過同行評審的文章並編輯了 8 本書籍。根據美國史丹佛大學（Stanford University）發布的數據，Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian 博士在 2021、2022 和 2023 年被列為全球前 2% 最被引用的研究科學家。