Bioremediation and Biotechnology, Vol 3: Persistent and Recalcitrant Toxic Substances

Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) 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 50 books with international publishers, including Springer Nature, Academic Press (Elsevier), and CRC Press. He also has to his credit more than 100 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 60 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 and Sustainability, 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 Rouf Ahmad Bhat is working in Cluster University Srinagar (J&K), India on the capacity of Assistant Professor and has his specialization in Limnology, Toxicology, Phytochemistry, and Phytoremediation. He has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of Environmental Sciences for the past 3 years. He is an author of more than 50 research papers and 25 book chapters and has published more than 10 books with international publishers. He has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. He has worked as an associate Environmental Expert in World Bank funded Flood Recovery Project and also an Environmental Support Staff in Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded development projects. He has received many awards, appreciations, and recognitions for his services to the science of water testing, air, and noise analysis. He has served as editorial board member and reviewer of reputed international journals. He is still writing and experimenting with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution. Dr Najla Bint Saud Al-Saud (PhD) is Associate Professor in Genetics and Biotechnology. She is the Director of the Princess Dr Najla Bint Saud Al-Saud center for Excellence Research in Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 1. Sources, Classification and Implications of Persistent pollutants on different Environs Ricardo Antunes Azevedo; Department de Genetica Escola Superior de Agricutura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de sao Paulo, SEP 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil; raazeved@esalq.usp.br 2. Concerns and threats of Xenobiotics on aquatic ecosystems Tihana Tekli; Department of Agroecology, Faculty of Agriculture, University J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Kralja Osijek, Croatia; tteklic@pfos.hr 3. Ecotoxicity of Pesticide and heavy metals on aquatic environs Sartaj Hussain Bhat; Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City-501-1193, Japan, email: sartajbhat88@gmail.com 4. Approaches and methods for evaluation of persistent pollutant load in different aquatic environs Moshe Sagi; The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, The Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies, Ben-Gurion University, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; gizi@bgu.ac.il 5. Role of innovative techniques for assessing and monitoring of persistent pollutants in different environs Rocio Leyva; Departamento de Fisiologa Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; roleyva@correo.ugr.es 6. Global scenario of remediation techniques to combat recalcitrant pollutants Monica Butnariu Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania (email: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com) 7. Microbial biota for degradation of persistent pollutants Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli Department of Cellular Biology, Institute of Biological Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil email: tonellibioquimica@gmail.com 8. Mycoremediation: a sustainable approach for pesticide pollution abatement Monica Butnariu Monica Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania (email: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com) 9. Credibility of Nano-technology for Sustainable Agricultural Industries Sha Liu; Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States; Merewitz@msu.edu 10. Application and advantages of alternative approaches in lieu of synthetic persistent substances Muneeb U Rehman Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud Email: muneebjh@gmail.com 11. Ecofriendly Approaches for Remediation of Pesticides in Contaminated Environs Jian-Kang Zhu; Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China ; jkzhu@purdue.edu 12. Application of macrophytes environmentally sound technique for cleaning of polluted environs Olga Natalia Bustos Lpez Universidad Autnoma de Tamaulipas, Mxico mail: olga.bustos@uat.edu.mx 13. Role of Biotechnology in Pesticide Remediation Farhana Maqbool Department of Biochemistry, Hazara University, Mansehra, 21300, KPK, Pakistan, email: drfarhana@hu.edu.pk 14. Microbial Remediation: A Sustainable Approach for Degradation of persistent and recalcitrant pollutants (Polyaromatic hydrocarbons). Adeel Malik; Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; adeelmalik010@gmail.com 15. Microbial aspects of Pesticide Remediation N. Malash; Faculty of Agriculture, Menofiya University, Shibin El-Kom, Egypt; n_malash@hotmail.com 16. Phytoremediation technology: a sustainable solution for cleaning up of recalcitrant pollutants from disturbed environs Adeel Malik; Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; adeelmalik010@gmail.com 17. Application of biotechnology for restoration of degraded environs Omar bin Hameed; Department of Food Science and Process Engineering Abaya Campus Arba Minch University, Ethiopia; omargojwari@gmail.com 18. Role of biotechnology for degradation of synthetic dyes from wastewater Amnah Yusaf Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan Corresponding Author: usm_ca@yahoo.com 19. Pesticide and heavy metal pollution remediation by way of using genetically modified plants (GMP). Mingyong Zhang; Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; zhangmy@scib.ac.cn