Author: Sunita Varjani

Franz Winter is a Professor and the Head of the Chemical Process Engineering & Energy Technology research division and the Reaction Engineering & Combustion research group at the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering at the TU Wien in Austria, where he also completed his Ph.D. Prof. Franz Winter’s research interests include mathematical modeling and experimental work in energy conversion, CO2 utilization, combustion chemistry for waste utilization and engine technology and design, and high-temperature gas–solid processes. He has published more than 90 journal articles, 190 conference papers, and 40 book chapters and patents. Dr. Rashmi A. Agarwal is a Senior Researcher at IIT Kanpur. She completed her doctoral degree in Inorganic Chemistry at IIT Kanpur in 2014, her M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry at Rajasthan University, Jaipur in 2002 and B.Sc. in Chemistry from Kanoria College, Rajasthan University, in 2000. She has expertise in coordination chemistry, coordination polymers, organic synthesis, inorganic synthesis, crystal structure determination, supramolecular chemistry, porous materials, topology, florescence, SC (single crystal)-to-SC transformation, and synthesis of nano-particles. Dr. Rashmi A. Agarwal has published over 20 research papers in leading international journals. Jan Hrdlička is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague. His research interests include combustion processes, fluidized bed combustion, emission control, CCS (oxyfuel combustion, chemical looping), energy conversion of biomass, alternative fuels and energy sources and industrial energy sources. He completed his Ph D at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague. Dr Hrdlička has received a DAAD fellowship, Marie Curie fellowship and Erasmus fellowship. Dr. Sunita Varjani is Scientific Officer at Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. She holds M.Sc. degree in Microbiology and Ph.D. in Biotechnology. Her major areas of research are Industrial and Environmental Microbiology/Biotechnology. Dr. Varjani has authored more than sixty publications, including research and review papers, books and book chapters.  She has won several awards and honours, including Young Scientist Award – 2018 by International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Certificate of Appreciation – 2017, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Top Reviewer Award – 2017, Bioresource Technology Journal, Elsevier, Young Scientist Award at AFRO-ASIAN Congress on Microbes for Human and Environmental Health, New Delhi (2014) and Best Paper Awards in national and international conferences in 2008, 2012 and 2013. She is member of editorial board of Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability and has served as guest editor of special issues of Bioresource Technology journal, Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability and Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. She is recipient of visiting scientist fellowship from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (2017).