Lala Behari Sukla - The Role of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment

is at present research professor and director in Biofuels and Bioprocessing Research Center, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India. He has worked as chief scientist and was heading the Bioresources Engineering Department in CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than 40 years of R&D experience in the area of algal biotechnology, bio-mineral processing and hydrometallurgy, and has contributed over 194 research articles in international and national journals in the area of biological science and other related fields. Further, he has published 4 books and has 11 patents. Under his guidance, seven students have been awarded Ph.D. degree. Prof. Sukla is the recipient of several prestigious awards including Prof. S.R. Vyas Memorial Award for the year 2010 by the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) toward his significant contribution to the development of microbiology in India, IIME Mineral Beneficiation Award: Academic/R&D for the year 2009 for his outstanding professional contribution to mineral engineering, and Sita Ram Rungta Memorial Award 2007 of the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) for the year 2007 for outstanding work in the field of bio-mineral processing. He is the editorial board member of Scientific Reports , World Environment journal (Scientific & Academic Publishing), and International Journal of Nonferrous Metallurgy . He is senior editor of INGLOMAYOR magazine, Santiago (Chile). He is the national expert in Envis Centre on Environmental Biotechnology. Prof. Sukla has implemented different projects from Alcoa, USA; Ministry of Mines, DST, DBT, and MOEF of Government of India; and OMC, Government of Odisha. He has also served as emeritus scientist, CSIR, and emeritus professor, AcSIR, New Delhi.

an alumnus of IIT, Kharagpur, is currently working as associate professor in the Centre for Biotechnology, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India. He was awarded visiting fellowship by DST-SERB, New Delhi. He was designated as biopesticide expert to the Government of Odisha by DFID. He has been handling various externally funded projects supported by DST and DBT, New Delhi. Dr. Subudhi has worked with the rural community for livelihood generation through biotechnology transfer. He was invited by Chinese Academy of Sciences to present his research findings at Dalian, China. He has been working in microbial genomics and metagenomics of environmental samples like hot springs, functional genomics-based establishment of the mechanism behind the multidrug resistance in clinical isolates, and isolation and characterization of bioactive principles in medicinal plants. He has published more than 100 articles in journals, book chapters, and seminars of international repute and submitted more than 100 new gene and genome sequences to the public databases. To his credit he has published one patent.

is presently working as Assistant Professor in the Biofuels and Bioprocessing Research Center of Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar. He received his PhD from Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea, in 2011. After completing his PhD, he worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in different institutions like Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) and Chungnam National University, South Korea. He is an expert in algal technology, wastewater treatment, ceramic materials synthesis, fuel cell, solid waste management, leaching (chemical and bio), and solvent extraction. He has more than 40 SCI journal publications and 1 granted patent to his credit. He is a life member of various professional societies.