Meet the editors

Dr. Irem Deniz currently works at the Department of Bioengineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey. Her research interests include bioprocesses, enzyme technology, scale-up, bioreactors, gasification, biochemical engineering, bioengineering, bioconversion of agricultural raw and waste commodities into value-added products, bioenergy/biofuels, microalgae, novel bioreactors, and downstream processing. She is an edito-

rial board meeting for *Biochemical Engineering Journal* and a member of the International Bioprocess Association (IBA). To date, she has published more than thirty SCI articles and book chapters.

Dr. Esra Imamoglu is an associate professor in the Bioengineering Department, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. She obtained a Ph.D. from Ege University in 2011. Her research interests include bioprocess engineering, biofuels, production techniques of microalgae, optimization and modelling, photobioreactor design, scaleup, and CFD simulation. She has been involved in EU activities (EU FP6-FP7 and COST projects) as a partner. To date, she has

published more than forty SCI articles and international articles and worked as a reviewer for more than fifteen journals. Additionally, Dr. Imamoglu has organized many national and international scientific meetings.

Dr. Keskin-Gundogdu is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Protection, Izmir Democracy University, Turkey. She received her BSc in Chemical Engineering from Hacettepe University, Turkey, and an MSc and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Ege University, Turkey. Her area of expertise is environmental biotechnology with a focus on bioconversion of organic wastes into biofuels (biogas, biohydrogen, and bioeth-

anol), bioreactor configurations, advanced oxidation processes, and biodesign. Throughout her career, she has worked as a researcher in many projects and collaborated with different groups from various countries. She has published several scientific papers, books, and conference proceedings.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface XI**

Applications **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 69**

Therapy-Based Studies **95**

**Chapter 6 97**

Nanomagnetic Polymeric Absorbent Based on Alginate and Gamma-Maghemite Synthesized In Situ for Wastewater

*by Ivana Lourenço de Mello Ferreira, Rodrigo Ferreira Bittencourt* 

Alginates - A Seaweed Product: Its Properties and Applications

Algal Alginate in Biotechnology: Biosynthesis and Applications *by Cagla Yarkent, Bahar Aslanbay Guler, Ceren Gurlek, Yaprak Sahin,* 

Alginate-Based Composite and Its Biomedical Applications *by Yaling Deng, Ningning Yang, Oseweuba Valentine Okoro,* 

Alginate Metal Complexes and Their Application

*Ayse Kose, Suphi S. Oncel and Esra Imamoglu*

Heavy Metal Removal by Alginate Based Agriculture and Industrial

Treatment from Metallurgical Industry

*and Clenilson Sousa Júnior*

*by S. Giridhar Reddy*

Waste Nanocomposites *by Shivangi Omer*

*by Ghaidaa Alkhayer*

*Amin Shavandi and Lei Nie*

**Section 2**
