Meet the editors

Dr. Rajesh Banu Jeyakumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Thiruvarur, India. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. He has 18 years of teaching experience at national and international universities. He is a visiting researcher at East China Normal University, China, and

a former post-doctoral fellow at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. He is the author of 350 publications in indexed journals. He is a senior editor of *e-Prime – Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy*. He has authored and edited five books and published fifty chapters and fourteen conference proceedings. He obtained seven major grants from the Government of India and two consultancies from industries. He guided 17 Ph.D. students and 125 postgraduate engineering students in environmental engineering and science. Dr. Jeyakumar is listed among the world's top 2% of scientists by Stanford University, USA. He received the 2018 Think of Ecology award from Hiyoshi, Japan. His research centers on converting waste to energy, value-added product recovery from waste, biological wastewater treatment, nutrient removal, membrane bioreactors, and microbial fuel cells.

Dr. Kavitha Sankarapandian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. She completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Civil Engineering at Anna University Chennai, India. She received her Bachelor\'s degree in Microbiology and Master\'s in Biotechnology at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India. Her major research

includes energy generation from biomass, micro and macroalgae biorefinery, lignin valorization, and microbial fuel cells. She has authored about 90 articles in SCI and SCIE journals with a cumulative impact factor of 750. Her publications achieved 4000 citations. She has one authored book, two edited books, and 14 book chapters. In addition to this, she is a potential reviewer and editorial board member in various international journals. She has received three best poster awards at International conferences. She was ranked among the Top 2% of Scientists worldwide by Stanford University, USA, in 2020.

Dr. Yukesh Kannah Ravi is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Organic and Nanohybrid Electronics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. He received a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, a master's degree in Environmental Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Anna University Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. His research focuses on converting various waste biomass to bioenergy/biofuels, bio-

logical wastewater treatment, biomass biorefinery, microbial electrochemical cells, and value-added product recovery. He has authored/co-authored fifty-five peer-reviewed scientific journals and twenty book chapters. He is also a reviewer and editorial board member for various international journals. Dr. Ravi has received three best poster awards at international conferences.
