Biofuels: Scientific Explorations and Technologies for a Sustainable Environment
暫譯: 生質燃料：可持續環境的科學探索與技術

生物燃料是有前景的環保可再生能源替代品，能同時減少對日益枯竭的化石燃料儲備的依賴，並降低全球碳足跡。然而，技術上的限制阻礙了生物燃料在全球範圍內的廣泛採用。《生物燃料：可持續環境的科學探索與技術》對不同類型的生物燃料進行了全面分析。書中分為五個部分，詳細介紹了生物燃料的歷史與發現、第一代生物燃料、第二代生物燃料、第三代生物燃料及其未來展望，以及生物燃料作為更清潔、更綠色替代品的前景。

特點：
- 介紹生物燃料的起源歷史
- 敘述生物燃料原材料的演變，從食品作物到塑料廢料
- 解釋主要生物燃料類型的應用：生物柴油、生物乙醇和生物氫
- 討論生物燃料對於更清潔、可持續未來的承諾與前景

《生物燃料：可持續環境的科學探索與技術》分析了生物燃料技術的美好未來及其明智使用，以最小化對化石燃料的依賴。該書旨在為學術界、科學家和研究人員，以及工業界人士、環保人士、生物燃料技術人員、研發行業和石油行業相關人士提供參考。

Debasis Bagchi, PhD, MACN, FRSM, CNS, FISNFF, CFFS, MAIChE, received his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry in 1982. He is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX; an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Biology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, and the Course Director of Neurotoxicology (BIO 585); an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, and the Course Co-Director of Integrative Neuroscience Seminar (PIA395-001); and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Herbs LLC, Concord, CA. Ex-Professor in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX. He served as the Chief Scientific Officer at Cepham Inc, Belmont, NJ, from June 2013, till Dec 2018, and as the Director of Scientific Affairs, VNI Inc., Bonita Springs, FL, from Jan 2019 to Jan 2023. He served as the Senior Vice President of Research & Development of InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc, Benicia, CA, from 1998 till Feb 2011; Director of Innovation and Clinical Affairs, of Iovate Health Sciences, Oakville, ON, till June 2013.

Dr. Bagchi received the Master of American College of Nutrition Award in October 2010; became a Fellow of ISNFF in 2021 and awarded an overseas Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM) in 2022. He is the Past Chairman of International Society of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF), Past President of American College of Nutrition, Clearwater, FL, and Past Chair of the Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Division of Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, IL. He is serving as a Distinguished Advisor on the Japanese Institute for Health Food Standards (JIHFS), Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Bagchi is a Member of the Study Section and Peer Review Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Dr. Bagchi has 443 papers in peer reviewed journals, 48 books and 20 patents. Dr. Bagchi is also a Member of the Society of Toxicology, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Nutrition Research Academy, and Member of the TCE stakeholder Committee of the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. Dr. Bagchi is the Associate Editors of the Journal of Functional Foods, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, and Archives of Medical and Biomedical Research, and also serving as Editorial Board Member of numerous peer reviewed journals, including Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Cancer Letters, Food & Nutrition Research, Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, The Original Internist, and other peer reviewed journals.

Samudra Prosad Banik completed his B.Sc. in Microbiology from Calcutta University, India in 2001. Subsequently he did his Masters from the Department of Biophysics & Molecular Biology from the same University in 2003. Thereafter, he obtained his Ph.D. in protein biochemistry and fungal biotechnology from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata in 2009 after qualifying as a Junior Research Fellow in University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test of India. He has been the recipient of travel grant from International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He has been serving as Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata since 2009. His teaching specialization is Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Protein Biochemistry. He has been the Principal Investigator of one major and one minor research grant awarded by the University Grants Commission, India and the thrust areas of his research interest are 1) Biophysical characterization of glycated proteins and their implications in Type II diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders and 2) Biophysical characterization of industrially important fungal glycosidases in relation to production of cellulosic ethanol. He has authored 27 peer reviewed publications with an average JCR impact factor of more than 3 and has contributed 14 chapters in books. He has successfully mentored one doctoral student till now and numerous Masters' students for their summer internship. He is a Life member of the Biotech Research Society of India and Microbiologists Society, India. He is presently the Head of his department and also a member of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of his college.

Debasis Bagchi 博士，MACN，FRSM，CNS，FISNFF，CFFS，MAIChE，於1982年獲得藥物化學博士學位。他是德克薩斯南方大學（Texas Southern University）藥學與健康科學學院的兼任教授，位於德克薩斯州休士頓；也是阿德爾菲大學（Adelphi University）生物學系的兼任教員，位於紐約州花園城，並擔任神經毒理學課程（BIO 585）的課程主任；同時也是阿德爾菲大學戈登·F·德納心理學院（Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology）心理學系的兼任教員，並擔任整合神經科學研討會（PIA395-001）的課程共同主任；此外，他還是位於加州康科德的 Dr. Herbs LLC 的首席科學官。他曾任休士頓大學藥學院藥理學與藥學科系的教授。自2013年6月起至2018年12月，他擔任 Cepham Inc（位於新澤西州貝爾蒙特）的首席科學官，並於2019年1月至2023年1月擔任 VNI Inc（位於佛羅里達州博尼塔斯普林斯）的科學事務總監。他自1998年至2011年2月擔任 InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc（位於加州貝尼西亞）的研究與開發高級副總裁；並在 Iovate Health Sciences（位於安大略省奧克維爾）擔任創新與臨床事務總監，直到2013年6月。

Bagchi 博士於2010年10月獲得美國營養學院大獎；在2021年成為 ISNFF 的院士，並於2022年獲得英國皇家醫學會（FRSM）的海外院士。他曾擔任國際營養保健品與功能性食品學會（ISNFF）主席、美國營養學院（位於佛羅里達州克利爾沃特）前任會長，以及食品技術學會（IFT，位於伊利諾伊州芝加哥）營養保健品與功能性食品部門的前任主席。他目前擔任日本健康食品標準研究所（JIHFS，位於日本東京）的特聘顧問。Bagchi 博士是美國國立衛生研究院（NIH，位於馬里蘭州貝塞斯達）研究小組及同行評審委員會的成員。Bagchi 博士在同行評審期刊上發表了443篇論文，出版了48本書籍，並擁有20項專利。他還是毒理學會的成員、紐約科學院的成員、營養研究學院的院士，以及俄亥俄州萊特·帕特森空軍基地 TCE 利害關係人委員會的成員。Bagchi 博士是《功能性食品期刊》（Journal of Functional Foods）、《美國營養學院期刊》（Journal of the American College of Nutrition）和《醫學與生物醫學研究檔案》（Archives of Medical and Biomedical Research）的副編輯，並擔任多本同行評審期刊的編輯委員，包括《抗氧化劑與還原信號》（Antioxidants & Redox Signaling）、《癌症快報》（Cancer Letters）、《食品與營養研究》（Food & Nutrition Research）、《毒理學機制與方法》（Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods）、《原始內科醫生》（The Original Internist）等。

Samudra Prosad Banik 於2001年在印度加爾各答大學獲得微生物學學士學位。隨後，他於2003年在同一所大學的生物物理與分子生物學系獲得碩士學位。之後，他於2009年在印度化學生物學研究所（CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology，位於加爾各答）獲得蛋白質生物化學與真菌生物技術的博士學位，並通過了印度大學資助委員會的國家資格考試成為初級研究員。他曾獲得來自國際水稻研究所（International Rice Research Institute，位於菲律賓）的旅行補助金。自2009年以來，他一直擔任加爾各答穆罕默德·阿扎德學院（Maulana Azad College）微生物學系的助理教授，專長於生物物理學、分子生物學、微生物學和蛋白質生物化學。他曾是印度大學資助委員會頒發的一項主要研究計畫和一項次要研究計畫的首席研究員，研究興趣的重點領域包括：1）糖化蛋白的生物物理特徵及其在第二型糖尿病和神經退行性疾病中的影響；2）與纖維素乙醇生產相關的工業重要真菌糖苷酶的生物物理特徵。他已發表27篇同行評審的論文，平均 JCR 影響因子超過3，並貢獻了14章書籍。他至今成功指導了一名博士生及多名碩士生的暑期實習。他是印度生物技術研究學會和印度微生物學會的終身會員。目前，他是其系的系主任，並且是學院內部質量保證小組的成員。