Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biohydrogen
暫譯: 木質纖維素生物質轉化為生物氫

Suresh Sundaramurthy is the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Faculty In-Charge, Central Research Facility at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (India). He completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Roorkee and has held postdoctoral and visiting faculty, research positions at international and national institutions (CUNY, USA, AIT Thailand, JNCASR, Bengaluru, IIT Kanpur, Pondicherry University). His research interests include catalysts, reactor design, environmental biotechnology, waste-to-energy, nanoengineered materials, biofuels, decarbonation and green hydrogen. He has supervised numerous Ph.D. and master's students and has substantial experience in R&D projects. He has undertaken several Energy & Environment consultancy projects and technical services including Gas Authority of India Limited, NCAP-MoEFF&CC, Central Effluent Treatment Plant (Indore), CITIIS 2.0 (Ujjain), M.P. Pollution Control Board, Directorate of Urban Administration & Development, State Co-operative Dairy Federation, Animal & Poultry Development Corporation, C-STEP Pvt Ltd. He has published over 130 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, authored/edited 14 books and 41 book chapters/encyclopedia and holds four patents. He has been technical expert member of A.I.C.T.E and Bureau of Indian Standards. He has hosted and lead different technical industry-academia conference/webinars including 'CO2 Reduction Processes for Future Energy Development' involving participation from different industry experts with emphasis on conversion of CO2 into value added products, coal gasification and H2 as the source for future energy. He has received awards from SERB-IUSSTF, Ministry of Education, DST-Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology, Institute of Engineers. He honoured as Fellow member of Society of Energy Engineers and Managers & Institution of Engineers (India).

A. Arumugam is an Associate Professor, SASTRA Deemed University, Tanjore (India). Dr. Arumugam. A is an M.Tech alumnus of the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, in Chemical engineering plant Design and pursued B.Tech in Chemical Engineering at Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. He was awarded Early Career Research Grant (ECR) and CRG on biofuel production. An esteemed author of journal articles, book chapters, with experience spanning nearly 20 years and encompassing renowned academic and research experience in bio-fuels and its relevant technological areas. The focus of his research interests involves the development application of innovative chemical-biological (green) methodologies to invent and modify technologies for energy development. Over the last few years, he worked extensively on synthesizing biodiesel from various non-edible feedstock and algal sources through various agricultural and industrial waste materials as a catalyst for the transesterification process. He had published 72 research articles with a cumulative impact factor of 175 were published in SCI-indexed journals and 8 book chapters. He has edited a book published by Elsevier titled "Production of Biodiesel from Non-Edible Sources".

Deepak Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), where he leads the Sustainable Bioprocessing and Bioproducts Laboratory (SBBL). His research focuses on developing sustainable bioprocess technologies that transform agro-food processing residues and forest biomass into bioplastics, biofuels, and functional bioproducts. By combining experimental process development with techno-economic analysis (TEA) and process simulation modeling, his work advances scalable and economically viable strategies for circular bioeconomy. Dr. Kumar has published more than 90 peer-reviewed research articles and 13 book chapters, with over 5,200 citations and an H-index of 37 (Google Scholar). His contributions have been recognized with several honors, including the 2025 ESF Exemplary Researcher Award and the 2016 Bioenergy Society of Singapore (BESS) Achievement Award. He has also been consistently ranked among the top 2% most cited scientists worldwide in the field of energy (Stanford University and Elsevier-Scopus, 2022-2024)

Sarat Kumar Swain is a Professor of Chemistry, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla, India, since 2011. Previously, he served as Associate Professor at North Odisha University and held several key positions at VSSUT, including Dean of Academic Affairs and Head of the Chemistry Department. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Akron, Ohio, after earning his Doctoral degree from Utkal University, and has been a visiting researcher at IACS, Kolkata, and JNCASR, Bengaluru. Prof. Swain has received different awards such as BOYSCAST, DAE-Young Scientist Research, Samanta Chandra Sekhar. With over 25 years of teaching and research experience, Prof. Swain focuses on hybrid nanomaterials and advanced materials for environmental remediation and decarbonization. He has published over 150 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, authored or edited seven books and 35 book chapters, and holds two patents--one in the USA and another in India.

**Suresh Sundaramurthy** 是印度博帕爾馬烏拉納阿扎德國立技術學院化學工程系主任及中央研究設施負責人。他在印度理工學院魯爾基校區獲得化學工程博士學位，並曾在國際及國內機構（如美國城市大學、泰國亞洲理工學院、班加羅爾JNCASR、坎普爾印度理工學院、龐迪榭里大學）擔任博士後及訪問教職、研究職位。他的研究興趣包括催化劑、反應器設計、環境生物技術、廢物轉能源、納米工程材料、生物燃料、脫碳及綠氫。他指導過多位博士及碩士生，並在研發項目方面擁有豐富的經驗。他參與了多個能源與環境顧問項目及技術服務，包括印度天然氣公司、NCAP-MoEFF&CC、中央廢水處理廠（印多爾）、CITIIS 2.0（烏賈因）、中央污染控制委員會、城市管理與發展局、州合作社乳品聯合會、動物與家禽發展公司、C-STEP私人有限公司。他在SCI索引期刊上發表了超過130篇研究論文，編著或編輯了14本書及41個書章/百科全書，並持有四項專利。他曾擔任A.I.C.T.E及印度標準局的技術專家成員。他主持並領導了多場技術產業與學術會議/網路研討會，包括「未來能源發展的CO2減少過程」，該會議涉及來自不同產業專家的參與，重點在於將CO2轉化為增值產品、煤氣化及氫作為未來能源的來源。他曾獲得SERB-IUSSTF、教育部、DST-烏塔拉坎德科學與技術委員會、工程師學會的獎項。他被授予能源工程師與管理者協會及印度工程師學會的院士榮譽。

**A. Arumugam** 是印度坦賈維爾SASTRA大學的副教授。Dr. Arumugam. A 是印度理工學院特里奇的化學工程廠設計碩士畢業生，並在龐迪榭里工程學院獲得化學工程學士學位。他曾獲得早期職業研究獎（ECR）及生物燃料生產的CRG。他是一位受人尊敬的期刊文章及書章作者，擁有近20年的經驗，涵蓋生物燃料及其相關技術領域的知名學術及研究經驗。他的研究興趣集中在開發創新的化學-生物（綠色）方法，以發明和修改能源開發技術。在過去幾年中，他廣泛研究了從各種非食用原料和藻類來源合成生物柴油，並通過各種農業及工業廢料作為轉酯化過程的催化劑。他在SCI索引期刊上發表了72篇研究文章，累計影響因子為175，並發表了8個書章。他編輯了一本由Elsevier出版的書籍，題為「從非食用來源生產生物柴油」。

**Deepak Kumar** 是美國紐約州立大學環境科學與林業學院（SUNY ESF）化學工程系的副教授，並領導可持續生物處理及生物產品實驗室（SBBL）。他的研究專注於開發可持續的生物處理技術，將農業食品加工殘渣和森林生物質轉化為生物塑料、生物燃料和功能性生物產品。通過將實驗過程開發與技術經濟分析（TEA）及過程模擬建模相結合，他的工作推進了可擴展且經濟可行的循環生物經濟策略。Dr. Kumar已發表超過90篇同行評審的研究文章和13個書章，引用次數超過5200次，H指數為37（Google Scholar）。他的貢獻獲得了多項榮譽，包括2025年ESF傑出研究者獎及2016年新加坡生物能源學會（BESS）成就獎。他在能源領域的引用次數在全球排名前2%（斯坦福大學及Elsevier-Scopus，2022-2024）。

**Sarat Kumar Swain** 自2011年以來擔任印度維爾蘇倫德拉賽科技大學化學教授。此前，他曾擔任北奧里薩大學的副教授，並在VSSUT擔任多個重要職位，包括學術事務院長及化學系主任。他在烏塔卡爾大學獲得博士學位後，完成了在俄亥俄州阿克倫大學的博士後研究，並曾在加爾各答IACS及班加羅爾JNCASR擔任訪問研究員。Swain教授曾獲得BOYSCAST、DAE-青年科學家研究、薩曼塔·昌德拉·塞卡爾等不同獎項。擁有超過25年的教學和研究經驗，Swain教授專注於環境修復和脫碳的混合納米材料及先進材料。他在SCI索引期刊上發表了超過150篇研究論文，編著或編輯了七本書及35個書章，並持有兩項專利——一項在美國，另一項在印度。