Environmental Phycology: Climate Change Mitigation and Hazardous Pollutant Cleanup Using Algal Resources

Author Biography

Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/co-edited several books in her research areas, including environmental toxicology, microbiology, environmental biotechnology, and environmental nanotechnology. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University Grants Commission, Government of India, for her doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D. S. Kotharis Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India, during 2012–2016 with funding from the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is a Professor at Karnatak University in South India. He has authored/edited over 30 books with national and international publishers. He has visited 24 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for academic visits, scientific meetings, and international collaborations. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as a CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal; the University of Delhi, India; and ICAR National Research Center for Banana, India. He is the recipient of a Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award from the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India.