Preface
1. Biofuels: challenges and the promises of fungi in biofuel
productionMeisam Tabatabaei and Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani
2. Plant pathogenic fungi for bioethanol production: mechanisms of
actionsPaul Christakopoulos, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå,
Sweden
3. Plant pathogenic fungi for biodiesel productionAkihiko Kondo,
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
4. Plant pathogenic fungi for VOCs productionJoan W. Bennett,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey, USA
5. Plant probiotic fungi as a new source for Bioethanol
ProductionRibo Huang, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi,
China
6. Endophytic fungi for biofuel productionRanjan Kumar
Bhagobaty, Oil India Limited, Noida, India
7. Brown and white rot fungi for biofuel productionJonathan S.
Schilling, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
8. Gut fungi for biofuel productionMichelle A. O’Malley, University
of California Santa Barbara, California, USA
9. Consolidated bioprocessing: highly efficient fungi for biofuel
production Gholamreza Salehi JouzaniMohammad J. Taherzadeh,
University of Borås, Borås, SwedenMeisam Tabatabaei
10. Process design in fungal-based biofuel production
systemsKeikhosro Karimi, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan,
Iran
11. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of fungal-based biofuel production
systemsMohammad Ali Rajaeifar, University of Tabriz, Tabrīz,
IranReinout Heijungs, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
12. Thermodynamics aspects of fungal-based biofuel production
systemsMortaza Aghbashlo Arun S. Mujumdar, McGill University,
Quebec, Canada
13. Modeling and optimization to enhance fungal-based biofuel
productionSulyman Hosseinpour, University of Tehran, Tehran,
IranMortaza AghbashloS Venkata Mohan, Indian Institute of Chemical
Technology, Hyderabad, India
Index
Dr. Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani is a Professor of Microbial
Biotechnology at the Microbial Biotechnology Department of
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII). His
research focus is agricultural microbial bio-products and
biorefinery, including biofuels from biomass, biocompost,
biopesticides, biofertilizers, and probiotics. Professor Salehi
Jouzani has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal
articles and book chapters, achieved more than 8 patents, and
transferred two technologies to the private sector (h-index: 20,
i10-index: 32). His publications have received 2221 citations. He
has supervised more than 60 graduate students. In addition, he
serves on the editorial board of several reputed journals including
the Bioengineered (Taylor & Francis Online), Iranian Journal of
Biotechnology, and Iranian Journal of Microbiology.
Dr. Meisam Tabatabaei is an Associate Professor of Environmental
Biotechnology (Universiti Teknologi MARA-UiTM, Malaysia) and is the
Founding Editor-in-Chief of Biofuel Research Journal (BRJ) in
Canada. Meisam has been working closely with the United Nation
Development Program (UNDP) to promote waste-oriented biofuels in
the developing world. Since 2016, he has been the lead collaborator
of the Lancet Commission on Public Health and Climate Change (UCL,
UK) and has published over 250 publications including original
research papers and reviews in journals such as The Lancet (Impact
Factor: 59.102), Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences (Impact
Factor: 26.467), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Impact
Factor: 10.556), etc. (Citations: >7350, h-index: 43, i10 index:
147) He is currently also a Guest Professor at the Ho Chi Minh City
University of Transport (Vietnam). Dr. Tabatabaei has been listed
on the Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers List (Top 1%
scientists in the world) in Engineering Category since 2017. He is
the Editor of the Book Volumes "Biogas: Fundamentals, Process, and
Operation” and "Biodiesel: from Production to Combustion" which
have been published by Springer Nature in 2018 and is on the
Editorial/Advisory Board of International Journal of Life Cycle
Assessment (Springer), Data In Brief (Elsevier), MethodsX
(Elsevier), and Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and
Environmental Effects (Taylor & Francis). Meisam is the Associate
Editor of Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier; Impact Factor:
6.395) and Frontiers in Energy Research. Dr. Tabatabaei is also the
Guest Editor of Special Issues in Renewable & Sustainable Energy
Reviews (Elsevier) and Energies (MDPI). Meisam is the
Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Book Series on Biomass and
Biofuels.
Dr. Mortaza Aghbashlo is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of
Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran,
Iran. He has received University of Tehran’s award for Excellence
in Research in 2008, 2012, and 2017. His research interests
primarily include renewable energies, biofuels, exergy-based
analyses, and sustainability assessment. With over 150 technical
publications in highly referred journals such as Progress in Energy
and Combustion Sciences, Fuel, Energy, Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews, etc., Mortaza is an established researcher in
renewable energy technologies, engineering thermodynamics, and
thermal engineering. He is also the Co-Editor of the Book Volume
"Biodiesel: from Production to Combustion" which has been published
by Springer Nature in 2018 and is on the editorial of Biofuel
Research Journal and Frontiers in Energy Research.
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