Fungi in Fuel Biotechnology

Preface.- Biofuels: challenges and the promises of fungi in biofuel production.- Plant pathogenic fungi for bioethanol production: mechanisms of actions.- Plant pathogenic fungi for biodiesel production.- Plant pathogenic fungi for VOCs production.- Plant probiotic fungi as a new source for Bioethanol Production.- Endophytic fungi  for biofuel production.- Brown and white rot fungi for biofuel production.- Gut fungi for biofuel production.- Consolidated bioprocessing: highly efficient fungi for biofuel production.- Process design in fungal-based biofuel production systems.- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of fungal-based biofuel production systems.- Thermodynamics aspects of fungal-based biofuel production systems.- Modeling and optimization to enhance fungal-based biofuel production.- 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"