Microbial Nanobiotechnology

Microbial Nanobiotechnology: The Melting Pot of Microbiology, Microbial Technology and Nanotechnology.- Characterization Techniques in Nanotechnology: The State of the Art.- Precision microbial nanobiosynthesis: knowledge, issues and potentiality for the in vivo tuning of microbial nanomaterials.- Current Advances in Fungal Nanobiotechnology: Mycofabrication and Applications.- Environmental Nanobiotechnology: Microbial-Mediated Nanoparticles for Sustainable Environment.- Nanotechnology in bioprocess development: applications of nanoparticles in the generation of biofuels.- Microbial enzymes in nanotechnology and fabrication of nanozymes: A perspective.- Microalgal Nanobiotechnology and Its Applications- a brief overview.- Mushroom Nanobiotechnology: Concepts, Developments and Potentials.- Microbial-mediated nanoparticles for sustainable environment: Antimicrobial and photocatalytic applications.

Prof. Agbaje Lateef is the Head of LAUTECH Nanotechnology Research Group (NANO+) at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria. He obtained his B.Tech. in Pure and Applied Biology, M.Tech. in Biotechnology and Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1997, 2001 and 2005, respectively, from Ladoke Akintola University, Nigeria. He received advanced training in fermentation technology, enzyme technology, biocatalysis, functional foods and molecular biology at Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India. He has more than twenty years of research and teaching with interest in industrial microbiology and biotechnology, especially fermentation processes, enzyme technology and nanobiotechnology. He has more than one hundred publications in reputable journals and books to his credits, more than fifty of which are in nanobiotechnology.
Prof. Gueguim-Kana E.B.'s research focuses on microbial process technology with interest in biorefinery of agricultural and industrial wastes for biofuels & bioproducts, application of artificial intelligence in bioprocess development, bioreactor design and nanobiotechnology. He has attracted and trained various national and international postgraduate students in the field of bioprocess technology.  Prof. Gueguim-Kana has authored approximately 90 publications in national and international peer-review journals and book contributions. His current Google Scholar h-factor is 30, and he has been cited more than 2200 times. He has received the award of a top published researcher of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Dr. Nandita Dasgupta is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), India. She is also serving as Senior Research Associate (Visiting) at Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Her areas of interest include micro/nanomaterial fabrication and its applications in various fields -