Decarbonization Strategies and Drivers to Achieve Carbon Neutrality for Sustainability

Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.

Larry E. Erickson received doctorate in 1964 in chemical engineering from Kansas State University. He has been a member of the chemical engineering faculty at K-State since 1964. In 1967-68 he conducted research in biochemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and introduced courses in biochemical engineering and bioseparations at K-State. From 1985-2018, he has provided leadership for hazardous substance research at K-State. From 1989-2003, he was director of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center, a consortium of universities with headquarters at K-State. In order to advance pollution prevention and improve environmental management, he introduced seminars in hazardous waste engineering, air quality, and sustainability. He has worked with more than 70 graduate students, coauthored more than 450 papers, traveled professionally to more than 25 countries, and participated in more than $50 million of funded research projects. In January 2015, he transitioned to emeritus professor of chemical engineering. He has been employed by Mobil Oil Company, ESSO Research and Engineering Co., Humble Oil and Refining Company. He has been a visiting faculty member at MIT, University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino, Russia, and Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic.

Fabio C Nunes is Professor and Researcher, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Bahia (IF BAIANO). Environmental consultant job in licensing projects, impact assessment and environmental management. Geographer (2002), M.Sc. Geochemistry and Environment (2005), Ph.D. in Coastal and Sedimentary Geology from the Federal University of Bahia (2011). Develops scientific research with soils, soil-plant interactions, environmental impact assessment (EIA), recovery of degraded areas and education.

Environmental Consultant since 2005 and 120 technical reports, Professor in the Faculty of Technology and Sciences - FTC (2006-2011), Professor since August 2011 in the Instituto Federal of Bahia (IF BAIANO), teaching for graduation Geography, Biological Sciences, and Post-graduation in Professional and Technological Education. Published 21 research articles in peer-reviewed Journals and 22 book chapters in Brazilian and international publishers, such as Elsevier and John Wiley & Sons.

Bimastyaji Surya Ramadan is an assistant professor from Department of Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, and a researcher in Environmental Sustainability Research Center (ENSI-RC) Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia. He pursued M.Sc. in soil remediation in Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia and Ph.D. in Environmental Systems in The University of Kitakyushu. Now, he works on the environmental systems and management, mostly in waste management and its impact to air pollution. He developed scientific measurements on open burning emission. He also studied about life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), dynamic system, and Geographical Information System (GIS) modelling for environmental system analysis. He published 17 research articles in international peer-reviewed journals and 3 book chapters in Wiley Online Library.