Phytoremediation for Environmental Sustainability: Applications for Environmental Protection and Management

Phytoremediation for Environmental Sustainability: Applications for Environmental Protection and Management

The deterioration of water quality is of great concern because affect the aquatic organism, humans, and affected negatively the ecosystem. Water pollutants are sourced from different industrial sectors and predominantly from the anthropogenic activities. This edited book will cover the gap between the old and the new knowledge about the phytoremediation, also different associated approaches of biochar, microbes, soil amended materials in phytoremediation of pollutants. Further, specific emphasis will be given to mechanistic based aspects of phytoremediation and different pollutant removal. The genetically engineered phytoremediation in pollutants removal potentials and soil rehabilitation also will be the components of the book. This edited book will give the necessary basic knowledge to the new researchers who want to learn about the phytoremediation and the ways to subject them in pollutant eliminations. Moreover, it will be also helpful for the mature researchers in this field providing them new trends in wastewater treatment processes, and application of advance in phytoremediation etc.

The deterioration of water quality is of great concern because affect the aquatic organism, humans, and affected negatively the ecosystem. Water pollutants are sourced from different industrial sectors and predominantly from the anthropogenic activities. This edited book will cover the gap between the old and the new knowledge about the phytoremediation, also different associated approaches of biochar, microbes, soil amended materials in phytoremediation of pollutants. Further, specific emphasis will be given to mechanistic based aspects of phytoremediation and different pollutant removal. The genetically engineered phytoremediation in pollutants removal potentials and soil rehabilitation also will be the components of the book. This edited book will give the necessary basic knowledge to the new researchers who want to learn about the phytoremediation and the ways to subject them in pollutant eliminations. Moreover, it will be also helpful for the mature researchers in this field providing them new trends in wastewater treatment processes, and application of advance in phytoremediation etc.

Highlights

• Provides new trends in phytoremediation & pollutant removal Covers vast research topics & researchers around the world Summarise the basics of phytoremediation and how it can be used to remove pollutants

Über den Autor

Dr. Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian  is Associate Dean (PhD Program) and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, India. He earned his Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology Calicut and completed postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute, Germany, followed by the SERB-DST National Postdoctoral Fellowship, India. His research focuses on bioremediation and wastewater treatment. He serves on the editorial boards of leading journals and as Associate Editor for several international publications. Dr. Rangabhashiyam has published over 200 peer-reviewed research articles, authored numerous book chapters, and edited books for Elsevier, Wiley, CRC, and Springer. He has been recognized among Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists (2021–2025).

Dr. Chandrasekaran Ramprasad is a Senior Assistant Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, CARE, SASTRA Deemed University, India. His research focuses on sustainable wastewater treatment, resource recovery, waste-to-resource technologies, and environmental management. He has published over 39 peer-reviewed research papers with a cumulative impact factor exceeding 100 and an H-index of 13, and holds an Indian patent on wash water management. His work includes biochar, struvite recovery, landfill methane utilization, decentralized wastewater reuse, sustainable agricultural waste management and renewable energy generation.

Dr. Selvarajan Ethiraj is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetic Engineering, School of Bioengineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. His research spans biotechnology, bioprocess engineering, industrial microbiology, enzyme technology, nanobiotechnology, environmental biotechnology, and bioenergy. His current interests include lignocellulosic biomass valorization, biorefinery technologies, synthetic biology, AI-enabled biotechnology, precision fermentation, and sustainable bioprocesses. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, receiving more than 4,000 citations. Dr. Ethiraj actively collaborates with national and international researchers, supervises graduate and doctoral students, and contributes as an editor, reviewer, and invited speaker in scientific forums.

Dr. Melvin Samuel working as Research Scientist in Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Wisconsin. His expertise includes synthesizing materials, composites, electrochemistry, adsorption, PFAS removal and environmental field. He is reviewer for more than 70 papers in high impact journals. He is Associate Editor in the Journal of Food Security; Review Editor in the Journal of Frontiers in Nanotechnology as well special Issue Editor in the Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research. His total citations include 3089+ with H-index: 31 and i10-index: 43, with total cumulative impact factor: 431.95, of his published articles.

Dr. Ioannis Anastopoulos  is an Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture, University of Ioannina, Arta, Greece. He has conducted postdoctoral research at the Agricultural Research Institute (Cyprus), the University of Patras (Greece), the University of Cyprus (Cyprus), and the Hellenic Mediterranean University (Greece). His research focuses on the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils following the application of organic and inorganic materials, the development of adsorbent materials for wastewater treatment, and the use of organic amendments for soil remediation. He has authored more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals, which have received over 12,000 citations. He has also been included among the World’s Top 2% Scientists for the years 2019–2024 (Stanford University/Elsevier).