Maulin P. Shah
Visiting Faculty, Department of Environmental Science, S.R.Rotary Institute of Chemical Technology(SRICT), INDIA.

Biography

Maulin P. Shah, currently Chief Scientist & Head ?Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Envi ronmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India, received his Ph.D. (2002-2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Godhra, Gujarat University in 2001. He is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interest. A group of research scholars is working under his guidance on the areas ?ranging from Applied Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Bioremediation, and Industrial Liquid Waste Management to solid state fermentation. His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification and Genetic Engineering of high impact of Microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. He has more than 120 research publication in highly reputed national and international journals. He directs the Research program at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar. He has guided more than 100 Post Graduate students in various disciplines of Life Science. He is an active Editorial Board Member in 20 highly reputed Journal?s in the field of Environmental & Biological Sciences. Hewas Founder Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Environmental Bioremediation and Biodegradation (2012-2014) as well as Journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2012-2014) (Science and Education Publishing, USA). He is also serving as a reviewer in various journals of national and international repute. Recently, he has been awarded as a Young Biotechnologist Medal by BiotechnologicalSociety of Nepal.

Research Interest

Molecualr Microbiology, General microbiology, Agriculturral microbiology, biocataLysis, Applied Microbiology, environmental Microbiology, waste water microbiology, Fermentation Microbiology, , Biochemical Engineering, Molecular genetics, cellular microbiology, bio-Remediation, Bio-Degradation, environmental toxicoLogy