This contributed volume focuses on the effects of macro, meso, micro, and nanoplastic waste on marine biota. It discusses the threats posed by plastic waste on the flora and fauna in the marine environment. This book will help in understanding different aspects of plastic waste generation, its transportation with different natural and anthropogenic ways, its accumulation at the sea coast, and its impact on marine biota. The book also suggests strategies for saving marine life from threats posed by plastic waste and presents methods to reduce its generation using different strategies. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. It also serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and post-graduate students of Ecology, Botany and Environmental Sciences.
About the Author: Recently, Dr. Mohd. Shahnawaz got selected as an Associate Professor at Biofuel Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. Previously, he worked as a Botany lecturer (on academic arrangement basis) at Govt. Degree College Paloura, Mishriwala, Jammu and Kashmir. Last year, he got selected as a postdoc fellow at Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang, South Korea; however, due to the COVID-19 scenario, he was not able to join the same. He has also completed the National Post-Doctoral Fellowship, funded by DST-SERB, GoI, at Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Altafhussain B. Nadaf and Prof. (Dr.) Avinash B. Ade, he earned his M.Phil. (2010) and Ph.D. (2016) in Botany from the Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Dr. Shahnawaz is recipient of various fellowships awarded by the Savitribai Phule Pune University and University Grants Commission (UGC), India. His research interest is in ecology, microbiology, bioremediation, and plant biotechnology. Currently, he is focused on the mitigation of microplastic using bioremediation technology. He has served as a referee and editor for several of international journals. In the year 2019, he received the Young Scientist Award from VDGood Professional Association at Vishakhapatnam, India. His contributed work has been published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) and his book on bioremediation technology for plastic waste (Springer) has attracted huge media coverage. He has published more than 20 research articles in the peer-reviewed journals and authored/edited 8 books of international repute.
Dr. Manisha K. Sangale is currently working as a Research Assistant at the Department of Bioscience, Swansea University, United Kingdom. Previously, she worked as an assistant professor of botany in the Department of Botany, Radhabai Kale Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. She had also worked as an Assistant Professor on CHB basis in the Department of Botany, S. M. Joshi College, Hadapsar, Pune, and Yashvantarao Chavan Institute of Science Satara, Maharashtra, India. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. B. B. Chaugule and Prof. Dr. Avinash B. Ade, she earned her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Botany from the Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Dr. Sangale is recipient of various fellowships and awards conferred by Savitribai Phule Pune University and University Grants Commission (UGC), India. Her research interest is in phycology, mycology, ecology, microbiology, and bioremediation. She has served as referee for a number of international journals. Dr. Sangale has more than 5 years teaching experience in phycology, mycology, and microbiology and plant biotechnology at UG and PG level. Her work on plastic degradation using fungi has been published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) and her co-authored book on bioremediation technology for plastic waste (Springer) has attracted huge media coverage. She has published more than 17 research articles in the peer-reviewed international journals and authored/co-authored two book of international repute. Recently, she received the Young Scientist Award by VDGood Professional Associations.
Dr. Daochen Zhu is currently working as an Associate Professor at Biofuel Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. After completing his Ph.D. in environmental biochemistry from Kobe University, Japan, in 2008, he joined Biofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, in 2009 as an assistant professor. He has earned his B.S. in fermentation engineering from Dalian Polytechnic University, China, in 2004. During the tenure of his career, he also worked at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, as a visiting scholar (2015_2016). He is recipient of numerous awards and funding, to support his research, by Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. Dr. Zhu is a recognized guide for M.S. students. He is the reviewer and editorial board member of various peer-reviewed journals of international repute. His research group mainly focuses on microorganism resource and diversity, lignin biodegradation and chemicals product, and biodegradation of organic pollutants. He is also interested in the mitigation of microplastic through bioremediation technology. Dr. Zhu has 50 publications to his credit published in peer-reviewed international journals of repute with good impact factor. He also has 12 patents, 6 of those authorized to his credit. Dr. Zhu has also published two book chapters in the books indexed in Book Citation Index - Clarivate. Dr. Avinash B. Ade is currently working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He has earlier served as an Associate Professor (2005-2009) and Assistant Professor (1997-2005) at the Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. His research interest is in ecology and cytogenetics with specialization in plant-microbes interaction and bioremediation. He has been conferred with various prestigious awards notably, Dr. M. A. Dhore Gold Medal for standing first in the order of merit in M.Sc. (botany) examination conducted by Amravati University, Amravati (1996). He has served as referee for a number of national and international journals. Dr. Ade has more than 21 years of teaching experience in plant ecology, cytogenetic, genetics, plant pathology, and bioremediation.
He has also published more than 65 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and authored/edited more than 10 books and numerous book chapters. He is a member of many international scientific societies and organizations, in particular life member of Marathwada Botanical Society, life member of Maharashtra Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, life member of the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, life member of the Indian Ecological Society, and life member of the Indian Society of Plant Pathologists.
