**Shashi Kant Bhatia**

Dr. Shashi Kant Bhatia works as an associate professor in the Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. He received his M.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. degree in biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University (India). Previously, Dr. Bhatia worked as a Brain Pool Postdoc Fellow at Konkuk University (2014–2016), South Korea. His major research areas include environmental biotechnology; biochar production and applications in bioenergy and emerging contaminant removal; resource recovery from waste; valorization of biowaste into biomaterials, bioenergy, and biochemicals; biotransformation and biocatalysis; fermentation; enzyme production; and immobilizations. He has published more than 190 research and review articles, has edited 4 books, and holds 12 international patents. His current H-index is 46 with an i10-index of 146, and he has a total number of citations of 7000. He is a life member of the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) and the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI). He is serving as associate editor of *Microbial Cell Factories*, *Frontiers in Microbiology*, *3 Biotech*, and *PLOS One*, and as an editorial board member of *Biomass Conversion and Biorefineries*, *Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering*, *Sustainability*, *Biomass*, and *Energies*. He is also an active and regular reviewer of international journals published by Elsevier, ACS, Springer, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis.
