Algae Biotechnology

Professor Faizal Bux is the Director of the Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology. He has more than 20 years service at higher Education Institutes and has received numerous awards. Prof Bux's primary research areas are: wastewater biotechnology, bioremediation, algal biofuels research and biotechnology, constructed wetlands/rhizofiltration and rainwater harvesting. He has acted/current editor for CLEAN Soil Air Water (John Wiley & sons, Germany), Environmental Science and Health Part A (Taylor Francis, USA) He is a Fellow of the Water Institute of Southern Africa. He has recently edited the following books: (1) Biomass (2) Biotechnological application of microalgae (Taylor Francis, CRC press .) Served on the Scientific program committee/Advisory board/Chair/Invited speaker of various national and International conferences. He is Member of many professional bodies nationally and internationally. Prof Bux has served as reviewer many international funding agencies. He serves as Scientific advisor for various NGO's both in South Africa and internationally especially with regards to water quality issues and waste beneficiation. He established an extensive network of collaborators based at Universities both nationally and internationally with active student and staff exchange for team members in the Institute.

Yusuf Chisti is Professor of Biochemical Engineering at Massey University, New Zealand. Professor Chisti holds a MSc (Biochemical Engineering) degree from University of London, England, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Waterloo, Canada. He is a Chartered Engineer, CEng, and Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE), UK. His previous appointments were with the University of Almería, Spain; Chembiomed Ltd, Edmonton, Canada; University of Waterloo, Canada; and The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria. Professor Chisti has produced nearly 300 publications including a highly cited book (Airlift Bioreactors, Elsevier, 1989). Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge records more than 6,000 citations to Professor Chisti's research publications. He has lectured at nearly 200 international events. He sits is on editorial boards of numerous journals including Biotechnology Advances (Elsevier), Journal of Biotechnology (Elsevier), Journal of Applied Phycology (Springer) and Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining (Wiley). He is a senior editor of Biofuels (Future Science, UK). He received a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Iasi, Romania, in recognition of his many contributions to chemical and biological engineering. In 2008, he was the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Chisti's research is focussed on sustainable production of goods and services through biotechnology.