Dr. Bal Raj Deshwal is Professor & Head of the department of Chemistry in All India Jat Heroes’ Memorial College, Rohtak, India. His research activities encompass the area of thermodynamics, solution chemistry, kinetics and mechanism, mitigation of environmental pollution, water pollution, chlorine dioxide generation, hollow fibre membrane etc. He has authored 86 research papers in the journals of national and international repute and attended almost 2 dozen international conferences. He has also a credit of two international patents; one is American Patent and another is Korean Patent. He has also authored four books namely ‘Comprehensive Engineering Chemistry’, ‘Water Chemistry and Environmental Science’, ‘Comprehensive Physical Chemistry’ and ‘Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry’. He has vast experience of ~30 years for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate classes in the Physical Chemistry. He has been visiting scientist in KISTEP program, S. Korea, Brain Pool Fellow, KOFST, S. Korea, Visiting Scientist in S. Korea in Scientific Exchange Program, and Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union. He has supervised several Ph.D. scholars and M.Phil. students.
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Dr. Gede Adi Wiguna Sudiartha is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Yamaguchi University, Japan, following his B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. His research focuses on wastewater treatment, waste-to-energy conversion, anaerobic digestion, microbial ecology, metagenomics, and bioinformatics. Dr. Sudiartha has made several contributions to advancing knowledge in microbial interactions and their role in enhancing biogas production. His publications include articles in leading international journals such as Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Fermentation, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio). Among his notable works are studies on microbial syntrophy and methane production during temperature transitions in anaerobic digestion systems. Dr. Sudiartha has received several prestigious awards such as the Best Paper Award from MDPI Fermentation in 2025, as well as Best Presenter Awards at ICOSEID 2022 and INCRID 2021. He also served as a Visiting Researcher at Khon Kaen University in Thailand in 2023, expanding his international collaboration network.
Syntrophic Microbial Adaptation Enhances Biogas Production during Temperature Transition to 45°C with Moderate Glucose Supplementation