Background Info
CURRENTLY ENVBIOTECH FOCUSES ON TWO THEMES OF RESEARCH WHICH ARE: BIOMASS-BIOREFINERY AND BIOENERGY–BIOBASED CHEMICALS. ENVBIOTECH UNDERTAKES RESEARCH IN CORE AREAS OF SOLID WASTE UTILISATION AND LIQUID WASTES TREATMENT SPECIFICALLY IN THE PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE AND VALUABLE GREEN BIOPRODUCTS (INCLUDING CHEMICALS AND ENERGY). OUR CORE RESEARCH AREAS ARE: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOENGINEERING MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF RECALCITRANT XENOBIOTICS TRANSFORMATION OF XENOBIOTIC POLLUTANTS AND HEAVY METALS REAL TIME MONITORING OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS USING MOLECULAR TOOLS BIOFUEL AND BIORENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPING RENEWABLE, ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS CONVERTING LIGNOBIOMASS TO LIQUID FUELS (BIOETHANOL, BIOBUTANOL AND BIODIESEL ) USING YEASTS, CLOSTRIDIUM SP. AND MICROALGAE DEVELOPING MICROBIAL FUEL CELL UTILIZING CATALYTIC REACTIONS OF MICROORGANISMS BIOHYDROGEN FROM BACTERIAL DARK AND PHOTOFERMENTATION BIOCATALYSIS AND FERMENTATION APPLICATION OF ENZYME AND FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIODEGRADATION OF RECALCITRANT SUBSTANCES BIOTRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES INTO BENEFICIAL PRODUCTS THROUGH MICROBIAL BIOPROCESSING AND ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION BIOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF BIOSENSORS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, TOXIC INORGANIC AND ORGANIC POLLUTANTS AND CLINICALLY IMPORTANT ANALYTES MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF PROTEINS FOR SITE-DIRECTED IMMOBILIZATION ONTO SOLID SUPPORTS FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT OF NANO-BIOSENSORS AND MICROARRAY-BASED BISOSENSORS PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF MICROBIAL BEHAVIOUR FOR ENHANCE OIL RECOVERY APPLICATION VIA BACTERIAL PLUGGING BIODESULPHURISATION OF HIGH SULPHUR CONTENT CRUDE OIL (SOUR CRUDE OIL), MAINLY FOR THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF CRUDE OIL