I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Amity University, Noida, India. I have completed my postdoctoral research in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, and earned my Ph.D. from the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Prior to joining Amity University, I worked as a Project Scientist at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, India and Research Associate at University of Palermo, Italy. My research focuses on applied environmental microbiology, bio-valorization, and waste biorefinery, with particular emphasis on the sustainable conversion of biomass and waste into value-added products. I am author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact international journals, along with several book chapters and books. Since 2023, my name has been recognized among the World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, as compiled by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier.