Prof. Timo Kikas received his PhD degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in the field of Analytical Environmental Chemistry. He has worked as a researcher in the USA, Japan, Finland, and Estonia. He has also been a director of Türi College of Tartu University and a Study Program manager of the Environmental Engineering curriculum at the University of Tartu. Presently, he is a Chair Professor of Biosystems Engineering in the Institute of Technology at Estonian University of Life Sciences. His main areas of interest include second- and third-generation bioenergy research, biosensors for environmental monitoring, flow injection analysis, and lab-on-valve systems. Prof. Kikas is Editor in Chief of Agronomy Research journal and a guest editor of Energies, a member of the Board of Institute of Technology and the Board of Estonian University of Life Sciences, and national task leader of IEA Bioenergy Task 37 Biogas. Prof. Kikas has been awarded twice with the stipend of the Estonian World Council. He is also a recipient of the Tartu City Rae Foundation award.