Dr. Basak is an Associate Professor at the Petroleum and Mineral Research Institute at Hanyang University, South Korea. His work has been focusing on the microbiotechnology of biomass pretreatment, acidogenic fermentation, and anaerobic digestion of various organic wastes for cost-effective production of gaseous biofuel, especially exploring the microbiota and the microbial ecology involved. Specific interest has also been in the microbial remediation of organic pollutants in the environment.