Dr. Vishal Sharma has a Ph.D. in microbiology and his work includes the extraction of edible proteins from waste biomass by different cost-economic methods, such as deep eutectic solvents and ultrasound, for food industry applications. He is also working on bioprocess engineering/development, with a focus on developing novel methods for utilizing enzymes (cellulases) from fungal species for lignin valorization from plant biomass. The work includes molecular analysis by designing task-specific enzymes and analyzing the effect on cell wall synthesis of fungi in the presence of chemicals. His study also involves in situ lignin regeneration to produce biodegradable bioplastics from lignocellulosic biomass using deep eutectic solvents (DESs) and ionic liquids.