Photoelectrochemical and Enzymatic Conversion of CO2 into Fuels: A Shift Towards Net Zero Energy Landscape

Dr Srivastava has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at IIT Bombay and IISc. Bangalore. During his 3rd post-doctoral training at Harvard University USA, he worked on a project which was completely funded by Repsol (A global energy company based in Madrid Spain). At Harvard, he worked with Prof. Juan Parez-Mercader, who is an Elected Member of the International Academy of Astronautics and of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was the first Director of Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Spain. In 2016, Dr. Srivastava was awarded best scientific researcher award by Association of Scientist, Developers and Faculties (ASDF) global in Michigan, USA; Young Researcher Award in Energy Storage & Conversion by Venus International Foundation, India; and Distinguished Young Researcher Award by GreenThinkerZ Society, India. He has edited 2 books and his research interests are nanostructure materials synthesis such as metal nanoparticles (NPs), quantum dots (QDs), carbon-based nanomaterials and characterization of these nanomaterials by various analytical and microscopy techniques.

Assistant Professor Bishnu Bastakoti works at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA.