Dr. Vineet Kumar is currently working as a Senior Project Associate at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Before his joining, he worked as an Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) in the Department of Botany at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, India. He was an Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator at Vinayak Vidyapeeth, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He received his M.Sc. (2010) and M.Phil. degree (2011) in Microbiology from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India. Subsequently, he earned his Ph.D. (2018) in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, Lucknow, India. Dr. Kumar’s research interest includes Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bioremediation of hazardous and emerging pollutants, Phytoremediation of heavy metals, Metagenomics of Industrial waste, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Monitoring, Waste Management; Bioenergy, and Biofuel Production. Presently, his research mainly focuses on
