Methods of Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Maulin P. Shah

Designation: Chief Scientist

Department: Department of Microbiology

Institution: Industrial Waste Water Research Lab

Country: India

Maulin P. Shah is currently Chief Scientist & Head – Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India, received his Ph.D. (2002-2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Godhra, Gujarat University in 2001. He is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interest. A group of research scholars is working under his guidance on the areas ranging from Applied Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Bioremediation, and Industrial Liquid Waste Management to solid-state fermentation. His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation-independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification and Genetic Engineering of the high impact of Microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. He has more than 120 research publication in highly reputed national and international journals. He directs the Research program at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar. He has guided more than 100 Post Graduate students in various disciplines of Life Science. He is an active Editorial Board Member in 20 highly reputed Journals in the field of Environmental & Biological Sciences. He has been awarded a Young Biotechnologist Medal by Biotechnological Society of Nepal”.