Dr. Alok Prasad Das is presently serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Life Sciences, Rama Devi Women’s University, Odisha India. Prior to that Dr. Alok was working as Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Tripura Central University, Agartala, India. He is an academician, researcher and author of journal articles, several books, and book chapters. He is the Editorial member of several reputed journals. With his15 years of research experience,Dr. Das has been supported through various research grants from Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. His research and innovation work, done in national and international collaborations, has appeared in over 100 of publications; and his contributions have been recognized by several awards. His area of expertise includes Biological Wastewater treatment, Bioremediation based bioleaching of mining pollutants, Bioconversion of environmental waste to vale based products, Bioremediation of Microplastics and Microfiber Pollutants, Geomicrobiology of extreme habitats. He has guided several post graduate and Ph.D. scholars. His current Google Scholar: Citations is 5300 and h-index 42. Dr. Das is enlisted in world’s top 2% influential scientist as per the Stanford University list 2023 and 2024.

Title of Talk : Synthetic Polymer Pollution and its Sustainable Solution