Dr. Gopalakrishnan Kumar serves as Associate professor in Institute of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway. Additionally, he plays the role as “specially appointed Associate professor? concentrating on research in School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea . His major research interest includes biofuel/biochemical production from lignocellulose/waste/wastewater and algal biomass via biorefinery and valorization schemes and Microbial fuel/electrolysis cell (MFC& MEC) technologies. He has extensively published more than 205 SCI papers in highly prestigious Journals (including 2 cover image articles, 7 high cited/hot articles and 1 key scientific article), with total citations of 5000 & h-index of 37. He also contributed to more than 15 book chapters and edited/editing 2 books.