Preshanthan Moodley is a Senior Researcher in environmental engineering at The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban South Africa. He has an extensive publication list in high impact international Elsevier journals including Bioresource Technology, Energy Conversion and Management, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and Industrial Crops and Products. He has a strong background in biotechnology, microbiology, bioprocess engineering and chemical engineering. He has edited a book titled “Recent Advances in Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production Systems? for Elsevier, as well as written and published 15 book chapters and peer-reviewed papers.