Degraded Land Ecosystems, Biomass/Biofuel Production, Restoration Ecology, Socioeconomics, Sustainability Science
Sheikh Adil Edrisi, MPhil, PhD
Assistant Professor at Thapar School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala-147004, Punjab, India
Sheikh Adil Edrisi is an Assistant Professor at the Thapar School of Liberal Arts & Sciences (TSLAS), Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology in Patiala, Punjab, India, and one of the 25 globally recognized potential young scientists to be awarded the Green Talents Awards-2019 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany. The National Academy of Science, India (NASI) has also awarded him the 2018 NASI-Springer Award.
He is exploring possibilities to restore and utilize the marginal and degraded lands for biomass and bioenergy production via regaining its various ecosystem services (ES) for sustainable development in India. His research is focused on utilizing geospatial modeling to classify and explore the marginal and degraded lands for their efficient management to produce various value-added bioproducts, including biomass and bioenergy, regaining ecosystem services, and attaining multiple UN-SDGs for global sustainability. Therefore, Adil is interested in exploring the different multidisciplinary dimensions of geospatial modeling, restoration ecology, soil sciences, socio-economics, policy outlining for the restoration of degraded lands, and bioenergy production.
He is also associated with various international journals of high repute and serves in the capacity of Academic Editor, Coordinating Editor, Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Review Editor, and Guest Editor. He is also a frequent reviewer for several journals from Nature Publishing Group, Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Frontiers, MDPI, Taylor & Francis, etc. Apart from his contribution to various publications, he has co-authored the book published by the International Resource Panel-United Nations Environment Programme (IRP-UNEP) and serving as an active member of various international organizations, including IUCN Commissions (CEM, CEC, and CEESP) for tackling global challenges in sustainability.