DR. SHEIKH ADIL EDRISI

Assistant Professor

PhD in Botany, MPhil in Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, IESD, Banaras Hindu University, India

Assistant Professor, TSLAS, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Bhadson Road, Patiala-147004, Punjab

sheikhadil.edrisi@thapar.edu

Sheikh Adil Edrisi is one of the 25 globally recognized potential young scientists to be awarded for the Green Talents Awards-2019, supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany. His research is focused on utilizing geospatial modelling 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 to explore the different multidisciplinary dimensions of geospatial modeling, restoration ecology, soil sciences, socio-economics, policy outlining for the restoration of degraded lands, and bioenergy production.

Before joining the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Adil worked as a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He also worked as a Visiting Fellow at Beijing Normal University, China (2017) and Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia (2018), and earned his Doctoral Research at Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University, India, in 2019. He has completed his MPhil in Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (2013) at Banaras Hindu University, India. Besides the Green Talent Award, Adil also received the NASI-Springer Award in 2018 provided by the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) for the best research in his field. He has also been awarded the Travel Grant under International Travel Scheme from DST-SERB, Govt. of India, to present his research in Slovenia.

Currently, he is handling a SERB-funded project on the "Sustainability Assessment of Urban Forestry," sanctioned for 2021-2023. He is also associated with various international journals of high repute and serving 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.

Papers Published

Journal Articles

• Edrisi, S.A*., Tripathi, V., Prakash, N.T., Abhilash, P.C. Climate-adaptive agroforestry: restoring marginal lands for fuel, food and nutrition security. Environmental Sustainability (2025) 8, 127–134, ISSN: 2523-8922 [IF: 3.0]. [Link]
• Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., Becky N. Aloo, B.N., Fraceto, L.F., Srivastava, V., Pant, G. (2024) Editorial: Environmental remediation strategies of new and emerging chemical contaminants. Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry. 5:1500489. [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Bundela, A.K., Verma, V., Dubey, P.K., Abhilash, P.C. Assessing the impact of global initiatives on current and future land restoration scenarios in India. Environmental Research (2023) 216, 114413, ISSN: 0013-9351 [IF: 7.7]. [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Singh, A., Dubey, P.K., Abhilash, P.C. Tectona grandis L.f. Mediated Restoration of Marginal and Degraded Lands in North India. Land Degradation & Development (2023) 34, 929–942, ISSN: 10853278 [IF: 3.6]. [Link]
• Verma, V., Edrisi, S.A*. Sustainable management of land resources via the co-designing approach. Journal of Cleaner Production (2022), Elsevier, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Dubey, P.K., Chaturvedi, R.K., Abhilash, P.C*. Bioenergy crop production potential and carbon mitigation from marginal and degraded lands of India. Renewable Energy (2022), Elsevier, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A.*, Sarkar, P., Son, J., Prakash, N.T., Baral, H. Assessing the Realization of Global Land Restoration: A Meta-Analysis. Anthropocene Science (2022), Springer, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A*., Sahiba, S.A., Chen, B. Abhilash, P.C*. Emergy-based sustainability analysis of bioenergy production from marginal and degraded lands of India. Ecological Modelling (2022), Elsevier, [Link]
• Upadhyay, S.K., Edrisi, S.A. Developing Sustainable Measures to Restore Fly Ash Contaminated Lands: Current Challenges and Future Prospects. Land Degradation & Development (2021), Wiley, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A*., Abhilash, P.C. Need of Transdisciplinary Research for Accelerating Land Restoration during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Restoration Ecology (2021), Wiley, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Tripathi, V., Chaturvedi, R.K., Dubey, D.K., Patel, G., Abhilash, P.C*. Saline soil reclamation index as an efficient tool for assessing restoration progress of saline land. Land Degradation & Development (2021), Wiley, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., El-Keblawy, A., Abhilash, P.C*. Sustainability analysis of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC based restoration of degraded land in North India. Land (2020), MDPI, [Link]
• Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., Chaurasia, R., Pandey, K.K., Dinesh, D., Srivastava, R., Srivastava, P., Abhilash, P.C.* Restoring HCHs polluted lands as one of the priority activities during the UN-International Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030): A call for global action. Science of the Total Environment (2019), Elsevier, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Tripathi, V., Abhilash, P.C.* Performance analysis and soil quality indexing for Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. grown in marginal and degraded land of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. Land (2019), MDPI, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Tripathi, V., Abhilash, P.C*. Towards the sustainable restoration of marginal and degraded lands of India. Tropical Ecology (2018), ISTE, Springer, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A.*, Tripathi, V. Managing soil resources for sustainable development. Journal of Cleaner Production (2018), Elsevier, [Link]
• Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., Chen, B., Gupta, V.K.*, Abhilash, P.C.*, Vilu, R., Gathergood, N. Biotechnological Advances for Restoring Degraded Land for Sustainable Development. Trends in Biotechnology (2017), Cell-Press, [Link]
• Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., O"Donovan, A., Gupta, V.K.*, Abhilash, P.C.* Bioremediation for fueling the biobased economy. Trends in Biotechnology (2016), Cell-Press, [Link]
• Abhilash, P.C.*, Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., Dubey, R. K., Bakshi, M., Dubey, P. K., Singh, H. B., Ebbs, S.D. Sustainability of Crop production from polluted lands. Energy, Ecology & Environment (2016), Springer, IF: NA, [Link]
• Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., Abhilash, P.C*. Towards the coupling of phytoremediation with bioenergy production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2016), Elsevier, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Abhilash, P.C*. Exploring marginal and degraded lands for biomass production: An Indian scenario. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2016), Elsevier, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Abhilash, P.C*. Book review: Socio-economic impacts of bioenergy production. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2015), Elsevier, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Abhilash, P.C*. Sustainable bioenergy production from woody biomass: Prospects and promises. Journal of Cleaner Production (2015), Elsevier, [Link]
• Abhilash, P.C., Tripathi, V., Dubey, R. K., Edrisi, S. A. Coping with changes: adaptation of trees in a changing environment. Trends in Plant Science (2015), Cell-Press, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Dubey, R.K., Tripathi, V., Bakshi, M., Srivastava, P., Jamil, S., Singh, H.B., Singh, N., Abhilash, P.C*. Jatropha curcas L.: A crucified plant waiting for resurgence. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2015), Elsevier, [Link]
• Tripathi, V., Dubey, R.K., Edrisi, S.A., Narain, K., Singh, H.B., Singh, N., Abhilash, P.C*. Towards the ecological profiling of a pesticide contaminated site for remediation and management. Ecological Engineering (2014), Elsevier,[Link]

Books published (Edited/Authored)

• Edrisi, S.A., Dubey, P.K., Rao, C.S., Baral, H., Chaturvedi, R.K., Abhilash, P.C. (Eds.) (2024). Sustainable plant nutrition and soil carbon sequestration. In Book Series: Sustainable plant nutrition under changing world. Publisher: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-53589-5. [Link]

Book Chapters

• Edrisi, S.A.*, Chaurasia, R., Verma, V. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions and plant soil nutrition: Towards nutrient-use efficiency for achieving net-zero emissions. In: Edrisi, S.A., Dubey, P.K., Rao, C.S., Baral, H., Chaturvedi, R.K., Abhilash, P.C. (Eds.). Sustainable plant nutrition and soil carbon sequestration. In Book Series: Sustainable plant nutrition under changing world. Publisher: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-53589-5. [Link]
• Verma, V., Edrisi, S.A.* (2024). Global and regional sustainability challenges for plant and soil nutrient management. In: Edrisi, S.A., Dubey, P.K., Rao, C.S., Baral, H., Chaturvedi, R.K., Abhilash, P.C. (Eds.) (2024). Sustainable plant nutrition and soil carbon sequestration. In Book Series: Sustainable plant nutrition under changing world. Publisher: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-53589-5. [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A. (2023) Environmentalism, resources and environmental justice. In: Social ecology, globalisation and sustainability (MSD023). Course Material for Master of Arts in Sustainability Sciences offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India.
• Edrisi, S.A., Tripathi, V., Abhilash, P.C.* Carbon sequestration and harnessing biomaterials from terrestrial plantations for mitigating climate change impacts. In: Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals Climate Change Mitigation: Sequestration of Green House Gases. Thakur, I.S., Pandey, A., Ngo, H.H., Soccol, C.R., Larroche, C. (Eds.). (2022) Publisher: Elsevier [Link].
• Edrisi, S.A., Rakshit, A., Dubey, P.K., Abhilash, P.C., Singh, S.K., Patra, A.K., Pathak, H. Managing Soil Resources for Human Health and Environmental Sustainability. In: Rakshit A., Singh S., Abhilash P., Biswas A. (eds) Soil Science: Fundamentals to Recent Advances. (2021) Springer, Singapore [Link]
• Dubey, R.K., Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., Bakshi, M., Dubey, P.K., Singh, A., Verma, J.P., Singh, A., Sarma, B.K., Raskhit, A., Singh, D.P., Singh, H.B., Abhilash, P.C.* Role of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Remediation. Published in Advances in PGPR Research. Sarma, B.K., Singh, H.B., Keswani, C. (Eds.). Publisher: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), Wallingford, United Kingdom (2017), ISBN: 9781786390325, 466 pp, [Link]

Special Issues

• Tripathi, V., Edrisi, S.A., Becky N. Aloo, B.N., Fraceto, L.F., Srivastava, V., Pant, G. (Eds.) (2024). Environmental Remediation Strategies of New and Emerging Chemical Contaminants. Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry. Publisher: Frontiers. [Link]
• Tripathi, V., Pandey, K.K., Abhilash, P.C., Edrisi, S.A., Aloo, B.N., Naidu, R. (Eds.) (2024). Microplastics Pollution in the Soil Ecosystem: Impact, Challenges for Restoration and Remediation Strategies. Land Degradation & Development. Publisher: Wiley. [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Chen, B., Tripathi, V., Brandão, M., Baral, H. (Eds.). Second-Generation Biofuels: Strategies from Degraded Lands to Industries for Climate Change Mitigation and UN-SDG.Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers, 2022- [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Abhilash, P.C., Baral, H., Tripathi, V., Dubey, R.K. (Eds.). Diverse Forestry Systems for Cleaner Production Towards the Bio-Based Economy and Sustainable Development. Forests, MDPI, 2022- [Link]
• Abhilash, P.C., Edrisi, S.A., Tripathi, V., Chaturvedi, R.K., Baral, H., El-Keblawy, A. (Eds.). Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs-II. Land, MDPI, 2022- [Link]
• Abhilash, P.C., Edrisi, S.A., Callaham Jr, M., Tripathi, V., Frouz, J., El-Keblawy, A., Török, P., Rao, C.S. (Eds.). Challenges and Opportunities of Global Land Restoration During the UN-Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). Land Degradation and Development, Wiley [Link]
• Abhilash, P.C., Edrisi, S.A., Tripathi, V., Chaturvedi, R.K., Baral, H., El-Keblawy, A. (Eds.). Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs. Land, MDPI [Link]

Reports

• Herrick, J.E., ... Edrisi, S.A., ... Zeleke, G. Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: An International Resource Panel Think Piece. A think piece of the International Resource Panel. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. IRP (2019), ISBN: 978-92-807-3758-5, [Link]

Conference proceedings/ Souvenirs

• Edrisi, S.A., Rakshit, A., Dubey, P.K., Abhilash, P.C., Singh, S.K., Patra, A.K., Pathak, H. Managing Soil Resources for Human Health and Environmental Sustainability. 84th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Soil Science & National Seminar on Developments in Soil Science. Publisher: Varanasi Chapter of the Indian Society of Soil Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. November, 2019, [Link]
• Edrisi, S.A., Abhilash, P.C. Managing soil sustainability indicators for sustainable biomass and biofuel production. 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection. Bioenergy and Biofuels. Conference Proceedings. University of Maribor Press. ISBN: 78-961-286-048-6; 403-413p June, 2017, [Link]

Papers presented at Conferences

• More than 20 papers were presented in various national and international conferences across India and abroad.

Awards and Recognition

Awards:

• Visiting Teacher Fellow-2024, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. July 15-July 25, 2024.
• Prof. Subodh Bhatnagar Innovation Award-2022, Society for Plant Research, Uttar Pradesh, India. December 2022.
• Guest Scientist at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany. October 20-December 31, 2022.
• Young Scientist Medal-2021, International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, India.
• Young Scientist Start-up Research Grant, for the project sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India (SERB, GoI) New Delhi, India. December 2021.
• Young Scientist Award, Society for the Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment (SSCE), New Delhi, India. December 2020.
• Green Talents Award, Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development hosted by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany, 2019.
• Best Oral Presentation Award for research paper entitled "Developing soil quality index and recommending tree species for the restoration of degraded lands" at "International Seminar on "Environmental Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century" (EICC-2019), organized by Department of Environmental Science, Bareilly College, Bareilly, U.P., India. January 20-22, 2019.
• Outstanding Reviewer Recognition Award for outstanding contribution on reviewing for enhancing the quality of journal, provided by Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, 2018.
• NASI-Springer Award, Best Oral presentation for research paper at "88th Annual Session of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) and Symposium on Science, Technology and Ecosystem for Sustainable Rural Development", 2018.
• Best Oral Presentation Award for research paper at the "Lucknow Science Congress (LUSCON-2015) and National Conference on Science for Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach", organized by BBAU, Lucknow, U.P., India, 2015.

Editorial responsibilities:

• Subject Editor, Discover Forests (Springer), 2024-
• Editorial Board Member, Discover Forests (Springer), 2024-25
• Subject Editor, Vegetos (Springer), 2024-25
• Review Editor, Land Degradation and Development (Wiley), 2023-
• Associate Editor, Energy Ecology and Environment (Springer), 2022-
• Academic Editor, PLOS One, PLOS, 2022-
• Coordinating Editor, Restoration Ecology, Wiley, 2022-
• Editorial Board Member, Anthropocene Science (Springer), 2021-
• Associate Editor, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, 2020-
• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Diverse Forestry Systems for Cleaner Production Towards the Bio-Based Economy and Sustainable Development" (journal Land, Publisher: MDPI), 2022-
• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs II" (journal Land, Publisher: MDPI), 2022-
• Guest Associate Editor, Research Topic "Second-Generation Biofuels: Strategies from Degraded Lands to Industries for Climate Change Mitigation and UN-SDG" (journal Frontiers in Energy Research, Publisher: Frontiers), 2022-
• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Challenges and Opportunities of Global Land Restoration During the UN-Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030)" (journal Land Degradation & Development, Publisher: Wiley)
• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs" (journal Land, Publisher: MDPI)
• Review Editor, section Bioenergy and Biofuels (journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)

Travel cum training grants:

• Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia provided travel cum training assistance to carry out work and training at CIFOR, April 2018.
• Beijing Normal University (BNU), Beijing, China provided research assistance to carry out work at BNU for China and India. August 1-30, 2017.
• Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India (DST-SERB, GoI) New Delhi, India provided International Travel Support to present research in Slovenia, Europe, June 2017 (Availed).
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), GoI. New Delhi, India, June 2017 (Not Availed).