DR. SHEIKH ADIL EDRISI

Assistant Professor

PhD in Botany, MPhil in Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, 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.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

• 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) Elsevier, [Link]

• Edrisi, S.A., Singh, A., Dubey, P.K., Abhilash, P.C.* Tectona grandis L.f. mediated restoration of marginal lands in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, North India. Land Degradation & Development (2022) Wiley, [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]

Book Chapters

• 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

• 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. 84^th 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 in Conferences

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

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Awards

• 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), CSIR-NBRI, U.P., India. December 2022.

• 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.

• 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 at "88th Annual Session of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) and Symposium on Science, Technology and Ecosystem for Sustainable Rural Development", 2018.

• Visiting Research Fellow, Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia, 2018.

• Travel Grants under International Travel Scheme, DST-SERB, Govt. of India, 2017.

• Travel Grants under International Travel Scheme, CSIR, Govt. of India, 2017.

• Visiting Research Fellow, Beijing Normal University (BNU) at Beijing, China, 2017.

• 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

• 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" (Land, MDPI), 2022-

• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs II" (Land, MDPI), 2022-

• Guest Associate Editor, Research Topic "Second-Generation Biofuels: Strategies from Degraded Lands to Industries for Climate Change Mitigation and UN-SDG" (Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers), 2022-

• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Challenges and Opportunities of Global Land Restoration During the UN-Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030)" (Land Degradation & Development, Wiley)

• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs" (Land, MDPI)

• Review Editor, section Bioenergy and Biofuels (Frontiers in Energy Research)

Travel cum training grants

• Guest Scientist at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany funded by BMBF, Germany, October 20-December 31, 2022.

• Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia provided travel cum training assistance to carry out work and training at CIFOR, 2018.

• Beijing Normal University (BNU), Beijing, China provided research assistance to carry out work at BNU for China and India, 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.