Heavy Metals in the Environment: Impact, Assessment, and Remediation

Vinod Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Environmental Studies at DAV University. Dr. Kumar has more than 70 research articles to his credit. He completed his Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University. His area of interest is assessment of soil, water and sediment pollution, remote sensing, phyto-sociology, system modeling, and multivariate statistical techniques.

Anket Sharma is currently working as a Visiting Research Scientist at University of Maryland, College Park, USA & as an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China. Dr. Sharma has more than 100 research articles to his credit. Dr. Sharma Completed his M.Phil and Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.

Artemi Cerdà is a Professor in Physical Geography who has developed his research at the University of València, University of Amsterdam, Bar-Ilan University, and the Spanish Council for Scientific Research. Dr. Cerdà also develops research exchanges with the United States Forest Service and United States Geological Service, Swansea University, Michigan Technological University and The University of Melbourne. Since 2011 he has been the President of the Soil System Sciences Division of the European Geoscience Union. He was also Editor-in-Chief of Land Degradation and Development from 2012 until 2017.