Dr. Pratima Bajpai is currently working as a Consultant in the field of Paper and Pulp. She received her PhD from the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, India. She has worked at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada), University of Western Ontario (Canada), and Thapar Center for Industrial Research and Development (India). She has also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada and visiting researcher at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Bajpai's main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, paper and pulp, and environmental biotechnology. A recognized expert in her field, she has more than 150 publications in international journals and conference proceedings to her credit. She has written several advanced-level technical books for leading global publishers, has contributed to a number of chapters in books and encyclopedias, and holds 11 patents.

Chapter 1. General background and Introduction.- Chapter 2. Fuel potential of third generation biofuels.- Chapter 3. Characteristics of microalgae.- Chapter 4. Cultivation of 3^rd generation biofuel.- Chapter 5. Harvesting and drying of algal biomass.- Chapter 6. Extraction of oil from algal biomass.- Chapter 7. Production of biofuel from microalgae.- Chapter 8. Current trends and the future of the algae-based biofuels industry.