Biography:
Dr. Javad Chehri is a PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at Sabarmati University (expected 2026). He, earlier, received a PhD degree in Biotechnology at Moscow University from 2015. He currently serves as a faculty member at the Medical Biology Research Centre, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. He is an active member of the Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society, the Russian Chitin Society, and the India Biotech Association. His research interests include green bioprocessing, fungal biomass valorisation, and the development of functional biopolymers for biomedical and environmental applications.


Title : From fungal biomass to functional chitosan: a green route to low-molecular-weight polymers via Aspergillus niger fermentation