Dr. Richa Kothari is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jammu (J&K), India. She was a WARI Fellow (IUSSTF) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA. She was selected in the list of World’s top 2% scientists by Stanford’s University, USA for significant research work, 2020 and 2021. She has been actively involved in research in the areas of clean and green energy production and wastewater treatment. She has published more than 100 research papers/book chapters in SCI/Scopus journals. She has delivered lectures at national and international levels.