BibLaTeX customizations (emphasize author name when rendering bibliography, etc.)

test1.tex

%% emphasize author name when rendering bibliography
% Note: requires: \usepackagage{biblatex}
\newcommand{\emphasizeAuthorName}[1]{%
\DeclareNameFormat{author}{%
  \edef\tempname{{#1}}%
  \ifnumequal{\value{listcount}}{1}
    {\ifnumequal{\value{liststop}}{1}
      {\expandafter\ifstrequal\tempname{##1}{\textbf{##1\addcomma\addspace ##4\isdot}}{##1\addcomma\addspace ##4\addcomma\isdot}}
      {\expandafter\ifstrequal\tempname{##1}{\textbf{##1\addcomma\addspace ##4\isdot}}{##1\addcomma\addspace ##4}}}
    {\ifnumless{\value{listcount}}{\value{liststop}}
      {\expandafter\ifstrequal\tempname{##1}{\addcomma\addspace \textbf{##1\addcomma\addspace ##4}}{\addcomma\addspace ##1\addcomma\addspace ##4}}
      {\expandafter\ifstrequal\tempname{##1}{\addcomma\addspace and \addspace \textbf{##1\addcomma\addspace ##4\isdot}}{\addcomma\addspace and \addspace ##1\addcomma\addspace ##4\isdot}}%
    }%
}%
}
\emphasizeAuthorName{Jeet Sukumaran}
\emphasizeAuthorName{Sukumaran}

% \DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{\textbf{#1}\addcomma\space} % Bolds volume of citation and adds comma after volume
% \DeclareFieldFormat{pages}{#1} % No prefix for the "pages" field in the bibliography
% \renewcommand*{\revsdnamepunct}{} % Removing the comma after last name %% NOTE: we override author rendering above, so does not have effect
% \renewcommand*{\revsdnamepunct}{} % Removing the periods after first name intial %% NOTE: we override author rendering above, so does not have effect
\renewcommand{\labelnamepunct}{\addspace} % Removes period after year in bibliography
% \DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{#1}  % Remove quotes from journal title
% \DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first} % Lists all authors with last name first

\renewbibmacro{in:}{% Removes "In" from bibliography entries
\ifentrytype{article}{}{%
\printtext{\bibstring{in}\intitlepunct}}}

%% Custom entry: numbering + author-year format
\defbibenvironment{bibliography}
  {\list
     {\printfield[labelnumberwidth]{labelnumber}}
            {\setlength{\labelwidth}{\labelnumberwidth}%
      \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}%
      \setlength{\labelsep}{\biblabelsep}%
      \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}%
      \setlength{\itemsep}{\bibitemsep}%
      \setlength{\parsep}{\bibparsep}}%
      \renewcommand*{\makelabel}[1]{\hss##1}}
  {\endlist}
  {\item}
\DeclareFieldFormat{labelnumberwidth}{#1.} % Adds a period after each reference number in bibliography
\renewcommand*{\finalnamedelim}{\addspace\bibstring{and}\space}