Helen Treichel Editor

Dr Vijai G. Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at MITS University of India. Currently he is working as Research Scientist at National University of Ireland in Galway. Dr. Gupta’s present work is focused on the development and optimization of novel Enzyme-based bioconversion systems for biorefining and bioenergy. He has been honored with several awards, including the prestigious Indian ICAR Senior Research Fellowship and Indian Young Scientist Award. He has submitted 33 new fungal nucleotide sequences and deposited 147 fungal strains in International databases. His work with Fusarium spp., Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Penicillium spp. and Trichoderma spp. is augmented by contributions to biotechnological development, molecular diversity, secondary metabolites and industrial applications Dr. Gupta is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Plant Pathology and a regional editorial board member of 8 other respected journals. He is the author of 40 journal articles and 27 book chapters. Gupta has also written and edited books and series from reputed publishers, including CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, USA; Springer, USA; Elsevier, USA; Nova Science Publisher, USA and LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. Professor Helen Treichel research interests are Biochemical Engineering, Biochemical Processes, Design of Experiments and Process Optimization, Production, Purification, Immobilization and Enzymes Application of Pretreatment and Use of Agro-Industrial; Waste Fermentation Process, Biomass, Bioenergy and Biofuels. Published 200 papers and h-index 23. Leader of the Agroenergy research group. Research comite member: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. Journals revisor: Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Food and Bioprocess Technology: An International Journal; Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology; Journal of Food Biochemistry; Letters in Applied Microbiology and others. Prof. Ramesh Chander Kuhad is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Microbiology Research at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, in India. He previously served as Professor at the University of Delhi. Prof. Kuhad is a member of the Executive Council and Governing Boards for various universities in India, including those that are NAAC and UGC accredited.He is a fellow of the Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSc); the National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc); the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS); and the Biotech Research Society (FBRS). Prof. Kuhad is the founder and Chairman of the Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences and has also been General Secretary (2004-2010) and President (2011-2012) of the Association of Microbiologists of India. Susana Rodríguez-Couto (female) got her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry) from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1999 from the University of Vigo, obtaining the maximal grade (magna cum laude) and, in addition, she was awarded with the Extraordinary Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry. She worked as an Associate Professor and an Isidro Parga Pondal Senior Researcher at the University of Vigo (2000-2004), as a Ramón y Cajal Senior Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University (2004-2008) and as an Ikerbasque Research Professor (2009-2019). She has also worked as an Invited Researcher at the Institute from Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology (Austria) and at the Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal). In 2008, she received the I3 Professor from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education to the recognition of an outstanding research activity. In March 2021 she is joining LUT School of Engineering Science at Mikkeli, Finland, as a Full Professor in biological water treatment. She has published more than 140 articles in highly reputed international journals (h index 42). She is editor of several journals (3Biotech, Frontiers) and 14 Elsevier books.