Manik Chandra Biswas Editor

Dr. Ashok Kumar is working as an Assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla, India in 2013. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow in State Key laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan China for two years. He also worked as Brain Pool researcher/Assistant professor at Konkuk University Seoul South Korea. Dr. Ashok has a keen interest in Carbon utilization, enzyme immobilization, biomaterials, biopolymers, nanobiotechnology, biocatalysis, waste management, biomass degradation, biofuel synthesis, and biotransformations. Dr. Ashok has published 55 research papers in various internationally reputed journals 4 books, and 21 book chapters.

Manik Chandra Biswas. Ph.D., Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University.

Dr. Swati Sharma is working as assistant Professor in University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab India. Dr Sharma has completed her PhD. from University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She worked as a visiting researcher in the college of life and environmental sciences at Konkuk University, Seoul South Korea. Dr. Sharma has completed her masters (M.Sc.) from Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni Solan H.P. India. She has also worked as program co-coordinator at Himalayan action research center Dehradoon and Senior research fellow at India agricultural research institute. Dr. Sharma has published her research papers in reputed international journals. Presently, Dr. Sharma's research is in the field of bioplastics, hydrogels, keratin nanofibers and nanoparticles, biodegradable polymers and polymers with antioxidant and anti-cancerous activities and sponges. Dr. Swati has published 22 research papers in various internationally reputed journals 4 books, and a couple of book chapters.