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Vinod Kumar Garg is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India. Previously, he has worked at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology and CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. He has published more than 200 research and review articles and two books. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, the Biotech Research Society of India, the Indian Nuclear Society, etc.

Ashok Pandey is a Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. Formerly, he was an Eminent Scientist at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, and Chief Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division and Centre for Biofuels at CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, industrial enzymes, etc.

Navish Kataria is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology. He was awarded the Kothari Post-Doctorate Fellow from UGC, New Delhi. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters.

Caterina Faggio, is an Associate professor of Physiology in the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences-University of Messina, Italy. She is the departmental Erasmus coordinator and the Vice President of Italian Society of Experimental Biology (SIBS). Some of her research interests include the mechanisms of osmoregulation and acid secretion in fish gastrointestinal tract by electrophysiology; effects of environmental contaminants and food additives on salt transports in the teleost intestine; and, cell volume regulation in the fish intestine and hepatocytes and digestive cell of mussels by videometric methods.