Puja Gupta Editor

Dr. Puja Gupta is working as an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at the Regional Institute of Management and Technology (RIMT), Mandi Gobindgarh, Sirhind, Punjab, India and is the recipient of various fellowships viz. DST-WOS-A, CSIR-Research Associateship, CSIR-Direct Senior Research Fellowship. Besides these prestigious fellowships, she had worked as SRF in DBT and NICRA funded projects at University of Jammu and SKAUST-Jammu respectively. She qualified NET-LS in life sciences under CSIR, New Delhi, India Government of India in Dec 2007. She has academic experience of 5 years and research experience of more than 10 years. She has been awarded a women scientist award by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology (SSDAT), Meerut in the year 2020, and the Young Researcher Award by the Institute of Scholars (InSc) in 2021. She has published 10 research /review articles as a first author in the journals of repute. Her research interest includes metagenomics, microbiology, microbial genetics, and plant-microbe interactions.

Dr. Mohd. Shahnawaz is currently working as an Assistant Professor on contract basis at the Department of Botany, University of Ladakh, Kargil Campus, Khumbathang-194105, Kargil, Ladakh UT, India. Previously he was selected as an Associate Professor at Biofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China (2021) and as as Postodoctoral Fellow at Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang, South Korea (2020). He is the recipient of various fellowships viz. National Post-Doctoral Fellowship, funded by DST-SERB Govt. of India (GoI), UGC-MANF-JRF & SRF funded by University Grants Commission (UGC) and Ministory of Minorty Affairs, GoI, UGC-BSR Fellowship (previously known as UGC meritorious fellowship) funded by UGC, GoI. He has several years of teacging and postdoctoral experience. In 2019, he was awarded Young Scientist Award by the VD Good Professional Association at Visakhapatnam, India. He has served as a reviwers and editor, guesst ediotrs for several national and international journals. He has published more than 20 reserch articles/reviews, 9 book chapters and 8 books with the publishers of international repute. His research interest is in Ecology, Microbiology, Bioremediation, Plant Secondary Metabolities, and Integrative Medicine