R N Bharagava Editor

Dr. Sikandar I. Mulla is working as an Assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, School of Applied Sciences, REVA University, Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Department of Biochemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. Soon after the completion of his Ph.D., he has joined as a Teaching Assistant (Equivalent to Assistant Professor) in the Department of Biochemistry, Karnatak University. Thereafter, he got a prestigious TWAS-CAS Post-Doctoral fellowship and joined as a TWAS-CAS Post-Doctoral Researcher at Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China. He also worked as a Post-Doctoral researcher at Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea. Presently, few Ph.D., students are working under his supervision. He has published more than 77 articles in reputed journals (International and National), 19 Book Chapters in Edited Books (Elsevier and Springer Publisher) and 1 Book (Lambert academy publishing, Herstellung, Germany). He also a member of review in several reputed international journals. Dr. Sikandar I. Mulla has keen interest in bioremediation of pollutants, biofuel and value-added product synthesis, enzyme immobilization, gene cloning, plant-microbial interactions and green synthesis of nanoparticles.

Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava earned B.Sc. in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India and M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (U.K.), India. Subsequently, he earned Ph.D., in Microbiology jointly from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Currently, Dr. R. N. Bharagava is working as Assistant Professor and actively engaged in teaching and research activities in Government sponsored projects on biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants at Department of Microbiology (DM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow (U.P.), India. He has published more than 75 research papers in National and International Journal of repute with 01 author and 09 edited books. He is also serving as reviewer for various national and international journals of his field. His major thrust areas of research are the Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Metagenomics, Ecotoxicology and Wastewater Microbiology). He is life member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Biotech Research Society (BRSI), and Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB)