Yogeshvari Kishorsinh Jhala Editor

Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji is presently a faculty member at the Microbiology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Edo State University Uzairue (EDSU), Edo State, Nigeria, where he utilized the application of biological techniques and microbial bioprocesses for the actualization of sustainable development goals and agrarian revolution, through quality teaching, research, and community development. He is currently the Acting Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Sub-Dean for Faculty of Science, as well as Associate Professor and Head of department of Microbiology at EDSU. He has won several scientific awards and grants from renowned academic bodies like Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India, The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Italy, Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NPF) Netherlands, The Agency for International Development Cooperation; Israel, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK among many others. He have published many scientific journal articles and conference proceedings in refereed national and international journals with over 300 manuscripts. He was ranked among the top 500 prolific authors in Nigeria between 2019 till date by SciVal/SCOPUS. His research interests include Microbiology, Biotechnology, Post-harvest management, and Nanotechnology. He was recently appointed as the President and Chairman Governing Council of the Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network Society. He is presently a series editor with Taylor and Francis, USA editing several textbooks on Agricultural Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Pharmafoods, and Environmental Sciences. He is an editorial board member of many international journals and serves as a reviewer to many double-blind peer review journals like Elsevier, Springer, Francis and Taylor, Wiley, PLOS One, Nature, American Chemistry Society, Bentham Science Publishers etc. He is a member of many scientific and professional including bodies like American Society for Microbiology, Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Society for Microbiology, and he is presently the general secretary of Nigerian Young Academy. He has won a lot of international recognition and also acted as a keynote speaker delivering invited talk/ position paper at various Universities, research institutes and several centers of excellence which span across several continent of the globe. He has over the last fifteen years built strong working collaborations with reputable research groups in numerous and leading Universities across the globe. He is the convener for Recent Advances in Biotechnology, which is an annual international conference where renown Microbiologist and Biotechnologist come together to share their latest discoveries. He is the president and founder of the Nigerian Post-Harvest and Food Biotechnology Society.

Deepak Gopalrao Panpatte (Ph. D. in Agricultural Microbiology) is assistant professor having 9 years of research experience in the field of Agricultural Microbiology. His research interests include agriculturally beneficial microorganism viz. biofertilizers, biopesticides and biodegraders. He has done pioneering work for development of fortified biocontrol bacterial consortium with phyto-extracts for management of phytopathogenic nematodes and fungi. He has received 5 awards for presentation of research outcomes in International conferences and Rastiya Gaurav Award and Bharat Gaurav award for outstanding contribution in agriculture. He has got appreciation certificate from Government of Gujarat for his work on biological control of nematodes. He has also got Best Ph.D. thesis award by GAAS. His publication profile includes, 15 research papers, 8 books with Springer-Nature, 1 with scientific publishers India, 15 book chapter in various books published with springer publishing house, 1 practical manual, 35 popular articles and 2 editorial pages. He is also an active member of Association of Microbiologist of India and Gujarat Association for Agricultural Sciences. He is also serving on the editorial board of various peer reviewed journals and agricultural magazines.

Yogeshvari Kishorsinh Jhala (Assistant professor, Agricultural Microbiology) having 14 years of teaching and research experience. Her Research interests include biofertilizers and biodegraders. She had world over first time reported 5 unique strains of methanotrophic bacteria. For her outstanding research work of methanotrophic bacteria she was honored with All India Best Research Award and Young Faculty Award. She has also registered herself as an Indian Record Holder for discovery of unique methane degrading bacteria in 2018. She is handling research projects funded by Government of India on bioremediation of methane flux from rice field. Her publications includes 25 research papers, 10 book chapters, 9 books, 2 teaching manuals, 17 popular articles, 2 editorial pages. She is also working as an editorial board member of various scientific journals and magazines.