Arti Gupta obtained her Ph.D. from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India in 2010 in Animal Science. Dr. Gupta’s current research interests are Animal Biotechnology, Molecular Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Animal Biotechnology, Bioprocess Technology, and Microbiology. Since July 2014, Dr. Gupta has served for Sri Avadh Raj Singh Smarak Degree College, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, India and engaged in some editorial work with Springer Nature. Dr. Gupta has 10 years of teaching and research experiences in Plant and Animal Biotechnology and Microbial Biotechnology. She has been awarded the University Topper (Gold Medal), M.Sc. (Biotech.) from Ch.C.S.University, Meerut, the Young Scientist Award (Gold Medal) awarded by the Zoological Society of India, Lucknow, Best Poster Presenter awarded by the Asian Journal of Experimental Science, Jaipur, Best Poster Presenter awarded by the International Consortium of Contemporary Biologists (ICCB) and Madhawai-Shyam Educational Trust, Ranchi, the Fellowship Award awarded by the International Consortium of Contemporary Biologists (FICCB) and Madhawi Shayam Educational Trust (FMSET) and Dr. V.P. Agarwal (Gold Medal) awarded by D.A.V. (P.G.) College, Muzaffarnagar. To date she has published a monograph, contributed seven book chapters, published around 50 national and international research papers, edited seven books, and issued 28 abstracts, as well as attending symposia, seminars, conferences, and workshops. Dr. Gupta has lifetime membership of Indian Science Congress Association, the Biotech Research Society of India, the Zoological Society of India and the International Consortium of Contemporary Biologists. She has served as a member on several editorial boards. Previously, she served as Teaching Personnel, G.B. Pantnagar University, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand, India, and Visiting Academic Researcher, BAMRC, SRUC, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dr Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with the Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interests include applied and environmental microbiology, plant-microbe interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than two hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles and book chapters and six patents issued or pending. He has also edited or authored several books. He has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award and the Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA; Outstanding Scientist Award in the field of Microbiology; BRICPL Science Investigator Award and Research Excellence Award, to list a few. He has served on several editorial boards. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States; and Research Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.