New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Dr. Joginder Singh is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous positions include a professorship at Lovely Professional University's School of Bioengineering and Biosciences and a Young Scientist role at Jai Narain Vyas University's Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory (funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India). He is a member of several scientific societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Singh has an extensive publication record, with over 250 research and review articles, 35 edited books (with publishers like Elsevier and Springer), and 125 book chapters. He is a reviewer for numerous prestigious journals. He has actively participated in and presented at numerous national and international scientific events.Dr. Praveen Gehlot is Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur. He did his PhD from JNV University Jodhpur, under the able guidance of Prof. D.K. Purohit. He has about 18 years of teaching and research experience. He has been an awardee of Young Scientist under FAST Track Scheme by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and later worked as a Pool-Officer of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Earlier, he taught at Budha Institute of Technology and Science Research College, Jodhpur and Government Bangor PG College, Pali, Rajasthan and subsequently served as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Dr. Gehlot worked out three major research projects sponsored by UGC, DST and CSIR, New Delhi. He has published more than 80 research papers, book chapters and review articles in journals of international and national repute and has edited three book entitled “Pyrenomycetes Fungi”, “Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi” and “Microbes: In Action” published by AgroBios, India and “Fungi and their Role in Sustainable Development: Current Perspectives” published by Springer International. He attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, Conferences and chaired technical sessions and presented papers in some of them. He is an active member Mycological Society of India, Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, India, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Science Congress Association, etc.

• 1. Fungi: An ideal host for heterologous expression of secondary metabolites2. DNA barcoding of phytopathogenic fungi3. Genome mining for identification of gene clusters encoding important fungal metabolites4. Hydrophobins- Exclusive Proteins from Fungi5. Farnesol: From Perfumery to Quorum Sensing6. Hydrolytic xylanases production from fungi- an assessment for their production, properties and computational analysis of its gene sequences7. Selenium Fortified Proteins and Polysaccharides from Macrofungi8. Computational approach to understand fungal secondary metabolites and responsible biological molecules9. Novel Fungi for Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Efficacy against Plant Disease Management10. dsRNA: the next generation foliar fungicide11. Bioenergy: Fungal Lipase Mediated Biodiesel Process Technology 12. Fungi derived carbon quantum dots: fluorescent detector for toxic heavy metal ion detection13. Bioprospecting for secondary metabolites of Botryosphaeriaceae family from a biotechnological perspective