Dr. Sanket Joshi is currently a Professor at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Rajasthan, India. He has academic teaching and research experience of about 16 years, and industrial R&D experience of about 4 years in India and Oman. While working in Indian pharma companies, he undertook several turnkey projects. His current research interests encompass energy (In-situ/ex-situ microbial enhanced light/heavy oil recovery; chemical enhanced oil Recovery; biofuels), microbial products (biosurfactants, biopolymers, R&D and scale-up), and environmental bioremediation (crude oil pollution; analysis, mitigation and control of souring by Sulfate reducing bacteria; HPAM contaminated sites). He has about 125 scientific publications in international journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings, and two books to his credit. He is an Academic/Associate Editor for: Frontiers in Microbiology, PeerJ, Ecotoxicology (Springer), Petroleum Science and Technology (Springer), Biotech (Springer), and Open Biotechnology Journal; guest editor for Frontiers in Microbiology, Sustainability, Scientifica, and Open Biotechnology Journal. Dr. Piyush Dua obtained his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, India, in 2005. After finishing his Doctorate, he has been engaged in teaching and research in various universities of repute in India, South Korea and Sultanate of Oman. He has published numerous articles in refereed journals of international repute including Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, International Journals of Nanotechnology, JPCC, Chemistry and Sustainability, Physica B, and more. Dr. Hemen Sarma is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Bodoland University, India, whose multidisciplinary research spans plant sciences, environmental sustainability, nanobiotechnology, and agriculture. His work advances understanding of plant-environment interactions and sustainable agricultural practices, focusing on emerging pollutants, plant-microbe interactions, and biochar technology. Recognized internationally, Dr. Sarma was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and received the UNESCO-TWAS award for science popularization in the Global South. He is also acknowledged among the top 2% of most cited authors worldwide. His academic career spans over two decades, including a PhD in Botany with specialization in plant and environmental pollution from Gauhati University, India, and postdoctoral fellowships at institutions such as the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. Dr. Velmurugan is a Professor at the Centre for Material Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, India. He has around 11 years of research and 3 years of teaching experience, in India and South Korea. His current research areas of interest are: Bionanomaterials, Quorum sensing, Biopigments, Probiotics, and Nanomaterials. He has worked as Assistant professor and Research professor in India and Chonbuk National university, South Korea. He serves as an editorial board member in: Frontiers in Microbiology (managing Guest Editor), Industrial Crops and Products (Elsevier), Microbiological Research, Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, EC Microbiology, Journal of Nanomaterials, International Journal of Modern Science and technology, and SF Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering.
