Dr. Yugal Kishore Mohanta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Biology, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM). His current research is green nanoparticles and its potential application in food and biomedicine. He earned his PhD in Life Sciences from North Orissa University, Baripada. He has also successfully completed the BCIL industrial training programme on Plant Tissue Culture sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology. Among other academic/research achievements, he was awarded as visiting research scholar at Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Belgium sponsored by KU Leuven. He has more than ten years research experience on natural products chemistry and nanobiotechnology. He has published in peer-reviewed SCI-indexed journals like BMC Plant Biology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Molecules, Frontiers on Plant science, Frontiers in molecular biosciences Nanobiotechnology, and Materials Focus. He has also contributed 11 book chapters and edited a book. 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. Mahesh Narayan is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso (USA). He earned a B.Sc. in Physics from Bombay University (1991) and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from The Ohio State University (1997). He completed postdoctoral studies at Cornell University (1997–2000) and later served as a Senior Research Associate there (2002–2005). Dr. Narayan has authored and co-authored articles and book chapters in free radical biology, protein structure-function relationships, oxidative folding, protein misfolding, halogen bonding, in silico drug design, the agricultural impact of nanomaterials, and chemical education. His work has been recognized by invitations to speak at over 15 international forums and by coverage in various media outlets. His research focuses on intracellular mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders, particularly the effects of xenobiotics on amyloid proteins.
