Dr. Sazada Siddiqui pursued her Ph. D in Botany from Barkatullah University, Bhopal (India) in 2002 and subsequently joined Department of Botany, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (India) as faculty. Currently, she is serving as Associate Professor at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. She has more than 75 international and national publications to her credit. Her research interests include phytoremediation, biological nutrient removal, cytotoxicity, and allelopathy. Her book entitled ‘Laboratory Techniques of Cytogenetics and Microbiology’ is used as a reference book in King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia for undergraduate and post graduate students. Dr. Mohd Tariq is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Life Sciences, Parul Institute of Applied Sciences, Parul University, Gujarat, India. He has more than 11 years of research and academics experiences in the field of Plant Biotechnology, Ecological Assessment, and Ecological Modelling. Dr. Tariq obtained doctorate in Biotechnology from the Kumaun University, Uttarakhand, India. He has published over 25 research and review articles in international and national journals. Dr. Tariq has a long-standing interest in teaching at the UG, and PG levels and is involved in taking courses in Life Sciences. Dr. Tariq has guided 15 M.Sc. Scholars and 7 B.Sc. students in their dissertations. Dr. Zishan Ahmad Wani is a plant ecologist currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at SRM University–AP, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany from Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His research focuses on floristics, plant biodiversity, species distribution modelling, ecosystem services, and ethnobotany. Dr. Wani has authored over 60 research articles in reputed national and international journals. He is also a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) and the Ecosystem Restoration Alliance–India.Dr. Pankaj Kumar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, Parul Institute of Applied Sciences, Parul University, Gujarat, India. He has more than 10 years of research and academics experiences in the field of Environmental Pollution and Control, Environmental Microbial Biotechnology, E-waste Management, Plant–Microbe Interactions, and Bioremediation. Dr. Kumar obtained doctorate in Environment and Sustainable Development from the Central University of Gujarat, India. He has published over 30 research and review articles in international and national journals. Dr. Kumar has a long-standing interest in teaching at the UG, and PG levels and is involved in taking courses in Environmental Sciences. Dr. Kumar has guided 12 M.Sc. scholars and 5 B.Sc. students in their dissertations.
