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Dr. Amit Verma is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, S D Agricultural University, India. He worked under Dr. D.N. Kamra, National Professor, ICAR, India as Research Associate in the Department of Animal Nutrition, IVRI, Bareilly India and studied different aspects of Rumen enzymology. He received his doctorate from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, and investigated the different industrial applications of the Keratinase enzyme. He was awarded with the University Merit Scholarship and CSIR‐JRF, CSIR, India during his doctorate. He qualified for examinations, such as GATE, ICMR JRF, ICAR SRF and ASRB NET. He has keen interest in the field of microbial biotechnology and plant–microbe interactions. His current work is focused on the rhizosphere metabolite investigation of arid plants and phytomicrobiome composition of castor crops under biotic stress. He is a member of many national and international professional bodies. He has written more than 25 research and review articles in reputed peer‐reviewed journals along with 3 books, 15 book chapters, and more than 15 conference proceedings. He also received a Young Scientist Award from the VIRA foundation, India. He also serves as regular reviewer for international reputed journals with high‐impact factors such as (i) Scientific Reports (Impact factor 4.122); (ii) Frontiers in Microbiology (Impact factor 4.019); (iii) Frontiers in Plant Science (Impact factor 3.678); (iv) PLOS ONE (Impact factor 2.77); (v) Protoplasma (Impact factor 2.8).

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Saini received his BSc (Industrial Microbiology) and MSc (Microbiology) degrees from Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar. He obtained his PhD in Microbiology from Gobind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar in 2010 after which he worked as a postdoctoral associate at GADVASU, Ludhiana in a World Bank–funded NAIP project on Rumen microbiology. Later he joined the DBT‐IOC Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Research and Development Centre, Faridabad as a scientific officer, where he led a team on enzyme development for advanced biofuels. Dr. Saini's work on cellulosic bioethanol production employing thermotolerant yeast won the best poster award at the “International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology‐2014” held at JNU, New Delhi. He joined the Department of Microbiology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, in 2016 as an Assistant Professor. His current research focuses on enzyme and microbial technologies for sustainable development of energy and environment. Dr. Saini is a recipient of the Early Carrier Research grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and a twinning grant from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He is currently supervising two doctoral and 4 postgrad dissertation students, and has supervised 11 postgrad dissertations in the past, besides co‐supervising a postdoc. He has filed one US patent, is an author of 23 articles, and is an active reviewer for many reputed journals in biofuel and bioenergy research. Dr. Saini conducted a one‐week Global Initiative of Academic Networks course on “Integrated Lignocellulosic Biorefineries for Sustainable Development.” Recently, he organized an International Conference AMI‐2019 entitled “Microbial Technologies in Sustainable Development of Energy, Environment, Agriculture & Health” as an organizing secretary. He is the review editor for the journal, Frontiers in Energy Research. Dr. Saini is a life member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB).

Abd El‐Latif Hesham is the Professor of Microbial Genetics and Environmental Meta‐Genome Biotechnology, Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni‐Suef University, Egypt. He also served as the Professor of Microbial Genetics and Environmental Meta‐Genome Biotechnology in the Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt. He graduated and got his M.Sc. from the Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt, and his PhD degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Microbial Genetics and Environmental Meta‐Genome Biotechnology. He has been awarded postdoctoral studies from CAS‐TWAS. He is an expert in microbial genetics and biotechnology, biodegradation, bioremediation and phytoremediation, microbial community structure, soil microbiology and enzyme activities, biological control, antimicrobial activates, biofertilizer, biofuels, and environmental meta‐genome biotechnology. He has authored more than 80 peer‐reviewed publications in reputed Thomson Reuters high‐impact factor journals and one book and seven book chapters in internationally reputed publishers like Elsevier, Springer‐Nature, Taylor & Francis, and John Wiley & Sons. He is a key person in many national and international research projects related to field of microbial genetics and applied biotechnology. He has been a scientific and organizing committee member and invited speaker in various international conferences. He is also a recipient of several prestigious national and international awards including most recently, being named a member of the Egyptian National Biotechnology Network of Expertise (NBNE) and Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), and has been appointed as the Country Representative for Egypt and the Arab Counties by the International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Society (IBBS) UK, which belongs to the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS). He is an associate editor and editorial board member for journals, such as (i) Scientific Reports, (ii) Frontiers in Microbiology, (iii) Current Bioinformatics, (iv) PeerJ, (v) All Life Journal, (vi) International Journal of Agriculture & Biology, (vii) Journal of Environmental Biology, and (viii) Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology.

Dr. Harikesh Bahadur Singh is a Professor in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Over the past 35 years, Professor Singh has served Central Universities and CSIR Institutes with his teaching and research skills. Professor Singh has been decorated with several prestigious awards, including the CSIR Technology Award by the Honorable Prime Minister of India, the Vigan Bharati award, the Mundukar memorial award, the BRSI Industrial Medal, the Vigyan Ratna by CSTUP, the Panchanan Meheshwari Medal, and many more, for his key role in translating agriculturally important microorganisms from lab to land. To his credit, he has 20 US patents, 350 research papers, 17 edited books, 70 book chapters, and 55 review articles. Professor Singh is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Professor Singh is serving as an associate/academic/board editor with journals of international repute.