Dr. Mohd. Sayeed Akhtar is currently working as a senior assistant professor in Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received his PhD degree from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India in 2008, and then conducted his post-doctoral research at the Botanical Institute, University of Basel (BIB), Switzerland (2008–2010), and Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Republic of Korea in 2011. Dr. Akhtar has published 150+ articles in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, and has edited 21 books with international publishers. He is a member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, Plantae Group, American Society of Plant Biologists, International Society of Environmental Relationship and Sustainability, Chennai, India and International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Application (ISAAA), Manila, Republic of the Philippines. His research work focuses on the molecular biotechnology, bioremediation, biomineralization, nano-fertilizers, and nanobiotechnology of rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions.