Minu Kesheri earned her Ph.D. degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA. During her scientific stays at the University of Bordeaux campus in France, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, and Belgium, she deliv¬ered invited talks, presented posters, attended work¬shops, and served as a judge and chaired sessions at conferences. She served as Assistant Professor and Head of the Biological and Environmental Sciences Department in India at Shridhar University, Presidency University, and Amity University. She procured fund¬ings as Principal Investigator and was awarded as young scientist. She served as Research Associate at Department of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. She has published high impact peer-reviewed research articles, book chapters, edited and authored books. She is a reviewer and editorial board member of international scientific journals and committees.
Swarna Kanchan obtained his Ph.D. degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at INRIA Bordeaux in collaboration with the University of Bordeaux, France; Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland; and Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA. He worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, India. He served as a Staff Scientist- Bioinformatics at Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA. He has published several peer-reviewed research articles, book chapters, and books. He is an active reviewer and edito¬rial board member of international scientific journals and committees. He has delivered invited lectures, served at technical program committee member in vari¬ous conferences, poster session judge, and presented posters and participated in workshops and conferences at national and international institutions in India, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, and the USA.
Donat-P. Häder, prior to his retirement, served as the director of the Botanical Institute, held the chair of Ecophysiology of Plants at the Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, and was the director of the Botanical Garden. He has authored over 800 scientific publications, has produced 32 books, and holds seven national and international patents. He is the editor of several international journals. His research interests allude to cyanobacteria, gravitational biology of microorganisms and ecophysiology and ecotoxicol-ogy of aquatic ecosystems, and he is a founder and an appointed member of the Environmental Effects Panel of the United Nations on the Effects of Ozone Depletion and Climate Change. He is vice president of a German photobiological society. He ranks among the top 1% most cited scientists in the world.
Rajeshwar P. Sinha, DAAD Fellowship Awardee and Fellow, Society for Applied Biotechnology, India, serves as a Senior Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from BHU, Varanasi, India, and visited countries such as Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA in the field of academics/research. His research aims at UV-B radiation impacts on cyanobacteria. He has published over 550 research papers/reviews/book chapters/conference proceedings and edited/authored 14 books. He is a lifetime member of several national and international scientific societies and editorial board member of various national and international journals. He has over 17,690 citations with an h-index of 60 and i10-index of 169. He stands among the top 2% most cited scientists in the world.