Dr. Alok Prasad Das is presently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences, at Rama Devi Women’s University, Odisha India. He is an academician, researcher, and author of journal articles, several books, and book chapters. He is an Editorial member of several reputed journals. With more than 15 years of research experience, Dr. Das has been supported through various research grants from the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. His research and innovation work, done in national and international collaborations, has appeared in over 130 publications; and his contributions have been recognized by several awards. His area of expertise includes, Bioremediation and bioleaching of mining pollutants, Bioconversion of environmental waste to value-based products, Bioremediation of Microplastics and Microfiber Pollutants, and Geomicrobiology of extreme habitats. His current Google Scholar: Citations is 6780 and his h-index is 49. Dr. Das is enlisted in the world’s top 2% influential scientists as per the Stanford University list for 2023, 2024 and 2025.