Dr. H. Abdul Jaffar Ali is working as an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Biotechnology, Islamiah College (Autonomous), Vaniyambadi,
Tamilnadu, India which is very renowned rural based educational institute with
appreciable heritage. He has experience of 15 years of both teaching and
research. As a research scientist, he has published 30 research articles at
National and International level. He has contributed one chapter each in books
published by international publishers Taylor & Francis and Lambert. He has
guided more than 15 projects at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Currently he is doing “DNA barcoding of ascidians of India“ with the financial
support of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Government of India.Dr.
M. Tamilselvi M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., is working as Associate Professor of
Zoology in V. V. Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu,
India. She has about 20 years of teaching experience of UG classes and
specialized in the field of Taxonomy, diversity, ecology and nutritional
aspects of marine ascidian / tunicate fauna. She has authored three books for
the benefit of student community as well as the Tamils’ community. She has
published a dozen of research articles in various journals of international
repute and presented the research work at national level Conferences. She has
successfully completed two Minor Research Projects entitled “Analysing the food
value of Ascidians” and “Feed formulation from exotic Ascidians Didemnum psammathodes and Herdmania pallida” financially supported
by University Grants Commission, Hyderabad and still marching in the same
field.