Phytohormones and Stress Responsive Secondary Metabolites

Dr Munir Ozturk is the Founder Director for the Centre for Environmental Studies, as well as previous Chairman of the Botany Department, both Ede University, Turkey. He is Vice President of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, Jordan. Dr Öztürk has received fellowships from Alexander von Humboldt, and the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science. He has worked at the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, via a grant from National Science Foundation, USA. He also worked as a consultant fellow at the Faculty of Forestry, University Putra Malaysia and as a “Distinguished Visiting Scientist” at the ICCBS, Karachi University, Pakistan. His fields of scientific interest are; Biomonitoring, Plant Eco-Physiology, Conservation of Plant Diversity, Biosaline Agriculture, Pollution and Medicinal/Aromatic Plants. He has acted as guest editor for several international journals like; The Malaysian Forester, Environmental Geology – Springer, Science and Business Media, Journal of Environmental Biology (4 volumes), Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier (2 Volumes). Dr. Rouf Ahmad Bhat is working in Cluster University Srinagar (J&K), India in the capacity of Assistant Professor and his specialisation is in Limnology, Toxicology, Phyto-chemistry and Phytoremediation. He is an author of more than 53 scientific articles and 35 book chapters, and has published 18 books with international publishers. Dr. Bhat has worked as an Associate Environmental Expert in World Bank funded Flood Recovery Project and also Environmental Support Staff in Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded development projects. He has received many awards, appreciations and recognitions for his services to the science of water testing, air and noise analysis. Dr Muhammad Ashraf is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. In 2018 and 2020, he was declared Highly Cited Researcher by the Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters USA). In 2020, Stanford University UAS ranked the world scientists using Scopus citation data - Prof. Ashraf is listed among the top 2% scientists of the world. In 2013, Dr Ashraf earned a medal from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for excellent research on stress biology. He was also appointed at Honorary Professor in Lanzhou University, China, and has edited 10 books. Dr. Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli (Ph.D) is specialized in biotechnology/molecular biology and has been studying nanomaterials applications such as delivery and remediation. She has worked with engineered viral particles and nanomaterials functionalized by different protocols (gold nanorods, carbon nanotubes, carbon-dots, nanoparticles, nanographene oxide) that resulted in 10 patent applications. She teaches topics related to biochemistry and biotechnology/molecular biology to graduate students as an associate professor at Federal University of São João del Rei. Dr. Tonelli has edited and/or authored 3 books, has reviewed various articles/book proposals, has authored 12 scientific articles and more than 20 book chapters from international publishers. The main topics addressed in the publications are: nanomaterials, gene delivery strategies, remediation strategies and cell signaling. She has presented and participated in numerous national and international conferences and has also had the opportunity to contribute to the organization of various scientific events. Dr. Tonelli has also dedicated herself to promote Science and Technology co-funding an ONG with this purpose and also joining a scientific divulgation group composed only by women. She has had her efforts as a researcher recognized by various awards (including For Women in Science Brazil-L’Oreal/UNESCO/ABC and Under30 Brazil – Forbes) and certificates of merit. Dr Unal received her PhD from Ege University, Turkey and is currently Associate Professor at Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey. Her scientific interests include; Plant Biotechnology, Plant Stress Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Ecology-Physiology and Organic Agriculture. She has more than 65 publications, including 1 book (Cambridge Scholars Press-UK, In press), 6 book chapters and nearly 25 journal articles. She teaches agricultural biotechnology. Dr Dar is an Assistant Professor at Cluster University Srinagar, India. They specialize in environmental sciences, soil ecology, environmental microbiology and environmental biotechnology. They have published 20 research articles and 5 book chapters.

1. Biosynthesis, turnover and destiny of representative phytohormones and phytometabolites on different plant species
2. Phytohormones signalling and plant growth
3. Phytohormones signalling and abiotic stress
4. Phytohormones signalling and biotic stress
5. Phytohormones crosstalk mechanisms and heterologous expression to study signalling pathways
6. Phytohormones therapeutic potential
7. Phytometabolites pharmacological potential
8. Exogenous phytohormones mitigating stress effect on plants
9. Plants DNA modification strategies
10. Phytometabolite epigenetics and epigenomics