New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Prof. Joginder Singh is a Professor at the Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland, India. Previously, he worked as a Professor in the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University and also as a Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University on a research project funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations, including the Association of Microbiologists of India, the Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, the Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and the European Federation of Biotechnology. He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals, including Current Research in Engineering, Science and Technology; Journal of Cleaner Production; Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Pedosphere; Soil and Sediment Contamination; Symbiosis; International Journal of Phytoremediation; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; Annals of Agricultural Sciences; and Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Praveen Gehlot is Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur. He did his PhD from JNV University Jodhpur, under the able guidance of Prof. D.K. Purohit. He has about 18 years of teaching and research experience. He has been an awardee of Young Scientist under FAST Track Scheme by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and later worked as a Pool-Officer of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Earlier, he taught at Budha Institute of Technology and Science Research College, Jodhpur and Government Bangor PG College, Pali, Rajasthan and subsequently served as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Dr. Gehlot worked out three major research projects sponsored by UGC, DST and CSIR, New Delhi. He has published more than 80 research papers, book chapters and review articles in journals of international and national repute and has edited three book entitled “Pyrenomycetes Fungi”, “Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi” and “Microbes: In Action” published by AgroBios, India and “Fungi and their Role in Sustainable Development: Current Perspectives” published by Springer International. He attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, Conferences and chaired technical sessions and presented papers in some of them. He is an active member Mycological Society of India, Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, India, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Science Congress Association, etc.

1. The fungal resources: current utilization, future prospects and challenges
2. Recent advancement and biomedical applications of fungal metabolites
3. Thermophilic fungi: Diversity, Physiology, Genetics and Applications
4. Endophytic fungi: Novel source of bioactive fungal metabolites
5. Lichens: Fungal symbionts and their secondary metabolites
6. Lichen metabolites: An unadulterated cradle of bioactive compounds
7. Septin proteins and their role in regulation in fungi and yeast
8. Bioactive terpenoids from wild mushrooms
9. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Source of secondary metabolite production in medicinal plant
10. Bioactive secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi from medicinal plants
11. Bioactive natural products of endophytic fungi origin: production, activity and biotechnology
12. Genus Penicillium: Advances and application in the modern era
13. Aspergillus terreus: Taxonomy, biology and bioactive secondary metabolites with potential applications
14. Bioprospect potential of gasteroid mushrooms of the genus Astraeus
15. Chemical Creativity of Termitomyces mushrooms