Nanophytopathology

About

Dr. Graciela Avila-Quezada is a Professor at the Faculty of Agrotechnology Science Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in México. She has been conducting research related to plant pathogens for 30 years beginning with her undergraduate thesis work focused on the control of Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae. She was a visiting scientist at the Volcani Center in Israel; Colegio de Postgraduados Texcoco Mexico; SENASICA Laboratories Ministry of Agriculture in Tecamac State of Mexico; the California Polytechnic State Univ-San Luis Obispo California (Calpoly); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement IRD Montpellier France; Universidad Autonoma Chapingo Mexico State; Universidad de Córdoba Spain. Dr. Avila was President of the Mexican Society of Phytopathology; Vice-president of the National Phytosanitary Advisory Council (CONACOFI); Executive Secretary of the National System for Research and Technology Transfer (SNITT) in the Ministry of Agriculture (Sagarpa); and Director of Academic Cooperation in the Coordination of Science and Technology Presidency of Mexico. Besides she has conducted more than 12 research projects and published more than 70 research papers in national and international journals focused on plant pathogens.Dr. Mahendra Rai is presently a visiting Professor at the Department of Microbiology Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun Poland. Formerly he was Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology SGB Amravati University Maharashtra India. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Geneva Debrecen University Hungary; University of Campinas Brazil; VSB Technical University of Ostrava Czech Republic National University of Rosario Argentina and the University of Sao Paulo. He has published more than 425 research papers in national and international journals. In addition he has edited/authored more than 69 books and 6 patents. Recently he has been featured in Stanfords list of top 2% scientists under Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.