Handbook of Microbial Bioresources, The

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- Professor Singh is Head of the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University. Professpr Singh has been decorated with several National awards and honours for his key role in popularizing organic farming and translating agriculturally importnat microorganisms from lab to land. To his credit he has 20 U.S. patents which he has successfully transferred for commercial production of biopesticides to several industrial houses in India. Dr Vijai Kumar Gupta is an Associate Professor at the School of Biotechnology Dublin City University. Vijai has almost 15+ years of experience in teaching and research. His research interests include Biomass Valorisation Microbial Engineering Biotechnologies Functional Microbiomes Advanced Bioprocessing and Fermentation Technologies and Bioactive Natural Products. Vijai is the Fellow of Linnaean Society UK; Fellow of Mycological Society of India; Fellow of Indian Mycological Association; Fellow of the Academy of Microbiological Sciences India; Pravasi Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences India; and Associate Fellow of the National Academy of Biological Sciences India. To date he has mentored/supervised many undergraduates master's students PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers. He has edited a good few books in his area of expertise for Elsevier Wiley-Blackwell Taylor and Francis Springer-Nature and CABI UK. His multidisciplinary research has yielded several high-quality scientific articles and his work has been widely cited in the field.