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Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, Divinopolis, MG, Brazil, where she teaches graduate and postgraduate students. She specializes in biotechnology/molecular biology and has been studying nanomaterials applications such as delivery and remediation as same as green synthesis protocols, and allelopathic potential of secondary metabolites from plants. These research projects resulted in 10 patent applications, three of them already analyzed and granted. She has published nine books and authored 15 scientific articles and more than 40 book chapters with international publishers. Dr. Tonelli has also dedicated herself to the promotion of science and technology through co-funding a nongovernmental organization. Her efforts as a researcher have been recognized with various awards, including For Women in Science Brazil (awarded by L’Oreal Brasil, UNESCO in Brazil, and Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and Under 30 Brazil (Forbes).

Waseem Mushtaq, PhD, is an internationally known researcher in agrochemistry and allelopathy who frequently lectures to professional groups at conferences and on college campuses. Dr. Mushtaq is a winner of a IPD-STEMA 2022 Fellowship and is presently working as a postdoctoral Researcher at Liege University, Belgium, focusing on weed management through the application of allelopathy, green chemistry, and omics technology. Dr. Mushtaq has published several book chapters and numerous research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has promoted the idea of using phytochemicals to replace chemical herbicides for the sake of a green environment and has contributed to weed science. He co-authored the book Allelopathy: Potential for Green Agriculture. Over the last five years, Dr. Mushtaq has vigorously collaborated with the international scientific community. He received his PhD Botany from Aligarh Muslim University, India.

Arpita Roy is working as an Assistant Professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. Her specialization is in Plant Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology and Microbiology. She has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of Biotechnology. She has taught topics related to Plant Biotechnology, Microbiology, Bioprocess Engineering and Solid Waste Management. She has authored more than 50 scientific articles and 25 book chapters from international publishers and edited 2 books. She has 6 edited books (SCOPUS-indexed) and enlisted in the Top 2% of scientists worldwide for two consecutive years (Stanford University report published by Elsevier). Her Cumulative citation index is more than 3300. She has presented and participated in numerous State, National and International conferences, seminars, workshops and symposium. She has received the Commendable Research Award for excellence in research during the years 2019, 2020 and 2021- DTU. She has been an editorial board member and reviewer of reputed international journals.

Arpita Roy, PhD, is working as an Assistant Professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. Her specialization is in plant biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, environmental biotechnology, and microbiology. She has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of biotechnology and has taught topics related to plant biotechnology, microbiology, bioprocess engineering and solid waste management. She has authored more than 50 scientific articles and 25 book chapters with international publishers and has edited two books. She has six edited books (SCOPUS-indexed) and has been listed in the top 2% of scientists worldwide for two consecutive years (Stanford University report published by Elsevier). Her cumulative citation index is more than 3300. She has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. She has received commendable research awards for excellence in research during the years 2019, 2020 and 2021–DTU. She has been an editorial board member and reviewer for reputed international journals.

Flávia Cristina Policarpo Tonelli is a PhD student in Biotechnology, currently researching bioactive phytochemicals present in the natural product green propolis. Since her days as an undergraduate, she has been dedicating her attention to phytochemistry, protein purification, and molecular biology, which resulted in two patent applications. She has published four scientific articles and 15 book chapters from international publishers and has served as a reviewer of manuscripts submitted to reputed journals. She earned her MSc in Biotechnology at the Federal University of São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (botany, specialization in plant eco-physiology and molecular biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, and at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, where he was a Postdoctorate Fellow and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) for several years. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plants, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels. He has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with several international research projects with various government organizations. To date, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 60 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 170 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 55 book chapters in edited volumes. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of the Plantae Group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a member of the World Academy of Sciences, the International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan), and the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (Korea)."