Soil Algae Morphology, Ecology and Biotechnological Applications

Dr Arti Mishra:  Assistant Professor at Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India. She is working in the area of, environmental microbiology, phycology, bio-remediation, plant microbe Interaction. Dr Mishra has a number of research papers and review articles to her credit in the journals of international repute. In addition, Dr Mishra has been recognized as a member of The Biotech Research Society (BRSI), India. She has been awarded Dr D S Kothari postdoctoral fellowship from UGC in 2016 for postdoctoral research work at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. In 2023, she has received Carl Trygger fellowship for doing postdoctoral work at Umeå Plant Science Center, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. Dr. Mishra received her PhD in Botany from APS University, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India and MS in Biology from Linköping University, Sweden.

Dr. Ajit Varma completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Allahabad University.  He was former Professor at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is Emeritus Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, and Former Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 314 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editor in Chief of Soil Biology Series, Springer Verlag Germany. Dr. Varma is the Fellow of Alexander-von-Humboldt Society, Germany, elected Fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of Microbiology Society of India.