Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology: Applications for Sustainability

Author Biography

Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra is working as the ICAR-Emeritus Professor at the P.G. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Science & Humanities, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He obtained his PhD Degree in 1987 from Berhampur University, Odisha. He has 61 research publications to his name. Suraja Kumar Nayak obtained his PhD from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology in 2013 and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering and Technology, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Dr. Nayak has 10 years of teaching and research experience in field of Microbiology and Biotechnology. His areas of teaching and research include general and environmental microbiology, soil microbiology, industrial & food biotechnology, microbial biotechnology. Dr. Nayak has published 18 scientific papers including book chapters in various journals and national & international books. Swati Mohapatra is a research Professor in Wankwong University South Korea. She obtained her PhD in Microbiology from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology in 2015. Her areas of teaching and research include environmental microbiology, polymer chemistry, industrial and material science, microbial molecular biology, infection biology, agriculture microbiology. Dr. Mohapatra has published 32 scientific articles in various national and international journals and 07 book chapters. D. P. Samantaray obtained his PhD in Microbiology (2013) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He is an assistant professor in the Post Graduate Department of Microbiology, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He is working in the field of bioenergy, bioremediation, biopolymer & composite materials including its biomedical and agricultural applications. He has published more than 72 scientific publications.