Plant Microbiome and Biological Control Emerging trends and applications

Dr. Piyush Mathur 
is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has been teaching for the past 6 years and has taught both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has done his Ph.D. in Botany with a specialization in Mycology and Plant Pathology from Delhi University. Presently, he is supervising four Ph. D. research scholars who are working on microbial diversity, bioprospecting, and plant disease management. He has published quite a number of articles and papers in well-known international journals of good repute. He has also contributed articles as book chapters in International and National books. He is serving as a member of editorial board of BMC Plant Biology (Taylor and Francis).  He has previously edited three books with Springer and is working on other books too. Dr. Mathur is an active member of the Society of Rapeseed Mustard Research (SRMR), Bharatpur, and Delhi University Botanical Society (DUBS) Delhi, India and Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi, India.

Dr. Swarnendu Roy
 is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Bengal, Siliguri, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience. His doctoral thesis involved understanding the mechanism of salinity stress tolerance in grasses. He has published more than 35 articles in reputed journals with high impact factors like Water Research, Scientific Reports, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, and Physiologia Plantarum. He has recently edited a book entitled 
Plant Stress: Challenges and Management in the New Decade
, published by Springer and also published several book chapters in edited volumes. He is presently supervising 4 Ph. D. research scholars who are working on stress management in plants by engineered nanoparticles, synthesis of starch-based biofilms and edible coatings. He received International Travel Support (ITS) from DST, Government of India to present his research paper at International Conference on Integrative Plant Physiology at Sitges, Spain. He is a life member of prestigious societies like The Indian Science Congress Association, Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India).