Syed Maqbool Geelani Editor

Syed Maqbool Geelani, PhD, is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Cluster University, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Dr. Geelani has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of environmental sciences for the past 10 years. He is also working as an environmental consultant with a specialization in wastewater treatment, natural dye extraction, and applications and in the promotion of the latest technologies, especially phytoremediation, bioremediation, and alternatives to treat effluent usage. Dr. Geelani is a reviewer/editorial board member for various national and international reputed journals and has more than 50 national and international research publications, books, and book chapters to his credit. He has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposium. He earned his doctorate in environmental science from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India.

Rouf Ahmad Bhat, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where he specializes in limnology, toxicology, phytochemistry, and phytoremediation. Dr. Bhat has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of environmental sciences for the past three years. He is an author of more than 50 research papers and 15 book chapters and has published more than 10 books with international publishers. He has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia. Dr. Bhat has worked as an Associate Environmental Expert for the World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and also as Environmental Support Staff for Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded development projects. He has received awards, appreciation, and recognition for his services to the science of water testing and air and noise analysis. He has served as an editorial board member and reviewer for several international journals. Dr. Bhat is still writing and experimenting with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution.

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil, where she teaches graduate 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. She has published five books, authored scientific articles and more than 30 book chapters with international publishers. She has presented and participated in many national and international conferences and has helped organize various scientific events. Dr. Tonelli has also dedicated herself to the promotion of science and technology through co-funding a non-governmental organization. Dr. Tonelli is active in scientific advocation groups for women. Her efforts as a researcher have been recognized with various awards, including For Women in Science Brazil (awarded by L‘Oréal Brasil, UNESCO in Brazil, and Brazilian Academy of Sciences and Under 30 Brazil (Forbes) as well as various certificates of merit.