Microbiology for Cleaner Production and Environmental Sustainability

Naga Raju Maddela received his M.Sc. (1996-1998) and Ph.D. (2012) in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India. During his doctoral program in the area of Environmental Microbiology, he investigated the effects of industrial effluents/insecticides on soil microorganisms and their biological activities and worked as a Faculty in Microbiology for 17 years, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. He received "Prometeo Investigator Fellowship" (2013-2015) from Secretaria de Educacion Superior, Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion (SENESCYT), Ecuador, and "Postdoctoral Fellowship" (2016-2018) from Sun Yat-sen University, China. He also received external funding from "China Postdoctoral Science Foundation" in 2017, internal funding from "Universidad Tecnica de Manabi" in 2020, worked in the area of Environmental Biotechnology, participated in 20 national / international conferences, and presented research data in China, Cuba, Ecuador, India and Singapore. Currently, he is working as a full-time Professor at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnica de Manabi, Portoviejo, Ecuador. He has published 8 Books, 40 Chapters and 60 research papers.

Lizziane Kretli Winkelstroeter Eller Graduated in Biochemical Pharmacy from the Federal University of Alfenas - Brazil (2006), master's degree in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at USP of Ribeirao Preto - Brazil (2009) and doctorate in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto- Brazil (2012). Completed postdoc at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at USP in Ribeirao Preto - Brazil (2014). She has published 28 manuscripts, four book chapters and is editor of a research topic in Frontiers Microbiology. She is currently a professor at the University of Western of Sao Paulo-Brazil. She has experience in the field of Pharmacy, acting mainly on the following topics: lactic acid bacteria, foodborne pathogens, microbiology, molecular biology, biofilms, probiotics and cell culture.

Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interest includes applied & environmental microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than two hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles & book chapters and six patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award & Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA; Outstanding Scientist Award in the field of Microbiology; BRICPL Science Investigator Award and Research Excellence Award etc. He has been serving as editorial board members: BMC Microbiology, BMC Biotechnology, Current Microbiology, Archives of Microbiology, Annals of Microbiology, IET Nanobiotechnology, Journal of Renewable Material, Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Environmental Science & Ecotechnology including Series editor of Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences, Springer Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Assistant Professor Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States and Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.