Microbial Genomics in Sustainable Agroecosystems

Dr. Vijay Tripathi is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, India. He was previously awarded an ARO Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel. He has also received two prestigious postdoctoral fellowships (Indo-Israel Government Fellowship and PBC Outstanding Post Doctoral Fellowship) and worked with Prof Edward Trifonov as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel. Dr Tripathi began his research career as a doctoral student at the Center of Bioinformatics, University of Allahabad, India. During his doctoral thesis work he was also awarded a MUIR fellowship and visited the University of Cagliari, Italy.
Dr. Pradeep Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, India. Before joining NERIST, he served as an International Research Professor/Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He was awarded a PBC Outstanding Post Doctoral Fellowship to work for more than three years as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the recipient of many best paper presentations and the Narasimhan Award from the Indian Phytopathological Society, India. He has published four books and more than 50 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as several book chapters.
Dr. Pooja Tripathi is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, JIBB at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, India. She completed her PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj. She was also awarded the prestigious PBC Outstanding Post Doctoral Fellowship from the Ministry of Higher Education, Israeli Government, to pursue her postdoctoral research at the Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. She also received an ARO Post Doctoral Fellowship and joined the Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel as a postdoctoral fellow.
Dr. Amit Kishore is graduated from V.B. Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, India, then after postgraduate and doctoral degree in Botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He gained his post-doctoral research experience in host-pathogen interaction area from Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel. Currently, Dr. Amit Kishore is working as an Assistant Professor (Botany Department) at KamlaNehru Post Graduate College, Raebareli, India. He has been credited by several by fellowships and awards like CSIR- NET JRF, CSIR SRF, Best poster presentation and ARO post-doctoral fellowship. Dr. Singh is life member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI).
Dr. Madhu Kamle is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Her research interests are in plant biotechnology, plant-microbe interactions, microbial genomics, and plant disease diagnosis. She earned her PhD in Plant Biotechnology from ICAR-CISH, India, and Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India. She has been awarded the prestigious PBC Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellowship and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Jacob Blaustein Institute of Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Israel. She also worked as an International Research Professor at the School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea. Dr. Kamle has 10 years of research experience and has published 25 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters, and one edited book (Springer Nature, Switzerland). She is a life member of the Nano-Molecular Society and a member of the American Society of Microbiology.