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About the Authors
Rama Kant Dubey is a doctoral research fellow, working in the area of plant–
microbe interactions, sustainable agriculture, and soil system sustainability at the
Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University,
India. Being a Green Talent Awardee (BMBF, Govt. of Germany), he has also
worked as a Guest Researcher at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg,
Germany. He received his M.Sc. in Industrial Microbiology from Devi Ahilya
Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. He has received the AU-CBT Excellence Award of
Biotech Research Society of India and NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puraskar from the
National Academy of Sciences, India. Mr. Dubey has been serving as an active
member for the Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), IUCN, and serving as an Editor of the ‘Agroecosystems Newsletter’ of the IUCN-CEM
Agroecosystems Specialist Group and special issue in Agronomy (MDPI). He is
also serving as an expert reviewer for various international research journals from
Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Wiley, and PLOS.
Vishal Tripathi is a Research Scholar at the Institute of Environment and
Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University. His research interests lie in
restoration and management of polluted lands and understanding the plant–microbe–
pollutant interactions under the changing climate to develop future remediation
strategies. He has been a recipient of the prestigious Green Talents Award of the
Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF), Germany for the year 2018. He
has also been honored with the AU-CBT Research Excellence award of The Biotech
Research Society of India, for the year 2016. He is a member of the Commission on
Ecosystem Management (CEM) and serves as an expert reviewer for several international journals, namely, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Biomass
and Bioenergy (Elsevier), Agronomy for Sustainable Development (Springer),
Restoration Ecology (Wiley), Biodegradation (Springer), Environmental
Management (Springer), PLOS One (PLOS), and Energy, Ecology & Environment
(Springer).
About the Authors
Rama Kant Dubey is a doctoral research fellow, working in the area of plant–
microbe interactions, sustainable agriculture, and soil system sustainability at the
Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University,
India. Being a Green Talent Awardee (BMBF, Govt. of Germany), he has also
worked as a Guest Researcher at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg,
Germany. He received his M.Sc. in Industrial Microbiology from Devi Ahilya
Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. He has received the AU-CBT Excellence Award of
Biotech Research Society of India and NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puraskar from the
National Academy of Sciences, India. Mr. Dubey has been serving as an active
member for the Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), IUCN, and serving as an Editor of the ‘Agroecosystems Newsletter’ of the IUCN-CEM
Agroecosystems Specialist Group and special issue in Agronomy (MDPI). He is
also serving as an expert reviewer for various international research journals from
Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Wiley, and PLOS.
Vishal Tripathi is a Research Scholar at the Institute of Environment and
Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University. His research interests lie in
restoration and management of polluted lands and understanding the plant–microbe–
pollutant interactions under the changing climate to develop future remediation
strategies. He has been a recipient of the prestigious Green Talents Award of the
Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF), Germany for the year 2018. He
has also been honored with the AU-CBT Research Excellence award of The Biotech
Research Society of India, for the year 2016. He is a member of the Commission on
Ecosystem Management (CEM) and serves as an expert reviewer for several international journals, namely, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Biomass
and Bioenergy (Elsevier), Agronomy for Sustainable Development (Springer),
Restoration Ecology (Wiley), Biodegradation (Springer), Environmental
Management (Springer), PLOS One (PLOS), and Energy, Ecology & Environment
(Springer).