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About the Editors
Vineet Kumar is currently working as assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, LPU,
Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Previously, he was assistant
professor at DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab,
India, and UGC  – Dr. DSK postdoctoral fellow
(2013–2016) in the Department of Chemistry and
Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab
University, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Kumar has worked
in different areas of biotechnology and nanotechnology at various institutes and universities, namely,
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh,
India; CSIR  – Institute of Himalayan Bioresource
Technology, Palampur, HP, India; and Himachal
Pradesh University, Shimla, HP, India. His area of
interest is nano- biotechnology. He has published
many articles in this area featuring in peer- reviewed
journals. Dr. Kumar is also serving as editorial board
member and reviewer for international peer-reviewed
journals. He has received various awards such as
senior research fellowship, best poster award, and
postdoctoral fellowship.
Praveen  Guleria is presently working as assistant
professor in the Department of Biotechnology at
DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. She has
worked in the areas of plant biotechnology, plant metabolic engineering, and plant stress biology at CSIR –
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology,
Palampur, HP, India. Her research interests include
plant stress biology, plant small RNA biology, plant
epigenomics, and nanotoxicity. Praveen has