New Horizons in Natural Compound Research

Edited by:   Surya Nandan Meena (DSK PDF at Department of Chemistry Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune India), Vinod Nandre (Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India), Kisan Kodam (Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India), Ram Swaroop Meena (Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, (UP), India)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780443152320
ISBN 10:   0443152322
Series:   Progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   28 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr. Surya Nandan Meena is currently a DSK PDF at Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. Earlier Dr. Meena has secured the National Postdoctoral Fellowship through Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and worked at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa for two years. He has completed his MSc (Agri) Plant Biotechnology from University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad, India and Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology, Goa University, Goa India through research fellowship of Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Dr. Meena has more than 5 years of postdoctoral research experience in natural products chemistry which resulted in more than 10 peer reviewed research papers in international journals, three book chapters and editors of two books in Elsevier. Dr. Meena has presented his research work in different national and international conferences. Dr. Vinod Nandre is working as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. His postdoctoral work is based on silica extraction from e-waste and rice husk. He has obtained his PhD from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune on the topic of arsenic metabolism in prokaryotic system and arsenic removal from waste. He has 21 international publications and 1 patent based on phosphate removal from industrial waste sample. He also has two book chapters to his credit. He has teaching experience in Medical Biochemistry and industrial experience. Dr. Kisan M. Kodam is Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. Dr. Kodam’s research interests are focused on environmental biotechnology. In particular, his research team is working on biodegradation of organic pollutants, arsenic and metal bioremediation. He has 27 years of teaching and research experiences and he has supervised 16 students for their doctoral studies and mentored five postdoctoral fellows. He has published around 100 research publications and 4 book chapters. His citations are 2704 with a h-index of 29. He is also working on biotransformation reactions for synthesis of natural products and cytotoxicity analysis. He has reported two novel bacterial species, namely Alishewanella solinquinati and Microvirga indica isolated from dyes and metal contaminated soils, respectively. His research work has been presented in many international conferences. He has been awarded as Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, India for his valuable contributions in the field of environmental biotechnology. Dr. Ram Swaroop Meena is an Agronomist working in the Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. Dr. Meena has been awarded Raman Research Fellowship by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. He has completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Padma Shri Prof. Rattan Lal, World Food Prize Laureate, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has completed 10 external funded projects including, MHRD, ICAR, DST, etc.