The Microbiology of Respiratory System Infections

Edited by:   Kateryna Kon (Associate Professor Department of Microbiology Virology and Immunology Kharkiv National Medical University Kharkiv Ukraine), Mahendra Rai (Visiting Scientist, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland), Mahendra Rai (Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India), Mahendra Rai (Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India), Mahendra Rai (Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 191mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   630g
ISBN:   9780128045435
ISBN 10:   0128045434
Series:   Clinical Microbiology Diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of infections
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr. Kateryna Kon, MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine as an Associate Professor. Dr. Kon received the Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Award in 2007. She has ten years of teaching and fifteen years of research experience. She is an editorial board member of six international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kon's scientific contributions include more than 100 publications, 6 books and 18 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon’s research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria, coping with microbial resistance by plant essential oils and nanoparticles, microbiology of surgical and gynaecological infections, application of different statistical methods to analysis of biomedical data. Professor Mahendra Rai is a UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former head of the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. Presently, he is a visiting Scientist at the Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology. Currently, his group’s main research interest is green synthesis of metal nanoparticles particularly using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. Prof. Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Medini Award by the Government of India. He has been featured in Stanford’s list of the top 2% of scientists in nanoscience.