Anjana K. Vala, associated with Department of Life Sciences, M.K. Bhavnagar University, is a Ph.D. in Microbiology. She has 25 years of PG teaching and research experience. Her research areas include marine microbial diversity and physiology, bioremediation and nanobiotechnology. She had received DST Fast Track Young Scientists, CSIR SRA and DST Women Scientists (WOS-A) fellowships. Dr. Vala has over 70 publications, 3 books, 1 co-edited special issue of journal and 1 patent to her credit.

Dushyant R. Dudhagara is a Faculty at the Department of Life Sciences, Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University. He is a Ph.D. in Microbiology and recipient of National Post-Doctoral Fellowship and international senior research fellowship. Dr. Dudhagara's research areas of interest include marine and environment microbiology and microbial ecology. Based on his research work, he has published more than 35 research papers. He is an editorial board member in Elsevier Journal. He has received various international awards.