Aparna Gunjal has completed her B.Sc. from Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya, Hadapsar; M.Sc. from Modern College Arts, Commerce and Science College, Ganeshkhind and PhD in Environmental Sciences subject from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. She is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at Dr. D.Y. Patil, Arts, Commerce and Science College, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Her research areas of expertise are solid waste management; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, e-waste management, bioremediation, etc. Aparna has 115 publications to her credit. She has received 10 Awards for the Best Paper presentations and also received travel grants. Aparna has also received Pune Municipal Corporation Award for excellent work in Environmental Sciences Research in 2015, The Elsevier Foundation - TWAS Sustainability Visiting Expert Programme” in 2018 and the Young Researcher award with Innovative Technology. She has worked on composting aspect as a Senior Researcher Assistant at Hongkong Baptist University, Hongkong. Aparna is an Editor Member of the International Journal of Microbial Science; Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology; Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Reports and Reviewer.
Meghmala Sheshrao Waghmode is currently working as Lecturer in Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya, Pune, India. She has 11 years of teaching experience and 10 years of research experience. Her research areas of expertise are waste management; bioremediation; nanotechnology and fungal pigments.
Neha Nitin Patil is Associate Professor and Head of Dept of Microbiology at Waghire College, Saswad, Pune, India. She has 30 years of teaching experience and 10 years of research experience. She has 10 publications to her credit and is also a life member of Biotech Research Society, India and many others. She has many awards and honors to her credit.
Pankaj Bhatt did his Bachelor in Biotechnology from Kumaun University Naintal in 2009. He completed Master in Microbiology in 2012 from Department of Biotechnology Kumaun University Nainital Uttarakhand. He have completed Ph.D in Microbiology from G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, U.S Nagar, India. His research areas of expertise are Microbial and molecular aspect of biodegradation, pesticide biodegradation, food microbiology, plant microbe interaction. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor in Dolphin (P.G) College of Biomedical and Natural Sciences Dehradun, India.