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. Milind Naik has a PhD in Microbiology and is presently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Microbiology at Goa University on the UGC- sponsored Microbiology (M.Sc.) innovative programme-Teaching and Research in Interdisciplinary and emerging areas. His research interests are applied microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Marine Microbiology, Microbial genetics, Nanobiotechnology, Quorum sensing.

• 1. Bioinformatics Methods: Application Towards Analyses and Interpretation of Experimental Data2. Genome Sequence Analysis for Bioprospecting of Marine Bacterial Polysaccharide-Degrading Enzymes3. Proteomics Analysis of Mycobacterium Cells: Challenges and Progress4. Plant Proteomics: A Guide to Improve the Proteome Coverage5. Structural Analysis of Proteins Using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Technique6. Technological Advancements in Industrial Enzyme Research7. Biotechnological Implications of Hydrolytic Enzymes from Marine Microbes8. Recent Advances in Bioanalytical Techniques Using Enzymatic Assay9. Microbial lectins: Roles and applications10. Biodegradation of Fish Waste by Seaweed Associated Bacteria11. Phosphate Solubilisation by Microorganisms: Overview, Mechanisms, Applications and Advances12. Metagenomics- A Modern Approach to Reveal the Secrets of Unculturable Microbes13. Halophililic Archaea as Beacon for Exobiology: Recent Advances and Future Challenges14. Bacterial Probiotics Over Antibiotics: A Boon to Aquaculture15. Recent Advances in Quorum Quenching of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria16. Trends in Production and Fuel Properties of Biodiesel from Heterotrophic Microbes17. Advances and microbial techniques for phosphorus recovery in sustainable wastewater management18. Genotoxicity Assays: The Micronucleus Test and The Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis Assay19. Advances in Methods and Practices of Ectomycorrhizal Research20. Photocatalytic and Microbial degradation of Amaranth dye21. Role of Nanoparticles in Advanced Biological Research22. Iron-oxygen intermediates and their applications in biomimetic studies23. Frontiers in Developmental Neurogenesis24. Analytical Methods for Natural Products Isolation: Principle and Applications25. Advanced Bioceramics26. Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates By Extremophilic Microorganisms Through Valorization of Waste Materials27. Methods of Enhancing Mass Production of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi28. Metagenomics: A Gateway to Drug Discovery29. Recent Advancement in Isolation & Characterization of Cosmeceutical Compounds from Marine Algae30. Advances in isolation and preservation strategies of ecologically important marine protists, the thraustochytrids31. Advances in sampling strategies and analysis of phytoplankton