Dr. Dibyajit Lahiri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India, where he conducts advanced interdisciplinary research in microbiology, biofilms, antimicrobial resistance, and microbial biotechnology. His scholarly work emphasizes understanding the mechanisms of microbial biofilm formation and inhibition, particularly on medically relevant surfaces and environmental substrates, and exploring innovative strategies for combating biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistance. Dr. Lahiri has authored and co-authored a substantial body of scholarly work, with over 100 publications including high-impact journal articles, book chapters, and reviews. His research portfolio covers topics such as biofilm-mediated degradation of environmental pollutants, novel antibiofilm agents (including nanoscale and natural compounds), and biotechnological applications of microbial systems, with an h-index around 38 reflecting significant citation impact and academic influence.He has contributed to major scientific discussions on microbial biofilms in diverse contexts, including their roles in chronic infections, environmental microplastic degradation, and biofuel production, demonstrating both fundamental and applied research orientations. His collaborative research outputs also include contributions to antimicrobial peptide studies and microbial electrochemical systems. Dr. Lahiri serves as editor and contributor to scholarly publications in his field, and he participates actively in international research networks and editorial activities. His work is regularly presented at scientific forums and continually contributes to advancing microbial biotechnology and strategies to mitigate biofilm-associated challenges in health, industry, and the environment. Farshad Darvishi Harzevilii, PhD, is Full Professor in the Department of Microbiology at Alzahra University, Iran. His research interests include the biotechnological and environmental applications of yeasts for the production of valuable compounds, as well as metabolic engineering and synthetic biology of yeasts. He has published several books and serves as Series Editor for the Elsevier book series Developments in Microbial Cell Factories: From Design to Commercial Production.

• 1. Introduction to microbial cell factories2. X-omics for design of microbial cell factories3. Omics-guided engineering of microbial metabolism4. Omics-guided engineering of microbial metabolism, modular pathway and protein engineering5. Metabolic Flux Analysis6. Genome-scale metabolic modeling7. Modular pathway engineering8. Promoter libraries, RBS tuning, and genetic circuits9. Biosensors and logic gates in microbial cells10. Adaptive laboratory evolution for trait enhancement11. Protein engineering12. Enzyme optimization in microbial hosts13. Recent advances in design of bacterial cell factories14. Progresses in design of yeast cell factories15. New insights in design of mold cell factories16. Developments in design of microalgae cell factories17. Fermentation scale-up challenges, multiple stress factors in strain engineering, techno-economic comparative analysis18. AI-assisted design of microbial cell factories