Prof. Arun Arya,,Ex-Head, Department of Environmental Studies in The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara INDIA. He is a Botanist, Phytopathologist, philatelist and a popular science writer. Fellow of Indian Botanical Society, Indian Phytopathological Society, he is a recipient of Young Scientist award by DST and V. Puri Gold Medal by Indian Botanical Society. He specializes in Fungal Taxonomy, Aerobiology and Mycorrhizae. He has worked on deterioration of Egyptian Mummy and co-chaired the session in 12th World Forestry Congress at Canada. He has published 150 papers and 15 books including Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens, published by CABI.Dr. Katerina Rusevska, Associate Professor at Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, UKIM, Macedonia. Her fields of interest include subjects of Mycology (General Mycology, Fungi of Macedonia), Nutritional aspect of Mushrooms, Medicinal Mushrooms and Methods in biology teaching for teacher in primary and secondary schools as well. Since 2019 she is General Secretary of European Mycological Association and Secretary of Scientific Journal Biologia Macedonica. An expert on Molecular identification, she has guided 13 scientific projects. She has more than 52 research papers in International Journals, and 10 chapters in books to her credit, and has presented 45 papers in conferences.
