Vertika Shukla is MSc in Organic Chemistry and PhD (2003) in Chemistry of lichens from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal). Presently, She is working as Assistant Professor (Contract) in Department of Earth Sciences at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University,Lucknow. During her more than 17 years research experience, she has been awarded 3 fellowships awarded by DST, New Delhi (two projects were pursued in CSIR-NBRI and one project in BBA (Central) University, Lucknow). Till now she has published 63 scientific articles in reputed national and international journals, mostly in SCI journals and presented research findings in seminar and symposia with total impact factor 39 and h-index 11. She has authored 1 book ‘Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment’ (Springer) and coedited 2 book volumes of ‘Recent Advances in Lichenology (Springer) and ‘Plant Adaptation Strategies in Changing Environment’ (Springer Nature). Her area of interest include secondary metabolite chemistry, interaction of lichen with the environment and role of lichen in bioremediation of atmospheric fallouts.Narendra Kumar has obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D degree in the subject Environmental Science from the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central ) University, Lucknow, India. Dr. Kumar, has also qualified UGC-NET in the subject Environmental Science. Dr. Kumar is an active researcher and academician having almost 16 years of post graduate teaching and research experience. Dr. Kumar has started his academic career as a project fellow at National Botanical research Institute (NBRI-CSIR), Lucknow, U.P., India. In 2002, he joined as Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur, U.P., India. Dr. Kumar is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow from June, 2005. Dr. Kumar has published more than 30 international and national research papers. He has published 10 book chapters with reputed National and International publishers. One Ph.D. degree has been awarded under the supervision of Dr. Kumar and currently four research scholars are working under his guidance for doctoral degree. In addition Dr. Kumar has guided more than 40 students for their M.Sc. dissertation work.
