Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, Divinopolis, MG, Brazil, where she teaches graduate and postgraduate students. She specializes in biotechnology/molecular biology and has been studying nanomaterials applications such as delivery and remediation as same as green synthesis protocols, and allelopathic potential of secondary metabolites from plants. These research projects resulted in 10 patent applications, three of them already analyzed and granted. She has published nine books and authored 15 scientific articles and more than 40 book chapters with international publishers. Dr. Tonelli has also dedicated herself to the promotion of science and technology through co-funding a nongovernmental organization. Her efforts as a researcher have been recognized with various awards, including For Women in Science Brazil (awarded by LOreal Brasil, UNESCO in Brazil, and Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and Under 30 Brazil (Forbes).H. C. Ananda Murthy, PhD, is currently working as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Applied Sciences, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea. He is also serving as the Adjunct Professor at Saveetha University, India. He has published more than 195 research/review articles in reputed international journals. He has authored 12 books, 24 book chapters and six compendia. He has a total of six patents to his credit. Dr. Murthy has recently been elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K. (FRSC-UK) and served as a guest editor for the journals Results in Chemistry, Journal of Nanomaterials, Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, and Micro-Machines. He has received a best paper presentation award, certificate of excellence for community service. and Certificate of Excellence by the Elsevier Researcher Academy. He has recently received the Excellent Researcher Award at Asia Science, Technology, and Research Awards Congress, held at Tirchy, Tamilnadu, India, in July 2023.Letícia Fernandes de Oliveira, PhD, is currently working as an Associate Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, UFSJ, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil. Her main research activities include food and products drying technology (osmotic, spray drying and conventional drying) and extraction and encapsulation of food bioactive compounds. She has published articles in scientific journals and has many other works in international and national congresses.Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (botany, specialization in plant eco-physiology and molecular biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, and at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, where he was a Postdoctorate Fellow and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) for several years. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plants, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels. He has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with several international research projects with various government organizations. To date, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 60 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 170 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 55 book chapters in edited volumes. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of the Plantae Group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a member of the World Academy of Sciences, the International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan), and the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (Korea).