Rakesh Kumar Bachheti is presently working as Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Industrial Chemistry at the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) of Ethiopia, where he teaches Ph.D., graduate, and undergraduate students. Before joining AASTU, Rakesh was working as Dean Project (Assistant) at Graphic Era University (A grade university by NACC) in Dehradun, India. Rakesh also presented papers at various international (Malaysia, Thailand, and India) and national conferences. He was also Member of various important committees, such as the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), anti-ragging committee. His major research interests include natural products for Industrial application, biofuel and bioenergy, green synthesis of nanoparticles, their application, and Pulp and paper technology. He retains a fundamental love for natural products, which permeates all of his research. He has also successfully advised 30 M.Sc. and 3 Ph.D. students tocompletion, and countless undergraduates have researched in his laboratory. Bachheti is actively involved in curriculum development for B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. programs. Bachheti is Editor of 4 books and 80 publications, dealing with various aspects of natural product chemistry and nanotechnology and has twenty book chapters published by Springer, Elsevier, and Nova Publisher. Presently, he is supervising 5 Ph.D. students and works on two research projects funded by Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia.Archana Bachheti is currently Professor at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India. She has also served in many capacities in academia within India and provided expertise internationally for more than 15 years. She taught Ecology and Environment, Environmental Science, Freshwater Ecology, Disaster Management, and Bryophytes and Pteridophytes. Her major research interests encompass the broad, interdisciplinary field of plant ecology, focusing on ecorestoration, green chemistry, especially the synthesis of nanomaterial, and medicinal properties of plants. The breadth of her research spans from degraded land ecological amelioration and physical and chemical properties of plant oil to plant-based nanomaterial. She guided one Ph.D. student, supervised three scholars, and guided graduate and undergraduate students with their research projects. While the fascination with forest biodiversity captured her interest, it has been her love for the exploration of values of biodiversity and social upliftment through it that has maintained that passion. Bachheti’s is Editor of 4 books and has published over 60 research articles in international and national journals and sixteen book chapters. She organized several national seminars/conferences at Graphic Era University, India.Azamal Husen served as Professor and Head of the Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia, and is Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. Previously, he was Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehradun, India. Husen’s research and teaching experience of 20 years encompasses the biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to nanomaterials, plant adaptation to harsh environments at the physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species. He has conducted research sponsored by the World Bank, the National Agricultural Technology Project, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, the Indian Council of Forest Research Education, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Husen has published extensively (< 250) and served on the editorial board and as Reviewer of reputed journals. He is also working as Series Editor of ‘Exploring Medicinal Plants’, published by Taylor & Francis Group, USA; ‘Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change’, published by Elsevier, USA; ‘Smart Nanomaterials Technology’, published by Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, and is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology.
