Rakeeb Ahmad Mir is Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Kashmir, Science Campus, Nunner, Ganderrbal, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India. He is having 6 years of Research and Teaching Experience in different subjects of Biotechnology. His research interests include Molecular taxonomy, Nematode genomics and basic research in proteomics. In addition, he is deeply involved in teaching courses such as, Cell Biology, Signal transduction and Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics and Nematode genomics at University level. Dr Rakeeb has published various research and review papers, book chapters on Molecular taxonomy of nematodes, Proteomic techniques and stress tolerant crop plants. Since he has considerable experience in the related fields pertaining to the title of this book. Dr. Sheikh Mansoor Shafi currently serves as a postdoctoral researcher at the Phenomics Laboratory within Jeju National University in South Korea. His primary research focuses on high-throughput phenomics, remote sensing and precision agriculture. Prior to this role, he held positions as a Postdoc Research Associate at SKIMS Srinagar and as a Project Associate-I at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu (IIIM). Throughout his academic journey, Dr. Mansoor has had the opportunity to work in reputed laboratories, including the Transcriptomics Labs at SKUAST Kashmir and the Department of Biotechnology and Pathology at Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture (CITH) Rangreth Srinagar. His educational background comprises a BSc degree from SP College of Science (University of Kashmir), an MSc degree from HNBGU Uttarakhand, and a Ph.D. degree from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu. Sajad Majeed Zargar, Ph.D, is currently an Assistant Professor at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Sciences & Technology in India and visiting Professor at University of Padova, Italy. Dr. Zargar is the recipient of the CREST overseas fellowship from DBT, the Goho grant from Govt. of Japan, and the Erasmus Fellowship from European Union. He is also a member and representative of INPPO (International Plant Proteomics Organisation). His editorial activities and scientific memberships include publishing research and review articles in international journals and is also reviewer.
