Dr. Visakh P.M. (MSc, MPhil, PhD) is a prolific editor with more than 40 books already published. He is working in the Department of Chemical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India. He was an associate professor in TUSUR University, Tomsk, Russia, since 2017 till July 2023. He did his postdoctoral research in Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia (2014–2017). He obtained his PhD, Mphil, and MSc degrees from School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, kerala, India. He edited 40 Books from internationally well-known publishers, and more than 25 books in press. He has been invited as a visiting researcher in Russia (2014–2023), Portugal (2013, 2014), Czech Republic (2012, 2013), Italy (2009, 2012), Argentina (2010), Sweden (2010, 2011, 2012), Switzerland (2010), Spain (2011, 2012), Slovenia (2011), France (2011), Belgium (2012), and Austria (2012) for his research work. He visited 12 countries; he visited 15 universities in Europe. He published 20 publications, 4 reviews, and more than 45 book chapters. He has attended and presented more than 28 conferences, he has 2457 citations, and his h-index is 24. He acts as guest editor for four international journals.Prof. Dr. Oğuz Bayraktar received his Bachelor’s degree from Ege University, Chemical Engineering Department in 1993. He received Master’s and Doctorate degrees from West Virginia University in the United States. In 2001, he started to work as an assistant professor at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering. In 2006, he received the title of associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He received the title of professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2012 and worked as a faculty member at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering. He worked as a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Ege University between 2014 and 2020. In 2022, he established the NATCO Ltd start-up company. He is currently working as a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Ege University. His fields of study are biotechnology and bioengineering, and he actively continues his research in the interdisciplinary field. Determination of biological activities of natural compounds obtained from plants, isolation, purification, production, bioconversion of natural compounds, cosmetics, and functional food applications are among his main interests.
