Autor: Junaida Shezmin Zavahir

Gamini Seneviratne, Senior Research Professor, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka J. Shezmin Zavahir, Teaching Associate & Analytical Chemistry Researcher, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC, Australia   Professor Gamini Seneviratne Professor Seneviratne received his Ph D from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, followed by postdoctoral fellowships in Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Sydney, Australia, where he is also a visiting professor. Currently, he is a senior research professor at the National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), Sri Lanka. He directs a novel field of research where microbial biofilms are developed for various biotechnological applications, including the world-first Biofilm-based biofertilizer biotechnology. He is a member of Soil Science Society of America, American Society for Microbiology, and a former editor, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (Elsevier). He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in Sri Lanka.   J. Shezmin Zavahir Junaida Shezmin Zavahir (J. S. Z. Ismail) received a BSc (Microbiology) and MSc (Biotechnology), from the Bangalore University, India. She is a Ph D researcher in Analytical Chemistry at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and a Teaching Associate at its Faculty of Science. Her current research interests include gas chromatographic and infrared analysis of biofuels and essential oils, preceded by research on fungal-bacterial biofilm based biofertilizers. She has extensive experience as an analytical chemist of Alternate fuels. The recipient of numerous international and national awards, Shezmin is a member of the Chemicals and Plastics Innovation Network Industry Partnership, Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.