लेखक: Sanjai Saxena

Sanjai Saxena currently is an Associate Professor in Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala, India. Concurrently Dr. Saxena is also Coordinator of Centre of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) in Agro & Industrial Biotechnology, established by TIFAC, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India jointly with the University. Dr. Saxena possess over 15 years of research and teaching experience in microbial secondary metabolites, microbial biochemistry, microbial diversity, biological control, mycology and drug discovery. His research work has resulted in significant extramural funding, over 35 refereed journal articles, 25 abstracts, 5 book chapters,  1 US and 2 Indian patents. Recognizing his work, Association of Advancement of Biodiversity Science, Karnataka has conferred upon him Eminent Microbiologist Award in the year 2014 and inducted him as a fellow in the society.