Autor: Preeti Chaturvedi

Dr Shubhpriya Gupta,  completed her Ph.D. in Botany from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. Currently, she is working as a Post Doctoral Researcher at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, and as a visiting Scientist at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. She is the Founder and Director of Gustaden Manuscript Services, India. Her research field includes plant hormones, biostimulants, plant tissue culture, seed physiology, analytical chemistry, and biotechnology. She is the author/coauthor of 20 peer-reviewed articles, which have been published in ISI-rated journals. She is the review board editor of the South African Journal of Botany. She has received an Y1 (Young researcher) rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa in January 2022. Dr Preeti Chaturvedi, is Professor and Head, Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. She did her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Botany from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. Her research interests include in vitro morphogenesis, conservation biology, bryophyte diversity, and bioprospecting. She has successfully developed micropropagation protocols for several high value medicinal plants viz., Aconitum balfourii, Picrorhiza kurroa, Centella asiatica, Polygonatum verticillatum, and Rheum emodii. She has 65 research publications to her credit in national and international journals of repute. She has completed four research projects on micropropagation of medicinal herbs including one on bioprospecting of bryophytes.