Автор: Luzia Valentina Modolo

Prof. Neelam Sangwan, Ph D, FNA, FNASc, FNAAS Dean, School of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences; Dean, Research; Head, Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Haryana, India Prof. Neelam Sangwan has published more than 100 research papers in journals of international repute and implemented externally competitive grant projects. She is recipient of several national awards. Her major area of research is specialized metabolites and metabolism in medicinal and aromatic plants, genomics, molecular understanding of traditional therapies, and phyto-active molecules for pharmacological investigations. She is managing editor of Plant Growth Regulation. Dr. Sangwan has supervised over 50 postdoctoral, Ph D, and postgraduate students, and mentored young interns and women scientists. She has visited The Samuel Noble Foundation, USA; John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, for scientific research programs; and as Women Leaders in Crop Science at Clare College and Cambridge University under Newton-Bhabha program. Farag, Ph D TWAS fellow in Agriculture Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt  Specializing in metabolomics and natural products chemistry, Mohamed A. Farag completed his Ph D at Texas Tech University, USA, in 2003. Dr. Farag now works at the American University in Cairo (AUC) where his research work focuses primarily around applying innovative biochemical technologies (metabolomics) to help answer complex biological questions in medicine, herbal drugs analysis, and agriculture. He has coauthored more than 216 scientific papers and has more than 6000 citations and an H index of 41. In 2010, Dr. Farag was selected as a top researcher in the field of plant biology in Africa by the American Society of Plant Biology, USA. Dr. Farag is a current TWAS Fellow in Agriculture from Egypt. Heis managing editor of the esteemed, multi-disciplinary Journal of Advanced Research. Luzia Valentina Modolo, Ph D Professor, Department of Botany Institute of Biological Sciences Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Prof. Modolo received her Ph D degree in Functional and Molecular Biology in 2004 from the State University of Campinas (SP, Brazil). She is faculty member of the Department of Botany at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (MG, Brazil). Prof. Modolo is the coordinator of the Network for the Development of Novel Urease Inhibitors and her research interests include plant nutrition and secondary metabolism and signaling processes in plant tissues triggered by environmental stress. She has published over 65 peer-reviewed articles and is the author of 20 book chapters and 6 patents. She is Associate editor of the Journal of Advanced Research and Review Editor of the Frontiers in Plant Science.