Microbiology-2.0 Update for a Sustainable Future

Dr. Juhi Gupta, Assistant Professor at Amity University in Noida, India, brings a wealth of knowledge to the academic world. She holds a Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and specializes in environmental microbiology, ecosystem sustainability and resource management. Her skill set also includes advanced techniques like next-generation sequencing and climate change monitoring. Dr. Gupta's academic achievements are numerous and distinguished, highlighted by her receipt of the J. William Fulbright Research Scholarship in the USA and the Swachh Sarthi Fellowship from the Government of India. Her exemplary performance in India's National Eligibility Test (NET) and the Doctoral Research Scholarship awarded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, are testaments to her scholarly prowess. Additionally, she actively contributes to the scientific community by reviewing for various prominent Elsevier Publications journals. Dr. Gupta's deep commitment and vast expertise in environmental sciences distinguish her as a prominent figure in her field. Prof. (Dr.) Akarsh Verma is currently working as an Assistant Professor at UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies), India. Earlier, he was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) International Research Fellow at Osaka University, Japan. He obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, and did his postdoctoral research work at the Brigham Young University, USA. He serves the research community by acting as a reviewer for various international journals (Nature, Springer, Elsevier, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, IOP, etc.). In addition, he has published research articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals, books and book chapters, and presented many research papers at various international/national conferences. His area of interest is computational mechanics, atomistic-scale modelling, computational chemistry, etc. He has also been recognized by Stanford University's list of the world's top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists in Single Year Citation Impact (2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020).