Dr. Sushil Kumar Upadhyay is Associate Professor in Bio-Sciences and Technology at Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala (HR), India. Dr. Upadhyay is a Doctorate from the University of Allahabad (A Central University), and has 14+ years of rich teaching-cum-research experience in Parasitology, Animal Science, Taxonomy, Molecular Phylogeny, Nanobiotechnology, and Microbiology. Dr. Upadhyay has received more the 2 dozen of awards including certificates of excellence, Bharat Vibhushan Award, Bharat Jyoti Award, Bharat Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar, Paryavaran Ratna Puraskar, Vigyan Ratna Puraskar, Vigyan Bhushan Puraskar, Paryavaran Shri Samman, Prof. S. Yamuguti Parasites Taxonomy Promotion award, Prof. S.P. Gupta Gold medal, G.D. Bhalerao medal, Prof. S.L. Mishra Gold medal, Best Teacher award, National Elite Teacher award, Preeminent Academic excellence award, and felicitated many Fellow awards as FISEC, FSESc, FSSc, FSLSc, FISCA, FZSI, FAGEM, FHSI, FMERC, FBS, FSEZR, FIAZ, FGESA, FI2OR, FGT, FSAN, FSASS, FAELS, FSOE, FABRF, FSSN, FBSS, FISDS, FLS (London) in yesteryears. Dr. Upadhyay has served as Special Officer WCCB GoI, Global Goodwill Ambassador India (Humanitarian), and Sustainable Cosmos Ambassador GTS as well as he is the awardee of India Book of Records, National Book of Records and Magic Book of Records in past years. His research skill is excellent, published 9 patents, 44 books, and 175 research articles in peer-reviewed high-quality journals of international repute, attended 65 FDPs/OC/RC, and presented papers at 197 conferences also. Dr. Upadhyay has no stone unturned in the field of Mol-Taxonomy and Phylogeny for taxonomic validation of parasitic helminthes. His contribution to the economic empowerment of youths at the grassroots level for livelihood and sustainability through the mission "Lab to Land Transfer of Science and Technology" and vision "Earn as you Learn" is also remarkable and can't be ignored. Dr. Upadhyay is an ideal teacher and his hard work inspires students to achieve their goals and be 'SMART' [S=Specific, M=Meaningful, A=Achievable, R=Relevant, T=Time-bound].
Dr. Manoj Singh is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Bio-Sciences and Technology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Ambala, India. He completed his PhD at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. He was also the recipient of ICMR-SRF during his Ph.D. He also worked as Junior Research Fellow on the project entitled "Development of seawater quality criteria for Coral reef ecosystem of "Gulf of Mannar" Region" funded by the Ministry of Earth Science (MOESICMAM) in collaboration with CPCB, India. His area of interest belongs to Nanotoxicology, Cancer nanobiology, Drug-Microbial interaction, Biomimetic and Chemical Nanosynthesis, Analytical Method Development, NPs hydrodynamic size and imaging (DLS, AFM, TEM), Drug delivery/controlled release at nanoscale, High-pressure Microfluidizer: Interactions of biomolecules and cells at interfaces, anti-fungal drug, physicochemical mechanisms of cell adhesion. He has worked as a Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Ceramic Engineering, IIT-BHU. Varanasi on the project entitled "In vivo and in vitro characterization of hydroxyapatite nanomaterials". He has been the recipient of the Young Scientist Open International "NUST-MISIS" grant competition as an international to conduct joint research at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia. There he also worked as an Assistant Professor at the National University of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia. He is also the recipient of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Innovation Fellowship at Research and Innovation Support and Advancement, South Africa, 2017. He has more than ten years of research and teaching experience. He has published more than 85 research articles in peer-revie
