Meet the editors

Prof. Dr. S. Suriyanarayanan, MSc, MPhil, Ph.D., is the deputy director of research, at Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation Deemed University, India. Prior to this position, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Turin, Italy, and project coordinator, faculty, and head (I/c) at the Department of Water and Health, JSS Academy of Higher Education, and Research (JSS AHER), Mysore, India. He also served as a science officer

for the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Beijing from April 2015 to March 2017. He is also a nodal officer for SCOPE India activities under JSS AHER. Dr. Suriyanarayanan has research experience in environmental monitoring, radiation ecology, and environmental microbiology. He is a recipient of the Young Scientist research grant award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. He also received a visiting scientist fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016–2017. He has been a chairperson, participant, and presenter at many national and international conferences as well as an editorial board member for peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Suriyanarayanan has more than forty published research articles to his credit and is an associate editor for Environmental Development.

Dr. K. Karthikeyan is a senior scientist at Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, Bhuj, India. He obtained a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. He has more than sixteen years of work experience in environmental monitoring, bioprospecting, bioremediation, and industrial auditing. He has published thirty-five research papers and two book chapters. He was accredited by the Na-

tional Accreditation Board for Education and Training, Quality Council of India (NABET-QCI), New Delhi, as a Functional Area Expert in Water Pollution Monitoring, Prevention and Control. He is ISO-certified in laboratory management training and internal auditing. Dr. Karthikeyan is a recipient of the 2009 Best Environmentalist Award from Bharathiar University.
