Meet the Volume Editors

Dr. Gopal Shukla, Ph.D., is a Professor of Forestry at North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Meghalaya, India. Before joining as a professor, he was Senior Assistant Professor of Forestry at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. Dr. Shukla has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience. He has worked on different projects, including the National Agricultural Innovation Project (ICAR), National

Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (ICAR), and, as a young scientist, on the project on carbon stock of different land uses for the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. His research interests include agroforestry, medicinal plants, forest ecology, and conservation. He has 90 research papers, 30 book chapters, and 8 books to his credit. He has successfully completed several research projects on forest ecology, medicinal plants, and agroforestry. Dr. Shukla has supervised four doctoral and six master's students.

Dr. Jahangir A. Bhat, Ph.D., is currently associated with the Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership at Piramal University, Mumbai, India. Before taking on his current position, he was associated with the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, India. Previously, he served as the head of the Department of Forestry at the College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Fiji National University,

Republic of Fiji Islands. His research work in India and the Fiji Islands spans 12 years and encompasses emerging issues in forestry, including conservation of biodiversity, traditional knowledge of plants, and sustainable management of forest resources, particularly in the light of climate change scenarios. He has worked as a counselor, mentor, and coordinator for forestry academic programs and has been instrumental in developing higher education and technical and vocational education and training streams of forestry and allied programs. He worked closely for accreditation with the Fiji Higher Education Commission and forestry stakeholders.

Dr. Sumit Chakravarty, Ph.D., is a Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. He has more than 20 years of experience in forestry training, research, and development. He has conducted research on several aspects of forestry, agroforestry, medicinal plants, and climate change. He has published 120 research papers, 48 book chapters, and 8 books. He is

involved in fifteen research projects on forest ecology, medicinal plants, and agroforestry. He has trained more than fifty master's and doctoral students in forestry. Dr. Chakravarty has attended more than fifty national and international conferences as a presenter and invited speaker.

Dr. Adel W Almutairi, Ph.D., received his master's degree in biomedicine from Portsmouth University, UK. He obtained a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Sheffield University, UK. His research aims to improve the productivity of microalgal biofuel production through different abiotic stresses and genetic engineering.

Dr. Mei Li, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. from Sichuan University, China, in 2012 and worked as an associate professor (major in Environmental Engineering) in Chengdu, China. She is engaged in non-point source pollution control, water environment assessment, and water pollution control. Dr. Li has published more than thirty research papers, three books, five patents, and two copyrights. She has presided over thirty scientific research projects at

the national, provincial, and bureau levels and successfully handled more than twenty projects. Dr. Li is the recipient of the Sichuan Province Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award.
