Meet the Volume Editors

Dr. Adnan Mustafa completed his Ph.D. in Soil Science at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. He worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences and as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. He is currently working as a Research Fellow at the

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China. His research focuses on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation mechanisms, plant-microbe interactions, and biochar production and utilization for agricultural crop production and environmental remediation. He is actively involved in the bioremediation of contaminated soils using organic and inorganic amendments in addition to exploiting plant-microbe interactions. He has published more than 100 refereed journal articles, many of which sought to explore the effectiveness of innovative soil amendments and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for improving crop performance and soil resilience under various abiotic stresses.

Dr. Muhammad Naveed is an Associate Professor of Soil Science at the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. in Soil Microbiology/ Ecology from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria. He has received many national and international awards, including the Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Prize for Applied Science - Technology in Agricultural Sciences from Pakistan and the Gregor

Mendel Society Award for Visionary Ideas on Genetics from Austria. Dr. Naveed's research focuses on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. He is actively working on plant-microbe interactions under stress conditions. He has published more than 130 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 15 book chapters. He also has three patents to his credit.
