Meet the editors

Dr. Saddam Hussain is an Assistant Professor of Plant Stress Physiology at the Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan. He has been recognized with several international distinctions and awards in recent years. He has published more than 180 refereed journal papers, many of which have sought to understand the morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular basis

of crop responses to individual and concurrent abiotic stresses and mechanisms imparting tolerance for such stresses. He devised promising strategies for improving crop performance under sub-optimum conditions and suggested various novel indicators for augmenting stress tolerance in plants. Dr. Hussain was featured in the "Highly Cited Researchers" list by Clarivate/Web of Science in 2021 and 2022. During his professional career, he has availed several national/international grants as a principal investigator. He established strong research collaboration in several countries including China, the United States, Australia, Germany, Canada, and Kingdom of Saudia Arabia. To date, Dr. Hussain has supervised more than thirty postgraduate students as a major supervisor/ supervisory committee member. He serves as an editor/editorial board member of various international journals including the *Journal of Advanced Research*, *Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety*, *Journal of Plant Growth Regulation*, *BMC Plant Biology*, *Food and Energy Security*, and *Crop Science-CSSA*, among others.

Dr. Ejaz Ahmad Waraich is an associate professor at the Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan. He is the recipient of the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Research Productivity Award from the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, the 2011 Endeavour Research Fellowship Award and 2015 Endeavour Executive Award from the Government of Australia, and a 2008–2009 post-doc fellow-

ship award from HEC, Pakistan. He has published more than 140 refereed journal papers and has presented at several national and international conferences/symposia. He has supervised more than fifty postgraduate students as a major supervisor.

Dr. Tahir Hussain Awan is a senior scientist at Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Punjab, Pakistan. He obtained a BSc and MSc from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) in 1997 and 1999, respectively. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 2015. He has more than 25 years of research experience in crop physiology and agronomy. He has published around 100 articles in various

reputed journals. Dr. Awan's key research interests include stress physiology, weed biology and management, crop modeling, and eco-efficient cropping systems.

Dr. Masood Iqbal Awan has a background in crop physiology and agronomy. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan. He obtained a BSc (2005) and MSc (2007) from UAF in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He obtained a Ph.D. from Wageningen University, the Netherlands in 2013. During 2015–2017, he was appointed as a university associate in the School of Land and Food, Tasmanian Institute of

Agriculture (TIA), University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia. His research focuses on cropping systems, specifically understanding how different elements (plants, soils, and people) interact and how to improve robustness, productivity, and sustainability for desirable outcomes. He has published papers in disciplinary and transdisciplinary journals. His key research interests include stress physiology, resource use efficiency, alternate production systems/crops, and eco-efficient cropping systems.
