Meet the editors

Dr. Naser A. Anjum obtained a Ph.D. in Botany from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, and received post-doctoral research training at the University of Aveiro, Portugal; the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Centre, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; and Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Dr. Anjum has made significant contributions to plant/crop environment adaptation biology. He has received prestigious

research awards from reputed funding agencies including the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. Dr. Anjum has published over 125 peer-reviewed papers and edited 18 books and journal special issues. He is an elected fellow of The Linnean Society, London; Indian Botanical Society; International Society of Environmental Botanists, India; and National Academy of Biological Sciences, India.

Dr. Asim Masood has unveiled major insights into abiotic stress (metals, salt, and temperature) impacts and underlying physiological/biochemical mechanisms in crop plants. He received a Start-Up Career Grant from the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, and the DST-SERB Young Scientist Project from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India. His major research contributions include the involvement

of ethylene in sulfur-mediated alleviation of cadmium, ethylene-mediated regulation of photosynthesis as a result of reduced glucose sensitivity, ethylene-mediated modulation of gibberellic acid-induced sulfur-assimilation under cadmium stress, and ethylene-mediated reversal of salinity-impacts involving ethylene-abscisic acid coordination. Dr. Masood has published more than sixty research papers.

Dr. Palaniswamy Thangavel specializes in soil ecology and phytoremediation, biofortification, and biofuels. He has contributed significantly to the environmental sciences, where his works have unveiled insights into the mechanisms of toxic metals/metalloids accumulation and tolerance in economically important crops, the phytoremedial potential of several metal-tolerant flora, phytochelatins and polyamines in metal

detoxification mechanisms in various tree/hyperaccumulator species. With more than 15 years of research experience, Dr. Thangavel has handled six research grants, published more than fifty refereed papers, and edited several reference books and monographs. He has also been a member of several professional societies including the American Society of Plant Biologists and the International Phytotechnology Society.

Prof. Nafees A. Khan has contributed to plant abiotic tolerance mechanisms vis-à-vis a positive shift in the source-sink relationship. A modulation in the ascorbate-glutathione system was suggested in plants as a result of the induction of signal transduction by ethylene and its coordination with other major phytohormones. His groundbreaking R&D contributions in physio-biochemistry of abiotic stress tolerance strategies earned publications in high-im-

pact factor journals. Prof. Khan was declared a Highly Cited Researcher by the Web of Science consecutively four times from 2019 to 2022 and awarded the 2023 Clarivate India Research Excellence Citation Award. He has edited twenty-one books and served as editor/guest editor of leading publishing platforms. Prof. Khan is elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), The Linnean Society, the Indian Society for Plant Physiology, and the Indian Botanical Society.
