**Meet the editors**

Dr. Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran is working as an Assistant Professor, at Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. He has experience in fields of actinobacteriology and mycology. Dr. Dhanasekaran's current research focus is on actinobacteria, microalgae, fungi and mushroom for animal and human health improvement. He has deposit-

ed around 64 nucleotide sequences in GenBank, 5 bioactive compounds in Pubchem, published 89 research and review articles, and books; guided 7 PhD candidates and organized several national level symposia, conference and workshop programs.

Dr. Yi Jiang, PhD of Kiel University, Germany; and Associate Professor of Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University. She is a specialist in taxonomy, ecology and resources of actinomycetes. Dr. Yiang published 93 academic articles and 3 books, obtained 9 patents, and awarded a first prize of Natural Science of Yunnan and Second prize of Kunming City.
