Mukesh Kumar Awasthi is an Associate Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, PR China. His major research interests include microbiology, environmental science, biotechnology & bioengineering field. He was awarded with the MoRE 2020-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow - University of Boras, Boras, Sweden. He has over 315 publications, which include 280 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters.

Zengqiang Zhang is a Professor at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. His major research interests lie in the areas of environmental microbiology, organic waste composting, bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil, wastewater treatment and nutrient recovery, and mitigation of greenhouse gases emission during the organic waste composting, etc. He has more than 335 publications, which include 296 papers, three books, and 25 book chapters.

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently a Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and the Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability - India. He has over 1600 publications, which include 16 patents, 108 books, over 1000 papers, and book chapters.