Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2005. His research interests include applied microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, book chapters, five patents issued or pending, and several edited or authored books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB Fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA (2014); Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; BRICPL Science Investigator Award (ICAABT-2017) and Research Excellence Award (2018). He serves as an editorial board member for Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Academia Journal of Biotechnology and is the series editor of the  Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences series, Springer Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA and presentlyworks as a Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

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1. Processing of Nanoparticles by Biomatrices in a Green Approach

Marcia Regina Salvadori

Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Institute-II, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508000, Brazil

Corresponding author e-mail: mrsal@usp.br ; mrsalvadori@yahoo.com.br

2. Green Synthesis/ Biogenic Materials, Characterization and Their Applications

Gamze Tan¹, Sedef Ilk², Ezgi Emul³, Mehmet Dogan Asik³, Mesut Sam¹, Serap Altindag⁵, Emre Birhanli⁶, Elif Apohan⁶, Ozfer Yesilada⁶, Sandeep Kumar Verma⁷, Ekrem Gurel⁷ and Necdet Saglam^3*

¹Aksaray University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, Aksaray, Turkey

²Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Technologies, Nigde, Turkey

³Hacettepe University, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Division, Ankara Turkey

⁴Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Ankara Turket

⁵Aksaray University, Graduate School of Science, Aksaray Turkey

⁶Inonu University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, Malatya, Turkey

⁷Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Biology, Bolu, Turkey

*Corresponding author E-mail: saglam@hacettepe.edu.tr

3. Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Different Groups of Bacteria

Nariman Maroufpour¹, Mehrdad Alizadeh², Mehrnaz Hatami^{3, 4*}, Behnam Asgari Lajayer⁵

¹Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

²Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

³Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran

⁴Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Arak University, Arak, Iran

⁵Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

*Corresponding author e-mail: m-hatami@araku.ac.ir

4. Mushrooms: New Biofactories for Nanomaterials Production of Different Industrial and Medical Applications

Hesham Ali El Enshasy^1,2,3*, Daniel Joel^1,2, Dhananjaya P. Singh⁴, Roslinda Abd Malek¹, Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed^5,6, Siti Zulaiha Hanapi¹, Kugen Kumar¹

¹Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

²Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

⁴ICAR-Nationa Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan, 275101 Uttar Pradesh, India

³City of Scientific Research and Technology Application, New Burg Al Arab, Alexandria, Egypt

⁴Bioproducts Research Chair, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, 11451 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

⁵Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

^*Corresponding Author email: henshasy@ibd.utm.my

5. Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for characterization of engineered nanoparticles

Suresh Kaushik¹* and Setyowati Retno Djiwanti²

¹Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India

²Plant Protection Division, Indonesian Spice and Medicinal Crop Research, Institute (ISMECRI), Tentara Pelajar Street No. 3, Bogor 16111, West Java, Indonesia

*Corresponding author email: drsckaushik@gmail.com

6. Biosynthesis characterization and applications of nanoparticles derived from Endophytes

Aditya Saran

Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

Email: aditya8march@yahoo.com

7. Microbial Production of Nanoparticles: Mechanisms and Applications

Madan L. Verma^1,2*, Sneh Sharma², Karuna Dhiman², Asim K. Jana³

¹Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Deakin University, Victoria-3216, Australia

²School of Biotechnology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri Campus, Himachal Pradesh-177001, India

³Department of Biotechnology, Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar-144011, India

Corresponding author e-mail: madanverma@gmail.com

8. Microbial Nanobionic Engineering: Translational and Transgressive Science of an Antidisciplinary Approximation

Juan Bueno^1*

Research Center of Bioprospecting and Biotechnology for Biodiversity Foundation (BIOLABB), Colombia

*Corresponding author e-mail: juanbueno@biolabb.org ; juangbueno@gmail.com

9. Microbial Nanobionics: Application of Nanobiosensors in Microbial Growth and Diagnostics

Monica Butnariu[1]* and Alina Butu[2]

¹Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania

²National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Splaiul Independentei, 296, P.O. Box 17-16, 060031, Bucharest, Romania

*Corresponding author e-mail: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com

10. Cancer Bionanotechnology: Biogenic Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles and their Pharmaceutical Potency

Steven Mufamadi^1* Jiya George¹ Zamanzima Mazibuko² and Thilivhali Emmanuel Tshikalange³

¹Nanotechnology and Biotechnology, Nabio Consulting, Pretoria, South Africa

²Knowledge Economy and Scientific Advancement, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection

(MISTRA), Johannesburg, South Africa

³Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

*Corresponding author email: steven@nabioconsulting.co.za

11. Bacterial nanowires: an invigorating tale for future

A. Ilshadsabah, Reshmi Sasi, Suchithra TV*

School of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala-673601, India

*Corresponding author email: drsuchithratv@nitc.ac.in

12. Nanomaterials in Microbial Fuel Cells

T. Theivasanthi

International Research center, Kalasakingam University, krishnankoil-626126

*Corresponding author email: ttheivasanthi@gmail.com

13. Microbial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers and Functional Nano Hybrids

Anjana K. Vala*, Bharti P. Dave

Department of Life Sciences

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University Bhavnagar-364 001, India

Corresponding author e-mail: akv@mkbhavuni.edu.in ; bpd8256@gmail.com

14. Diverse manifolds of bioorganic nanoparticles in synthesis, characterization and applications

Jeyaraj Pandiarajan*, Sundaramahalingam Balaji

Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi 626124, Tamil Nadu, India

Email: pandiarajan@anjaconline.org

15. Nanocomposites and thin films for antibacterial applications

Jai Prakash Gupta

INRS, Quebec, Canada

Email: jpg1983@gmail.com

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