Younis Ahmad Hajam, PhD, has completed a doctorate in Zoology from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidayalaya (A Central University), Chhattisgarh, India. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences at Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He has more than two years of teaching and research experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr. Hajam has published 62 research papers in leading national and international journals and national proceeding as well as 70 book chapters in edited books. Dr. Hajam has published 12 books as editor for books published by Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Apple Academic Press (CRC Press), Nova Science Publishers, Gerlach Press (Germany), etc. He has guided five MSc students (two as supervisor and three as co-supervisor) under thesis mode and 36 MSc students under the project mode. Currently four students are pursuing PhDs under his supervision. He has completed one major research project (PI), three projects under the HP Chief Minister’s Startup Scheme. He has also served as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the Zoology Department at Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has presented his research work in more than 35 national and international conferences; Dr. Hajam has attended more than 30 national and international conferences and five workshops. He organized various conferences, seminars, workshops, and webinars at the national and international level. He has also delivered invited lectures at several conferences. He has received national awards for his contributions in biological science. Dr. Ahmad is reviewer of various journals, including Scientific Reports, Phytomedcine Plus, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology, Nutrition & Metabolism, Benthem Sciences’ Discover Environment; is an editorial member of various international journals; and is also member of the Asian Council of Science editors.
Seema Rai, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Zoology and Dean of the School of Studies of Life Science at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidayalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Rai was awarded a postdoctoral European Fellowship to work in collaboration with the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Insubria, Varese, Italy, and the Institute of Pathology in Locarno, Switzerland. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards from the Indian National Science Academy Visiting Scientist Programme under the Bilateral Exchange Program at the Department of Vertebrate Physiology, University of Warsaw, Poland. Recently, she was honored with the S L Mishra Medal Award; BIOVED Fellow Award 2020, BRIATS, Allahabad, India; Dr. Mrs. Jagadiswari Rao Women Scientist Award (2021); and others for her outstanding contributions in the field of reproductive biology and neuroendocrinology. Professor Rai has successfully guided three PhD students, and four scholars are presently pursing their degrees under her guidance. She has more than 60 publications to her credit along with one international book. Professor Rai is an editorial member of many peer-reviewed national and international journals. She received her bachelor degree in Zoology (with honors) from Patna University, Bihar, India; and postgraduation and PhD (Zoology) degrees from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.