COVID-19 and Emerging Environmental Trends: A Way Forward
暫譯: COVID-19 與新興環境趨勢：前進之道

全球因 COVID-19 疫情而施加的廣泛安全限制對幾乎所有環境參數帶來了重大變化。這場世紀最大的疫情在所有人類生活和環境的各個方面留下了不可磨滅的印記。本書圍繞 COVID-19 及其對地球上所有生物和非生物組件的影響展開，重點探討疫情期間空氣質量的監管角色、環境毒性與 COVID-19 的易感性，以及封鎖對不同生態系統的影響。本書從根本上解釋了 SARS-CoV-2 的生物學以及 COVID-19 的病理生理學和流行病學。專門的章節突顯了全球在 COVID-19、控制和安全措施以及公共健康問題方面的前沿研究。

《COVID-19 與新興環境趨勢：前進之道》旨在針對研究生和研究人員，特別是在環境科學、醫學科學、健康與安全以及生態學領域的學生。本書提供了一種多角度和多學科的方法來討論疫情以及新興的環境問題、當前趨勢和前進之道。當人類面對近期最大的全球危機時，本書幫助讀者從初學者的角度輕鬆理解其各個方面，而不深入醫學科學或環境科學的複雜技術細節，並以清晰的語言和靈活的科學解釋優雅地並列關鍵問題。

Joystu Dutta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Sant Gahira Guru University, Sarguja, a state university of the Government of Chhattisgarh. His main activities are teaching, research, and extension and engaged in supervising administrative activities in various capacities. He is a member of IUCN Commission of Ecosystem Management. He is a DST Inspire Fellow and also holds UNESCO scholarships besides UGC NET Lectureship in Environmental Sciences. He has written over 20 research papers in the national and international journals. He has participated in collaborative research projects with organizations such as JNU, Forest Research Institute Dehradun, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, to name a few, as well as short-term consultancy-based projects with organizations such as Sahapedia and forest departments. Previously, he was with Reliance Foundation, CSR Wing of Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai, as an Assistant Programme Manager (APM). He has more than 2 years of work experience in the field of rural development, advocacy, and corporate communications. He has also done internship as a Young Development Professional (YDP) with Reliance Foundation. He has received Gold Medals during his graduation and postgraduation studies and also received several accolades for the excellent professional achievements such as Vice Chancellor's Best Employee Award and Young Scientist Award by Indian Environmental Science Academy, among many others. He also voraciously writes in journals and newsletters and is in the Editorial Review Board of various national and international journals. Mr. Dutta loves to work with communities at grass root levels. During leisure, Joystu is busy reading story books, writing poems and plays, traveling to new places, and swimming. He is also an established stage actor and writes as well as direct plays for his students. His university team has received National Award from Digital India Program, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India for the best play at the university level. Currently, Mr. Dutta is pursuing his doctoral research in Environmental Toxicology besides engaging himself with Voice of Environment, a Guwahati-based NGO that works in the sector of environmental awareness and sustainable conservation approaches.

Srijan Goswami is the Founder Director of the Indian School of Complementary Therapy and Allied Sciences, Kolkata, India (Non-Government and Non-Profit Organization). Presently, he is the Guest Faculty of Immunology and Physiology at the Department of Zoology (PG courses), Serampore College, India. He worked as Assistant professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetic Engineering, Badu, India, till July 2018 and as a Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, Webel Informatics Limited, Basirhat College Unit, India, till June 2016. Dr. Goswami is a Physician of Biochemic System of Medicine and also holds specialization in Medical Biotechnology and Clinical Nutrition. He received his professional training on Community Nutrition and Child Care, Medical Microbiology, and Medical Biochemistry from reputed medical colleges in Kolkata, India and holds a PGDSE from Webel, India. He has around 7 years of experience in the field of teaching and research and has written 20 research papers in the national and international journals. He has independently and success fully guided around ten undergraduate and postgraduate students to complete their research work and publications in the past 3 years. He acted as an Examination Superintendent for National Digital Literacy Mission at Pravda Infotech Pvt. Ltd (Basirhat), India, in 2016. He has qualified in PhD Entrance Examination conducted by the Department of Biotechnology, MAKAUT, in 2018. Dr. Goswami has received three Letters of Commendation for Global Community Services and Certificate of Honor for his contribution in the field of Science and Knowledge from the International Journal of Agricultural Research, Sustainability and Food Sufficiency (IJARSFS), International Journal of Advances in Medical Sciences and Biotechnology (IJAMSB), and International Journal of Health, Safety and Environment (IJHSE) in 2019 and 2020. The Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science (Enviro Research Group) and Academia Scholarly Journals have awarded him the Certificate of Excellence as a Reviewer in 2020. He is actively associated as Editorial Review Board Member of 15 international journals and holds the post of Honorary Vice-Principal and Head of the Department of Physiology at Shree Krishna Biochemic College, Kolkata, India. Currently, Dr. Goswami is pursuing his second professional MSc in Clinical Dietetics. His domain of expertise includes Molecular Biology, Medical Informatics, Clinical Nutrition, Immunonutrition, Mechanism of Drug Action, Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Holistic Science, and One Health.

Abhijit Mitra is an Associate Professor and Former Head in the Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, India and has been active in the sphere of Oceanography since 1985. He obtained his PhD as a NET-qualified scholar in 1994 after securing Gold Medal in MSc (Marine Science) from the University of Calcutta. Since then, he joined Calcutta Port Trust and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in various capacities to carry out research programs on environmental science, biodiversity conservation, and climate change, and carbon sequestration. Presently, Dr. Mitra is serving Techno India University as a Director of Research. He has to his credit about 553 scientific publications in various national and international journals and 42 books of postgraduate standards. He is presently the member of several committees like PACON International, IUCN, SIOS, etc. and has successfully completed about 19 projects on biodiversity loss in fishery sector, coastal pollution, alternative livelihood, climate change, and carbon sequestration. Dr. Mitra also visited as a faculty member and was invited as a speaker in several foreign universities of Singapore, Kenya, Oman, and USA. In 2008, Dr. Mitra was invited as a visiting fellow at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, USA, to deliver a series of lecture on climate change. Dr. Mitra also successfully guided 38 PhD students. Presently, his domain of expertise includes Environmental Science, Mangrove Ecology, Sustainable Aquaculture, Alternative Livelihood, climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration.

Joystu Dutta 是印度恰蒂斯加爾邦聖加希拉古魯大學環境科學系的助理教授。他的主要工作包括教學、研究和推廣，並參與各種行政活動的監督。他是國際自然保護聯盟（IUCN）生態系統管理委員會的成員。他是DST Inspire Fellow，並持有聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）獎學金，以及環境科學的UGC NET講師資格。他在國內外期刊上發表了超過20篇研究論文。他參與了與多個組織的合作研究項目，例如印度國立大學（JNU）、德拉敦森林研究所、古吉拉特沙漠生態研究所等，還參與了與Sahapedia和森林部門等組織的短期顧問項目。之前，他在孟買的信實基金會（Reliance Foundation）擔任助理項目經理（APM）。他在農村發展、倡導和企業傳播領域擁有超過2年的工作經驗。他還曾在信實基金會擔任年輕發展專業人員（YDP）實習生。他在本科和研究生學習期間獲得金獎，並因卓越的專業成就獲得多項榮譽，如副校長最佳員工獎和印度環境科學學會的青年科學家獎等。他還熱衷於在期刊和通訊中撰寫文章，並擔任多個國內外期刊的編輯審查委員會成員。Dutta先生喜歡與基層社區合作。在閒暇時間，Joystu喜歡閱讀故事書、寫詩和劇本、旅行以及游泳。他還是一位成熟的舞台演員，為他的學生編寫和導演劇本。他的團隊因在大學層面最佳劇本而獲得印度政府數位印度計畫的國家獎。目前，Dutta先生正在進行環境毒理學的博士研究，並參與位於古瓦哈提的非政府組織「環境之聲」（Voice of Environment），該組織致力於環境意識和可持續保護方法的推廣。

Srijan Goswami 是印度加爾各答互補療法與相關科學學校的創始主任（非政府和非營利組織）。目前，他是印度塞蘭普爾學院動物學系（研究生課程）的免疫學和生理學客座教授。他曾在印度巴杜的遺傳工程研究所生物技術與分子生物學系擔任助理教授，直到2018年7月，並在印度巴西哈特學院的Webel Informatics Limited計算機科學系擔任講師，直到2016年6月。Goswami博士是生化醫學系統的醫生，並專攻醫療生物技術和臨床營養。他在印度加爾各答的知名醫學院接受了社區營養和兒童護理、醫學微生物學和醫學生物化學的專業培訓，並持有Webel的PGDSE學位。他在教學和研究領域擁有約7年的經驗，並在國內外期刊上發表了20篇研究論文。在過去的3年中，他獨立成功地指導了約十名本科生和研究生完成他們的研究工作和出版物。他在2016年擔任Pravda Infotech Pvt. Ltd（巴西哈特）的國家數位素養任務考試監督。他在2018年通過了MAKAUT生物技術系舉辦的博士入學考試。Goswami博士因其在科學和知識領域的貢獻，獲得了來自《國際農業研究、可持續性與食品充足性期刊》（IJARSFS）、《國際醫學科學與生物技術期刊》（IJAMSB）和《國際健康、安全與環境期刊》（IJHSE）的三封表彰信和榮譽證書，時間為2019年和2020年。《當前營養與食品科學研究》（Enviro Research Group）和《學術期刊》（Academia Scholarly Journals）在2020年授予他審稿人卓越證書。他目前活躍於15本國際期刊的編輯審查委員會，並擔任印度加爾各答的Shree Krishna Biochemic College生理學系的名譽副校長和系主任。目前，Goswami博士正在攻讀第二個專業碩士學位，專注於臨床飲食學。他的專業領域包括分子生物學、醫療信息學、臨床營養、免疫營養、藥物作用機制、營養補充品和功能性食品、整體科學以及一體化健康。

Abhijit Mitra 是印度加爾各答大學海洋科學系的副教授及前系主任，自1985年以來一直活躍於海洋學領域。他於1994年獲得博士學位，並在加爾各答大學獲得海洋科學碩士學位時獲得金獎。自那時起，他以不同身份加入加爾各答港信託和世界自然基金會（WWF），進行環境科學、生物多樣性保護、氣候變化和碳封存的研究計劃。目前，Mitra博士在Techno India University擔任研究主任。他在各類國內外期刊上發表了約553篇科學論文，並出版了42本研究生標準的書籍。他目前是多個委員會的成員，如PACON International、IUCN、SIOS等，並成功完成了約19個有關漁業生物多樣性喪失、沿海污染、替代生計、氣候變化和碳封存的項目。Mitra博士還曾作為教職員在新加坡、肯尼亞、阿曼和美國的多所外國大學擔任講師並受邀演講。2008年，Mitra博士受邀作為訪問學者在美國達特茅斯的馬薩諸塞大學進行一系列有關氣候變化的講座。Mitra博士還成功指導了38名博士生。目前，他的專業領域包括環境科學、紅樹林生態學、可持續水產養殖、替代生計、氣候變化和碳封存。