Food Production, Diversity, and Safety Under Climate Change

Dr. Rakhi Chakraborty presently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Government College, Siliguri, India, for the last 8 years. She has done her Ph.D. on medicinal plants specifically characterizing the antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic properties of Litsea cubeba fruits traditionally used to cure hyperglycemia and hypertension by the ethnic communities of Darjeeling Himalayas, India. She also has a keen interest in the study of nutraceutical properties of underutilized food plants and the food biochemistry of bakery products. She has also published Research and Review articles in journals of international repute. She has presented her research work in several Seminars and Conferences and has also been awarded the Best Oral Presentation at the West Bengal State Regional Science Congress and at a National seminar organized by the University of North Bengal, India.

Dr. Piyush Mathur is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India. He has been teaching for the past 6 years and has taught both at the undergraduate and post graduate level He has done his Ph.D. in Botany with a specialization in Mycology and Plant Pathology. Presently, he is supervising four Ph.D. research scholars who are working on microbial diversity, bioprospecting, and plant disease management. He has published quite a number of articles in well-known international journals of good repute. He has also contributed articles as book chapters in International and National books. He has edited two books with Springer and is working on other books too. Dr. Mathur is an active member of the Society of Rapeseed Mustard Research (SRMR), Bharatpur, and Delhi University Botanical Society (DUBS) Delhi, India.

Dr. Swarnendu Roy works as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Bengal, Siliguri, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience. He has received the University Gold Medal for securing the first position at B.Sc. and the University Silver medal for securing the second position at M.Sc. level. He received the Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holder--awarded by the Ministry of HRD and UGC (2006-2008), Government of India. He also received the CSIR Junior Research Fellowship, which was awarded by CSIR-UGC (2008). He is actively engaged in research topics encompassing plant stress management by engineered nanoparticles and the synthesis of starch-based biofilms and edible coatings. He has published more than 40 articles with high-impact factors in reputed journals, such as Water Research and Scientific Reports, among many others. He has recently edited two books published by Springer and has also published several book chapters in edited volumes to date. He is a life member of prestigious societies like "The Indian Science CongressAssociation"; "Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India)" and "Society of Plant Research (India)".

Dr. Rakhi Chakraborty目前在印度西里古里的Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy政府學院植物學系擔任助理教授已有8年。她的博士學位研究著重於藥用植物，特別是對印度達爾濟靈喜馬拉雅地區的民族社群傳統上用於治療高血糖和高血壓的Litsea cubeba果實的抗糖尿病和降脂特性進行特徵描述。她對未被充分利用的食用植物的營養保健特性和烘焙產品的食品生物化學也有濃厚的興趣。她在國際知名期刊上發表了研究和評論文章。她在多個研討會和會議上展示了她的研究成果，並在西孟加拉邦地區科學大會和北孟加拉大學組織的全國研討會上獲得了最佳口頭報告獎。

Dr. Piyush Mathur目前在印度西孟加拉邦北孟加拉大學植物學系擔任助理教授。他已經教學6年，既在本科生又在研究生課程中教授過。他的博士學位專攻真菌學和植物病理學。目前，他正在指導四名博士研究學者，他們的研究方向包括微生物多樣性、生物探勘和植物病害管理。他在知名國際期刊上發表了相當多的文章。他還在國際和國內書籍中撰寫了文章章節。他與Springer合作編輯了兩本書，並正在進行其他書籍的編輯工作。Mathur博士是Rapeseed Mustard Research (SRMR)學會和Delhi University Botanical Society (DUBS)的活躍成員。

Dr. Swarnendu Roy在印度西里古里的北孟加拉大學擔任助理教授，擁有超過13年的教學經驗。他在B.Sc.獲得第一名並獲得大學金牌，並在M.Sc.獲得第二名並獲得大學銀牌。他獲得了由印度政府的HRD部和UGC頒發的大學排名持有者研究生優秀獎學金（2006-2008）。他還獲得了由CSIR-UGC頒發的CSIR初級研究獎學金（2008）。他積極從事植物逆境管理和澱粉基生物薄膜和可食性塗層的合成等研究領域。他在知名期刊（如Water Research和Scientific Reports）上發表了40多篇高影響力的文章。他最近與Springer合作編輯了兩本書，並在編輯的專著中發表了多篇文章章節。他是“印度科學大會協會”、“印度食品科學家和技術人員協會”和“植物研究學會（印度）”的終身會員。