Recent Advances in Human Fungal Diseases: Progress and Prospects

Dr. Saif Hameed is currently an associate professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana (AUH), India. Dr. Hameed did his Bachelors's from University of Delhi and Masters's from Jamia Hamdard in 2003 and 2005 respectively. He did his doctoral studies in Life Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2010 where he also received CSIR research associateship for the one-year postdoctoral work. He worked as visiting scholar at Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany in 2008. He received the Young Scientist award under the fast-track Scheme from the science and engineering research board, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi in the year 2012. He is a life member of the International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID), Association for Microbiologists (AMI), India and Society of Biological Chemists (SBC), India. Dr. Hameed is actively engaged in research in the field of medical microbiology particularly antibiotic resistance in pathogenic fungi. He has 70 peer-reviewed papers to his credit in international journals of repute along with 6 books. He has supervised 6 PhD students and guided 25 UG and PG level students for their research projects.

Dr. Pooja Vijayaraghavan is a as professor at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. She is a prominent scientist in the field of antifungal research. Her major focus area is to evaluate the biological efficacy of naturally occurring small molecules and synthetically designed analogues against pathogenic fungal species, with a particular emphasis on human pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus oryzae, along with plant pathogenic fungi like Magnaporthe oryzae and Curvularia lunata. She has published many peer-reviewed articles which have provided invaluable global perspectives and insights. Dr. Vijayaraghavan has obtained 17+ patents, with four patents already granted and others currently undergoing scrutiny. Her research has successfully transformed three patented innovations into practical products in collaboration with various industries. These include a herbal hand sanitizer, a biopolymer-based film for enhancing the shelf life of perishable fruits and vegetables, and a biopesticide to combat rice blast disease.

Dr. Saif Hameed目前是印度哈里亞納邦阿米提大學生物技術學院的副教授。Hameed博士於2003年在德里大學獲得學士學位，並於2005年在賈米亞哈姆達德獲得碩士學位。他於2010年在賈瓦哈拉爾尼赫魯大學完成生命科學的博士研究，並獲得CSIR研究助理職位，進行為期一年的博士後研究。他於2008年在德國杜塞爾多夫的海因里希海涅大學微生物學研究所擔任訪問學者。2012年，他獲得新德里科學與技術部科學與工程研究委員會的快速通道計畫青年科學家獎。他是國際傳染病學會（ISID）、印度微生物學協會（AMI）及印度生物化學家協會（SBC）的終身會員。Hameed博士積極從事醫學微生物學領域的研究，特別是病原真菌的抗生素抗性。他在國際知名期刊上發表了70篇同行評審的論文，並出版了6本書籍。他指導了6名博士生，並為25名本科及研究生的研究項目提供指導。

Dr. Pooja Vijayaraghavan是印度諾伊達阿米提大學的教授。她是抗真菌研究領域的知名科學家。她的主要研究重點是評估天然小分子和合成設計類似物對病原真菌物種的生物效能，特別是針對人類病原體如Aspergillus fumigatus和Rhizopus oryzae，以及植物病原真菌如Magnaporthe oryzae和Curvularia lunata。她發表了許多同行評審的文章，提供了寶貴的全球視角和見解。Vijayaraghavan博士已獲得17項以上的專利，其中四項已獲得批准，其他專利目前正在審查中。她的研究成功將三項專利創新轉化為實用產品，並與多個行業合作，這些產品包括一種草本手部消毒劑、一種基於生物聚合物的薄膜以延長易腐爛水果和蔬菜的保鮮期，以及一種用於防治水稻爆發病的生物農藥。