Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, and Postbiotics: Human Microbiome and Human Health

Vijay Kothari is a microbiologist. His current research is in the areas of AMR (antimicrobial resistance), Traditional Medicine, prebiotic and immunomodulatory properties of natural products, microbial response to sonic stimulation, etc. His group is actively involved in investigating antimicrobial/ anti-virulence potential of natural products as well as synthetic compounds. In recent past, his lab has extensively investigated the anti-pathogenic/ prophylactic activity of various traditional medicine formulations e.g. Panchvalkal, Panchgavya, Triphala, etc. against different antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. His lab was awarded SRISTI-DBT-BIRAC Appreciation Award (2017) for validation of anti-infective potential of a polyherbal formulation inspired from folk medicine- Herboheal. He has also been awarded two AIMS (Artificial Intelligence Molecular Screen) award (2020-22) projects by Atomwise Inc., USA for identifying novel anti-infective leads.Dr. Kothari has also contributed substantially to the field as an active editor and reviewer, and has been conferred the Sentinel of Science award (2016) by Publons recognizing his contribution as a peer reviewer. He has 88 research/ review/ book chapter publications to his credit. His publications have enjoyed a wide readership as evident from more than 2,53,000 reads from ResearchGate alone. Vijay derives great satisfaction from the hitherto output of the M.Sc. dissertations guided by him. During the period 2007-2019, he guided 84 M.Sc. students for their dissertation projects, of which 71 (i.e. 84.52%) could publish research/ review papers in different peer-reviewed, indexed journals (or a citable preprint), based on their Masters' dissertation.

Prasun Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India. He is presently working as a Scientific Officer at DBT-IOC Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research, Faridabad. Earlier, he was working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea. He has over seven years of experience in applied microbiological research including about 2 years of experience in industrial R&D. His main areas of research are biopolymers, microbial biodiversity, bioenergy, microbial biofilms, quorum sensing, quorum quenching, and genomics. His present research is oriented toward valorizing lignocellulosic biowastes into value-added products such as biopolymer, 2G ethanol, bioenergy, and antibiofilm compounds. To his credit, there are over 34 articles in SCI journals, 5 books, and 11 chapters with international publishers. He has been serving the scientific society by reviewing articles for several SCI journals and delivering guest lectures. Publons awarded him the peer review award in the year 2018. He also serves as the editorial board member of a few international journals.

Dr.Subhasree is currently working as an Assistant professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. She earned her Ph.D. degree from CSIR-IGIB, Delhi, in 2018. She received the prestigious CSIR-SRF fellowship. Her main research was focused on producing biopolymers from waste biomass. After Ph.D., she joined as a postdoctoral researcher at Ewha University and the University of Seoul, South Korea. Here, her main focus was the anaerobic digestion of food wastes for methane production. She also studied methanogenesis at a 4000L pilot-scale plant. After the successful completion of 1 year, she joined another project at Yeungnam University, South Korea. During that period, she worked on several fungal toxins and their inhibition from fermented food. She also worked on biofilm inhibition of pathogenic organisms by natural bioactive compounds. To her credit, she has 13 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals and 8 book chapters. In addition, she is a life member ofvarious scientific societies and also a member of various committees at Sharda University for Graduate and Undergraduate programs.

Vijay Kothari 是一位微生物學家。他目前的研究領域包括抗微生物抗藥性（AMR）、傳統醫學、天然產品的益生元和免疫調節特性、微生物對聲音刺激的反應等。他的研究團隊積極參與調查天然產品及合成化合物的抗微生物/抗毒性潛力。最近，他的實驗室廣泛研究了各種傳統醫學配方（例如 Panchvalkal、Panchgavya、Triphala）對不同抗生素抗藥性細菌株的抗病原/預防活性。他的實驗室因驗證來自民間醫學的多草藥配方 Herboheal 的抗感染潛力而獲得了 SRISTI-DBT-BIRAC 表彰獎（2017）。他還獲得了美國 Atomwise Inc. 的兩個 AIMS（人工智慧分子篩選）獎項（2020-22），以識別新型抗感染先導物。Kothari 博士作為活躍的編輯和審稿人，對該領域做出了重要貢獻，並於 2016 年獲得 Publons 頒發的「科學哨兵」獎，以表彰他作為同行評審的貢獻。他擁有 88 篇研究/評論/書籍章節的出版物。他的出版物在 ResearchGate 上的閱讀量超過 253,000 次，顯示出廣泛的讀者群。Vijay 對他所指導的碩士論文的成果感到非常滿意。在 2007 至 2019 年期間，他指導了 84 名碩士生的論文項目，其中 71 名（即 84.52%）能夠在不同的同行評審、索引期刊上發表研究/評論論文（或可引用的預印本），基於他們的碩士論文。

Prasun Kumar 擁有印度德里 CSIR-基因組與整合生物學研究所的生物技術博士學位。他目前在法里達巴德的 DBT-IOC 高級生物能源研究中心擔任科學官員。之前，他在韓國慶南大學的化學工程系擔任助理教授。他在應用微生物學研究方面擁有超過七年的經驗，其中約兩年是在工業研發領域。他的主要研究領域包括生物聚合物、微生物多樣性、生物能源、微生物生物膜、群體感應、群體抑制和基因組學。他目前的研究方向是將木質纖維素生物廢料轉化為增值產品，如生物聚合物、第二代乙醇、生物能源和抗生物膜化合物。他的研究成果包括在 SCI 期刊上發表的 34 篇文章、5 本書和 11 章與國際出版商合作的書籍。他通過為多個 SCI 期刊審稿和進行客座講座來服務科學界。Publons 在 2018 年授予他同行評審獎。他還擔任幾本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。

Subhasree 博士目前在印度北方邦大諾伊達的 Sharda 大學擔任助理教授。她於 2018 年在德里 CSIR-IGIB 獲得博士學位，並獲得了著名的 CSIR-SRF 獎學金。她的主要研究集中在從廢棄生物質中生產生物聚合物。博士畢業後，她在韓國梨花女子大學和首爾大學擔任博士後研究員。她的主要研究重點是食品廢棄物的厭氧消化以產生甲烷。她還在 4000L 的試點工廠研究了甲烷生成。在成功完成一年後，她加入了韓國慶南大學的另一個項目。在那段期間，她研究了幾種真菌毒素及其在發酵食品中的抑制作用。她還研究了天然生物活性化合物對病原體的生物膜抑制。她的研究成果包括在同行評審期刊上發表的 13 篇研究論文和 8 章書籍。此外，她是多個科學學會的終身會員。