Nanomaterials for Environmental and Agricultural Sectors

Rakesh Kumar Bachheti graduated from the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University, Garhwal, India, in 1996. He completed his MSc in Organic Chemistry from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University, Garhwal, India, in 1998. He had undergone a one-year Post Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, in 2001. He obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Kumaun University, Nainital, India, in 2007. He is presently working as an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Industrial Chemistry at the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) of Ethiopia, where he teaches Ph.D., graduate, and undergraduate students. Before joining AASTU, Rakesh was working as Dean Project (Assistant) at Graphic Era University (A grade university by NACC) in Dehradun, India. Rakesh also presented papers at various international (Malaysia, Thailand, and India) and national conferences. He was also a member of various important committees, such as the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Anti-ragging committee.

His major research interests include natural products for Industrial application, biofuel and bioenergy, green synthesis of nanoparticles, their application and Pulp and paper technology. He retains a fundamental love for natural products, which permeates all of his research. He has also successfully advised 30 MSc and 3 Ph.D. students to completion, and countless undergraduates have researched in his laboratory. Dr. Bachheti is actively involved in curriculum development for BSc/MSc/Ph.D. programs. Dr. Bachheti is an editor of 4 books and 70 publications, dealing with various aspects of natural product chemistry and nanotechnology and has twenty book chapters published by Springer, Elsevier, and Nova Publisher. Presently, he is supervising 5 Ph.D. students and 2 Master's students and works on two research projects funded by AASTU.

Archana Bachheti did BSc in 1997 and MSc in 1999 from HNB Garhwal University. She received her Ph.D. from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India, in 2006. She has carried out research projects and consultancy work in the areas of ecorestoration/ development of wasteland, physico-chemical properties of Jatropha curcus seed oil and their relation with altitudinal variation, and has been a consultant Ecologist to a project funded by a government agency. Dr. Joshi is currently Professor at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India. She has also served in many capacities in academia within India and provided expertise internationally for more than 15 years. She taught Ecology and Environment, Environmental Science, Freshwater Ecology, Disaster management, and Bryophytes and Pteridophytes.

Her major research interests encompass the broad, interdisciplinary field of plant ecology, focusing on ecorestoration, green chemistry, especially the synthesis of nanomaterial, and medicinal properties of plants. The breadth of her research spans from degraded land ecological amelioration and physical and chemical properties of plant oil to plant-based nanomaterial. She guided one Ph.D. student, supervised three scholars, and guided graduate and undergraduate students with their research projects. While the fascination with forest biodiversity captured her interest, it has been her love for the exploration of values of biodiversity and social upliftment through it that has maintained that passion. Dr. Joshi is the editor of 4 books and has published over 55 research articles in international and national journals and sixteen book chapters. She organized several National seminars/conferences at Graphic Era University, India.

Azamal Husen served as Professor & Head, Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia and is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. Earlier, he was a Visiting Faculty of the Forest ResearchInstitute, and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun, India. His research and teaching experience of 20 years involves studies of biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to environmental stresses and nanomaterials at the physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species. He has conducted several research projects sponsored by various funding agencies, including the World Bank (FREEP), the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP), the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the Indian Council of Forest Research Education (ICFRE); and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). He received four fellowships from India and a recognition award from the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, for excellent teaching, research, and community service. Husen has been on the Editorial board and the panel of reviewers of several reputed journals published by Elsevier, Frontiers Media, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, RSC, Oxford University Press, Sciendo, The Royal Society, CSIRO, PLOS, MDPI, John Wiley & Sons and UPM Journals. He is on the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a Fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a Member of the International Society of Root Research, Asian Council of Science Editors, and INPST. To his credit are over 200 publications; and he is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology.

He is also working as Series Editor of 'Exploring Medicinal Plants', published by Taylor & Francis Group, USA; 'Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change', published by Elsevier, USA; and 'Smart Nanomaterials Technology', published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore.

Rakesh Kumar Bachheti於1996年畢業於印度加爾瓦爾的Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna大學。他於1998年在同一所大學完成了有機化學碩士學位。2001年，他在德拉敦的森林研究所進行了一年的紙漿與造紙技術研究生文憑課程。2007年，他在印度奈尼塔爾的庫馬雲大學獲得有機化學博士學位。目前，他在埃塞俄比亞的亞的斯亞貝巴科技大學（AASTU）擔任有機化學副教授，教授博士、碩士及本科生。在加入AASTU之前，Rakesh曾在印度德拉敦的Graphic Era大學擔任項目院長（助理），該校為NACC認證的A級大學。Rakesh還在馬來西亞、泰國和印度等多個國際及國內會議上發表論文，並曾是多個重要委員會的成員，如內部質量保證小組（IQAC）和反欺凌委員會。

他的主要研究興趣包括工業應用的天然產品、生物燃料和生物能源、納米顆粒的綠色合成及其應用，以及紙漿和造紙技術。他對天然產品的基本熱愛貫穿於他的所有研究中。他成功指導了30名碩士生和3名博士生完成學業，並且無數本科生在他的實驗室進行研究。Bachheti博士積極參與BSc/MSc/Ph.D.課程的課程開發。他是4本書和70篇出版物的編輯，涉及天然產品化學和納米技術的各個方面，並且有20章書籍由Springer、Elsevier和Nova Publisher出版。目前，他正在指導5名博士生和2名碩士生，並參與兩個由AASTU資助的研究項目。

Archana Bachheti於1997年獲得BSc學位，1999年獲得MSc學位，均來自HNB Garhwal大學。她於2006年在德拉敦的森林研究所獲得博士學位。她在生態修復/荒地開發、Jatropha curcus種子油的物理化學性質及其與海拔變化的關係等領域進行了研究項目和顧問工作，並曾擔任政府機構資助項目的顧問生態學家。Joshi博士目前是印度德拉敦的Graphic Era大學教授。她在印度的學術界擔任過多個職位，並在國際上提供專業知識超過15年。她教授生態學與環境、環境科學、淡水生態學、災害管理以及苔蘚植物和蕨類植物。

她的主要研究興趣涵蓋植物生態學的廣泛跨學科領域，專注於生態修復、綠色化學，特別是納米材料的合成及植物的藥用特性。她的研究範圍從退化土地的生態改善和植物油的物理化學性質到植物基納米材料。她指導了一名博士生，監督了三名學者，並指導碩士和本科生的研究項目。雖然對森林生物多樣性的著迷吸引了她的興趣，但她對探索生物多樣性價值和通過其實現社會提升的熱愛使她保持著這份熱情。Joshi博士是4本書的編輯，並在國際和國內期刊上發表了超過55篇研究文章和16章書籍。她在印度的Graphic Era大學組織了多場國家研討會/會議。

Azamal Husen擔任埃塞俄比亞貢達爾大學生物學系教授及系主任，並且是埃塞俄比亞沃萊塔索多大學的外國代表。此前，他曾是森林研究所和Doon College的訪問教員。