Metal and Metal-Oxide Based Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Agricultural, Biomedical and Environmental Interventions

Rakesh Kumar Bachheti is presently working as 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 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 M.Sc. and 3 Ph.D. students tocompletion, and countless undergraduates have researched in his laboratory. Bachheti is actively involved in curriculum development for B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. programs. Bachheti is Editor of 4 books and 80 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 works on two research projects funded by Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia.

Archana Bachheti 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. Bachheti's is Editor of 4 books and has published over 60 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 and Head of the Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia, and is Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. Previously, he was Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehradun, India. Husen's research and teaching experience of 20 years encompasses the biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to nanomaterials, plant adaptation to harsh environments at the physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species. He has conducted research sponsored by the World Bank, the National Agricultural Technology Project, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, the Indian Council of Forest Research Education, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Husen has published extensively (Exploring Medicinal Plants', published by Taylor & Francis Group, USA; 'Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change', published by Elsevier, USA; 'Smart Nanomaterials Technology', published by Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, and is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology.

Rakesh Kumar Bachheti目前在埃塞俄比亞亞的斯亞貝巴科學與技術大學（AASTU）的工業化學系擔任有機化學副教授，教授博士、研究生和本科生。在加入AASTU之前，Rakesh在印度德拉敦的Graphic Era大學擔任項目主任（助理）。Rakesh還在馬來西亞、泰國和印度的各種國際和國內會議上發表了論文。他還是各種重要委員會的成員，如內部質量保證單元（IQAC）和反恐委員會。他的主要研究興趣包括工業應用的天然產物、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。他對天然產物保持著根本的熱愛，這貫穿了他的所有研究。他還成功指導了30名碩士和3名博士生的完成，無數本科生在他的實驗室進行了研究。Bachheti積極參與B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D.課程的課程開發。Bachheti是4本書和80篇論文的編輯，涉及天然產物化學和納米技術的各個方面，並且有20篇由Springer、Elsevier和Nova Publisher出版的書籍章節。目前，他正在指導5名博士生，並在埃塞俄比亞亞的斯亞貝巴科學與技術大學資助的兩個研究項目上工作。

Archana Bachheti目前是印度德拉敦的Graphic Era大學的教授。她在印度學術界擔任多個職務，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了植物生態學這個廣泛的跨學科領域，專注於生態修復、綠色化學，特別是納米材料的合成，以及植物的藥用性質。她的研究範圍從退化土地生態改善和植物油的物理和化學性質到基於植物的納米材料。她指導了一名博士生，指導了三名學者，並指導研究項目的研究生和本科生。雖然對森林生物多樣性的迷戀引起了她的興趣，但正是她對通過生物多樣性的價值和社會提升的探索的熱愛使她保持了那份激情。Bachheti是4本書的編輯，並在國際和國內期刊上發表了60多篇研究文章和16篇書籍章節。她在印度的Graphic Era大學組織了幾個國家研討會/會議。

Azamal Husen曾擔任埃塞俄比亞甘達爾大學生物學系主任和埃塞俄比亞沃萊塔索多大學的外國代表。此前，他曾在印度德拉敦的森林研究所和杜恩農業和森林學院擔任訪問教師。Husen有20年的研究和教學經驗，涵蓋了生物源性納米材料的製造和應用、植物對納米材料的反應、植物在生理、生化和分子水平上對惡劣環境的適應、中草藥和改良樹種的無性繁殖。他曾進行由世界銀行、國家農業技術項目、印度農業研究委員會、印度森林研究教育委員會和日本國際合作銀行資助的研究。Husen在國際出版了大量著作（由美國泰勒和弗朗西斯集團出版的《探索藥用植物》，由美國Elsevier出版的《植物生物學、可持續發展和氣候變化》，由新加坡Springer Nature私人有限公司出版的《智能納米材料技術》），並擔任編輯。