Microbiomes and the Global Climate Change

Dr. Showkat Ahmad Lone
is an Assistant Professor in Microbiology at Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar since July 2017. He has been awarded various fellowships during Ph.D. Dr. Lone has presented papers in many international conferences and has received a number of best paper awards including one “Young Scientist Award” by Bacillus ACT Steering committee, United States for his significant contribution in
Bacillus thuringiensis
research. Dr. Lone has published his research in highly reputed international journals. His major area of research is molecular microbiology and microbial ecology.

Dr. Abdul Malik
is Professor and Chairman,Department of Agricultural Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India and has teaching and research experience of more than 25 years. Prof.Malik has been awarded several International fellowships, awards and honors including DBT CREST Awards of Govt. of India, DAAD fellowship(Germany), Visiting Fellowship of TUBITAK, Turkey,BOYSCAST overseas fellowship etc. He has collaborative research projects with TU-Berlin, Germany, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, and University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK). He has received research grants from several funding agencies of the Govt. of India including DST, CSIR, UGC as Principal Investigator. He has edited nine books published by the leading international Publishers. His major areas of research are environmental microbiology, ecotoxicology, and agricultural microbiology.