Freshwater Pollution and Aquatic Ecosystems: Environmental Impact and Sustainable Management (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781774638835)

Gowhar Hamid Dar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University Srinagar, Department of Higher Education (Jammu and Kashmir), India, where he has been teaching for many years. He has a PhD in Environmental Science with a specialization in Environmental Microbiology (fish microbiology, fish pathology, industrial microbiology, taxonomy and limnology). He has published more than 40 papers in international journals of repute and a number of books with international publishers. He is guiding a number of students for their master's theses. He has been working on the isolation, identification and characterization of microbes, their pathogenic behavior, and impact of pollution on development of diseases in fish fauna for the last several years. He has received many awards and appreciations for his services toward science and development. In addition, he also acts as a member of various research and academic committees.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (botany; specialization in plant eco-physiology and molecular biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. At Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, he was a Postdoctorate Fellow and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) for several years. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels. He has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with a number of international research projects with different government organizations. To date, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 35 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 80 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 55 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of the Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.

Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood, PhD, specializes in limnology and environmental toxicology. He has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students for the past two years in the Department of Environmental Science, School of Sciences, Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has been supervising many students for their MSc projects. In addition, he has published a number of papers in international journals of repute and a number of books with international publishers. He completed his doctorate from the Division of Environmental Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, with a meritorious certificate from the university. He received the Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad Khan Gold Medal and the Shri Bhushan Memorial Gold Medal during his master's program. He has qualified various national competitive tests in the discipline of environmental science. He was also awarded with an INSPIRE Merit Fellowship (JRF & SRF) by the Department of Science and Technology, GoI, during his doctoral program.

Humaira Qadri, PhD, has been actively involved in teaching postgraduate students of environmental science for the past ten years at the Sri Pratap College Campus of Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where she also heads the Department of Environment and Water Management. She has published scores of papers in international journals and has more than ten books with national and international publishers. She is also the reviewer for various international journals and is the principal investigator of some major projects on phytoremediation. She is guiding a number of research students for PhD programs and has supervised more than 60 master's dissertations. She also has been on the scientific board of various international conferences and holds life memberships of various international organizations. With a number of national scientific events to her credit, she is an active participant at national and international scientific events and has organized a number of national conferences on science. A gold medalist at her master's level, she earned a number of awards and certificates of merit. Her specialization is in limnology, nutrient dynamics, and phytoremediation.