Prerna Pandey, PhD, a biotechnologist with several years of wet lab research experience, worked at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. Her field included isolation and molecular characterization of Geminiviruses, genome sequencing, gene annotation, and gene silencing using the RNA interference technology. She has also worked at Transasia Biomedicals and Advance Enzyme Technologies as a scientist. Dr. Pandey has published papers in peer-reviewed journals in the field and has submitted a number of annotated Geminiviral genome sequences in the GenBank, including two novel ones. She has also completed her editing and proofreading courses from Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and now works as a freelance scientific writer and editor.

Anjali Priyadarshini, PhD, is a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India awardee and holds a doctorate in biomedical sciences. Her field of research and interest includes biotechnology and nanotechnology. Dr. Priyadarshini has published papers in peer-reviewed journals in the biomedical field. She currently works as assistant professor at Delhi University, India.