Rouf Ahmad Bhat, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where he specializes in limnology, toxicology, phytochemistry, and phytoremediation.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 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.

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.

Moonisa Aslam Dervash, PhD, has been actively involved in teaching graduate and postgraduate students of environmental science at Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.