R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, PhD, is Research Professor in the Composite and Nanocomposite Advanced Manufacturing-Biomaterials Center in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He received the Award for Cutting Edge Research (Fulbright Faculty Award) in 2016.
Rajesh K. Sani, PhD, is Professor in the Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota, USA. He is the Biocatalysis Program Committee Member for the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.

1 Engineered microorganisms for production of biocommodities
2 Microbial production of vanillin from ferulic acid
3 Antibiotics
4 Antibiotic trends in microbial therapy: current approaches and future prospects
5 Fermentation strategies in the food and beverage industry
6 Bioactive Oligosaccharides: Production, Characterization and Applications
7 Biopolymers : A retrospective analysis in the facet of Biomedical engineering
8 Metabolic Engineering strategies to enhance microbial production of biopolymers
9 Bioplastics Production- What Have We Achieved?
10 Cellulosic Ethanol
11 Advancement in biogas energy
12 Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Approach Towards Enhancing the Agricultural Productivity
13 Biofertilizers from food and agricultural by products and wastes