Biographical note

Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka. He received his Ph.D. on “Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism” from Ehime University, Japan, with a scholarship from the Japanese government (MEXT). Later, he completed his postdoctoral research at the Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan, as a recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship. He was also the recipient of the Australian Government Endeavour Research Fellowship for postdoctoral research as an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Dr. Hasanuzzaman’s current work is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance. Dr. Hasanuzzaman has published over 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has edited 10 books and written over 40 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. According to Scopus®, Dr. Hasanuzzaman’s publications have received over 10000 citations with an h-index of 51. He has been named as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate. He is an editor and reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed international journals and was a recipient of the “Publons Peer Review Award” 2017, 2018, and 2009. He has been honored by different authorities for his outstanding performance in different fields like research and education, and he has received xi the World Academy of Science Young Scientist Award (2014) and University Grants Commission (UGC) Award 2018. He is a fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) and Royal Society of Biology.

Dr. Golam Jalal Ahammed is Associate Professor of Horticulture at Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China. Dr. Ahammed received a Ph. D. in Olericulture from Zhejiang University, China. His major research interests include plant stress physiology, phytohormones, climate change effects on plants, and environmental pollution. He authored over a hundred research papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is a Senior Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports and an Associate Editor of AoB Plants and Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. He also served as Flanders (FWO) internal expert panel member of Bio2: Functional Biology (Ph.D. fellowship call 2020). Dr. Ahammed was awarded two research grants for International Young Scientists by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and one National Foreign Expert Project (Foreign Youth Talent Program) by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. He was also a recipient of several grants from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

Dr. Kamrun Nahar is Professor of Agricultural Botany at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She received her Ph.D. Degree in “Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants” from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan, with Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Dr. Nahar has been involved in research with field crops emphasizing stress physiology since 2006. She has completed several research works and also continuing research project funded by Sher-eBangla Agricultural University Research System and Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh). She is supervising M.S. students. Dr. Nahar published over 100 articles and chapters related to plant physiology and environmental stresses. Her publications reached about 9500 citations with h-index: 51 (according to Google xii Editors and Contributors Scholar). She is involved in editorial activities and reviewer of international journals. She is active member of about 20 professional societies. Dr. Nahar attended different international conferences and presented 20 papers, and posters in national and international conferences in different countries.