R Z SayyedProf. Riyaz Z Sayyed is a Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal's Arts, Science College, Shahada, India. Currently, he serves as the President of the India chapter of the Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture (Estd 201). To his credit, he has received the Fellow Indian Phytopathological Society Award (2021), Best Teachers Award, Young Scientist Award (2005, 2008, and 2012), Prof M M Sharma Award, Springer-Society Award (2020), Award for Excellence in PGPR Research (2017, 2018, 2019). He is Associate Editor of Environmental Sustainability (Springer) and Guest editor of Sustainability (MDPI), Academic Editor of Plos One, Frontiers in Microbiology and Peer J . He has over 25 years of teaching and 20 years of research experience in Microbiology and Biotechnology. He has authored and co-authored over 250 research papers in high IF international journal, 27 books with Springer, Wiley, CRC and Cambridge press and 43 book chapters in reputed edited books. He has Trained several graduates, post-graduate, and research students and produced seven Ph.D.'s under his guidance. He has delivered many invited talks at several Southeast Asian and European Countries. Read More Read Less