Prangya Rath, PhD is a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Research Fellow and NET-qualified researcher interested in the fields of life sciences and environmental sciences with more than five years of experience. She has more than 60 publications to her credit, including two edited books, and many book chapters and research articles. Her work focuses on biotechnology and environmental sciences.

Laxmi Kant Bhardwaj, PhD is part of the Scientific Staff at the Amity Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Safety and Management (AIETSM), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published several research articles and book chapters in reputed journals and books. His research interests include the estimation of pollutants such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), microplastics, heavy metals, and phthalates in wastewater, water, and soils.

Amit Kumar, PhD is a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Research Fellow at the National Botanical Research Institute. He has published 36 research papers, as well as many book chapters and magazine articles. His work focuses on various aspects of metal and metalloid phytoremediation, and biochemical and molecular approaches with a special emphasis on reducing heavy metal accumulation.