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Dr. Jayachandra S. Yaradoddi is a Research Scientist in Biomaterials Laboratory, Dept. of Center for Materials Science, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka, India. He obtained his Masters and Doctor of Philosophy of Biotechnology from the Gulbarga University, Kalburagi. He has executed research work on "diversity and molecular characterization of halophilic bacteria from Karnataka" during his Ph.D. He was served as a project fellow (JRF and SRF) under UGC major research project entitled "Siderophore as a biocontrol agent on phytopathogens of regional crops." Recently, he has completed post-doctoral studies on "Recent trends in actinobacterial diversity of environment and their potential bioactive molecules" from the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has published more than 40 publications in various national and international journals of repute and filed two Indian patents. He has completed the Govt. funded project under the IDEA2PoC scheme by Bangalore Bioinnovation Center and KBITS, Govt. of Karnataka. His major thrust area of research is microbial taxonomy, biomaterials, industrial biotechnology, and bio-nanotechnology.


Dr. Merja Kontro (nee Suutari) is an associate professor of Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She achieved M.Sc. (chemeng.; microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, food technology), and further Ph.D. from Aalto University (Finland) on microbial lipids in temperature adaptation. After a post-doc in the United States on molecular biochemistry, she worked as a senior researcher in the Environmental Microbiology Laboratory of the National Public Health Institute (Finland) on topics related to sick building syndrome, especially Actinobacteria in water-damaged buildings; and on drinking water quality until moved to Helsinki University. Current research topics include pesticide contamination in groundwater and related remediation, microbial safety in waste treatment, and circular economy