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Dr. Pradeep Verma is a Professor at the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, CURAJ, Ajmer, India. He received his Ph.D. from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, and his Master's and Bachelor's from MDS University, Rajasthan. He worked as visiting scientist at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany, and a Post-doctoral fellow at ASCR Prague, Gottingen University Germany, and RISH Kyoto University Japan. He also worked at Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai, India. His stay at Japan and Reliance life Sciences resulted in several commercialized National and International patents. He worked as an Associate professor and Reader-Founder Head at GGV, Bilaspur, and Assam University, Silchar. He is a recipient of various prestigious awards and fellowships such as the Ron-Cockcroft award by Swedish society, UNESCO Fellow, DFG fellow, and JSPS PDF. He is a fellow of the Mycological Society of India and the Biotech Research Society of India. His area of expertise involves microbial diversity, Bioremediation, bioprocess development, lignocellulosic, and algal biomass-based biorefinery. He has contributed to more than 75 research papers, 45 book chapters, and 11 Edited books. He is an editorial board member and reviewer of more than 50 prestigious high-impact journals.