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is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, India. He obtained Master and Doctoral degrees in Biotechnology from Slovakia, Europe with scholarship under Government of India and Government of Slovakia’s bilateral cultural exchange program. He completed several Postdoctoral research including one as a Research Fellow in Andrology/Urology in the American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. He has been serving as visiting scientist and visiting Professor in institutes of repute including the Pedagogical University in Krakow in Poland, Mendel University in Brno in Czech Republic and Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia. His teaching and research activities span the fields of reproductive health, reproductive and environmental toxicology, and oxidative stress within the context of male pathophysiology and reproductive dysfunction as well as herbal applications in management. Issues relating to biodiversity and conservation in the context of marginal and eco-sensitive landscapes has been one of his areas of interest. Under his supervision 5 doctoral students have completed their research till date. He has published over 90 research papers in scientific journals, 35 book chapters, 5 books and presented over 50 papers at national and international scientific meetings. His Hirsch index (h-index) is 25 on Google Scholar, 21 on Scopus. He served as a subject expert for many international committees and is also an editorial board member and reviewer of reputed journals. He has edited special issues in many journals including Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering (Taylor & Francis). He has conducted several research projects and received young scientist awards. presently is working as an assistant professor at Sharda University. He is a former assistant professor of the faculty of biotechnology, Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology (NIET), affiliated with Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU). He holds a doctorate in biotechnology from Delhi Technological University and a postgraduate degree in biotechnology from Vellore Institute of Technology. During the doctorate program, DBT granted him a fellowship as a financial boost to accomplish research work. He has published over 50 quality scholarly work and 5 book chapters in prestigious international journals and presented over 10 research papers in top national and international conferences. He is an editorial board member of various high repute international journals and assisted significantly in reviewing articles of many international journals such as Scientific reports, Life sciences, European journal of pharmaceutical sciences and Journal of food biochemistry. Currently, he is also serving as a guest editor for various top journals of international repute including Antioxidants, Environmental science and pollution research and Immuno. He has executed various research projects and supervised several doctoral scholars, masters, and bachelor students. His vast research expertise covers the areas of Natural products, Cell signaling and Disease. is a Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. He gained his PhD (Tech) in Materials Physics from Helsinki University of Technology and Docentship in polymer physics and soft materials microscopy. His current research activities focus the characterization of molecular bioactive compounds extracted from plant species in neurodegenerative disease treatment. He has published over 250 scientific papers in peer reviewed and refereed journals. Since 1995, he has gained high bibliometric factor, where H-index 65 (google scholar). His awards and research honours include invitation to the Alfred Nobel Symposium (2005), Young Scientist Award by Foundation of Technology (2002), Prize for the best PhD Thesis in the field of technical sciences by Tekniikan Akateemisten Liitto and Tekniska Föreningen in Finland (TEK/TFiF) (2001), IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists – Honourable Mention Award (2001). is currently working as Senior Scientist in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering at the Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. He obtained Doctoral, Master, and Bachelor degrees from India. He received Junior and Senior Research fellowships during his Doctoral studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He served as an Assistant Professor position at Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India. He obtained his first Postdoctoral research from University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. Currently, he is working on cell ultrastructure study with micro & macro spectroscopic techniques. His work mainly aimed to explore the fundamentals of cell wall ultrastructure and their applications in biomedical research. His study also explores the medicinal applications of plant derived bioactive compounds and nanoparticles for disease treatment. Kesari, actively involved working in cell and cancer biology research with focus on qualitative and quantitative measurements by applying in vitro, in vivo & biocomputational methods. He is leading researcher of radiation biology. He has developed various methods for animal exposure to radiations and therapeutic measures including brain and reproductive related diseases. Kesari, actively working on the neurological diseases with focus on environmental toxicology and oxidative stress. He has published over 100 papers in reputed scientific journals, 28 book chapters, 5 books and presented over 30 papers at national and international scientific meetings. His Hirsch index (h-index) as of June 2022 is 31 on Google Scholar, 26 on Scopus. Kesari served as subject expert for many International committee and also Editorial board member and reviewer of repute. He has edited special issues in many journals like, Materials Today Chemistry (Elsevier), Antioxidants and Genes (MDPI) and ESPR (Springer). Kesari has conducted several research projects and guided doctoral students. He has received four times young scientist award and international travel award.

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