Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta
Lead Researcher
NUI Galway
Ireland
Biography
Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta, is Lead Researcher at Department of Biochemistry, NUI Galway, Ireland. His areas of expertise are: Fungal Biology & Biotechnology, Bio-fuels & Bioenergy Research, Microbial biodiversity, Enzyme Technology, Plant-Microbial Interactions and Microbial Biotechnology. He is the active Member of several societies, academies and commission and has received various awards including Young Scientist Award, and Outstanding Higher Education Leader Award. He has edited many books for Wiley; CRC Press,; Springer; Elsevier Press; Nova Science Publisher; LAP Lambert; and CABI. Along with book editorship, he is serving as the Editor of various journals including Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, BMC Microbiology, and having 45 and 31 book chapters publications in his hands. His work with Fusarium, Colletotrichum, Aspergillus. Penicillium, and Trichoderma has been complemented by contributions to biotechnological development, molecular diversity, disease diagnostic, plant pathology, fungal-plant interaction, biofuel & bioenergy and industrial applications.
Research Interest
Fungal Biology & Biotechnology, Bio-fuels & Bioenergy Research, Microbial biodiversity, Enzyme Technology, Plant-Microbial Interactions and Microbial Biotechnology.