Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with the Department of
Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research
interests include applied microbiology, plant-microbe interactions, sustainable
agriculture, and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has been awarded the Young
Scientist Award (2007) & Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the
International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship (2010) by
the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC
International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA (2014); Outstanding
Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International
Foundation; BRICPL Science Investigator Award (ICAABT-2017) and Research
Excellence Award (2018). He has been an editorial board member: Frontiers in
Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Academia Journal of Biotechnology
including Series editor of Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences, Springer
Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as an Assistant Professor at Amity
University Uttar Pradesh, India; as a Visiting Assistant Professor, at Whiting
School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins
University, United States and as a Research Associate Professor at the School
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,
China.
