Dr. Michael Leonidas Chikindas is a Professor in Microbiology, leading the Health Promoting Naturals Laboratory at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA). He is a Director of the Center for Agrobiotechnology (Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia) and a Professor at the Department of General Hygiene (Sechenov 1st Medical University, Moscow, Russia). Dr. Chikindas co-authored several patents, more than a hundred papers and six book chapters. Dr. Chikindas developed and implemented a number of courses at Rutgers, including Food Microbiology (lectures and lab courses) and Beneficial Microbes in Food and Life. Dr. Chikindas is an applied molecular microbiologist studying natural-derived antimicrobials and probiotics for use in human health, personal care, and agricultural applications. He serves on Editorial Boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Antibiotics, Annals of Microbiology, and Beneficial Microbes (Section Editor). Dr. Chikindas was a founder of Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins and served as its Editor-in-Chief for 12 consecutive years. He served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Applied Microbiology (also as the journal's Senior Editor) and Letters in Applied Microbiology for 25 years.
