Devarajan ThangaduraiDevarajan Thangadurai is a Professor at Karnatak University, Dharwad in India and did his postdoctoral research at the University of Madeira, Portugal, University of Delhi, India, and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipiet of Best Young Scientist Award with Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, India. He has keen interest and expertise in the fields of biodiversity and biotechnology, genetics, and genomics of beneficial microbes for biofuel production towards sustainable environment. He has authored and edited more than thirty-five books including Phycobiotechnology, Algal Genetic Resources, Microalgal Biotechnology, Seaweed Biotechnology, Algal Metabolites, Algal Farming, and Bioprospecting Algae for Nanosized Materials with international scientific publishers in USA, Canada, Switzerland, and India. Read More Read Less