Hrudayanath Thatoi

Prof. H.N Thatoi is serving as the Director of Center for Industrial Biotechnology Research (CIBR) at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University. Prior to that he served as a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhana Deo University. He has obtained his MSc, MPhil, and PhD in Botany from Utkal University. His major research interests and areas include sustainable production of renewable energy, mushroom diversity and bioactivity, Bioremediation, Structural and Computational biology, Nanotechnology, etc. To date, he is credited with the publication of 25 books and more than 326 research papers in national and international journals, proceedings of conferences and book chapters, and has been awarded with two patents. He serves as member of several scientific societies and editorial boards of reputable national and international journals. Dr. Thatoi is a Functional Area Expert in Ecology and Biodiversity and is accredited by QCI, NABET, MoEF, Govt. of India.