Rajesh Kumar SharmaDr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma holds B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has served as a senior scientist (2008–15) at the G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, where he worked on eclogical and health risks from heavy metals and pesticide residues in mountain ecosystems, pollutant remediation,
and phytochemical analysis of medicinal plants.
Currently, he has been serving Banaras Hindu University as an Assistant Professor since 2015. A prolific researcher and author, his current research investigates the environmental toxicity of metals and metalloids and of pesticide residues, and explores remediation strategies using plants, microbes, and waste-derived biochar and bioash. Read More Read Less