Rohit JoshiDr. Rohit Joshi is currently working as a senior scientist cum assistant professor (AcSIR), Biotechnology Division, at the CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. After completing his PhD from G. B. PantUniversity of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, he did his postdoctoral research at various prestigious institutions, such as Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India; International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India; and School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States. He handled 12 projects as a principal investigator or coprincipal investigator and published more than 84 research articles and chapters in journals and books of international and national repute. He is also serving various peer-reviewed journals as an associate editor (Plant Physiology Reports), an academic editor (PLOS ONE), a guest editor (Biology and Genes), a review editor (Frontiers in Plant Science and Pantnagar Journal of Research), and a reviewer (82 journals). For his contribution in research, he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, India, 2021 and Plant Tissue Culture Association of India, in 2020. He was also awarded the R.D. Asana Gold Medal Award and Young Scientist Award by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology, IARI, New Delhi, India. Read More Read Less