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About Editors Subhash Bhore, PhD: Subhash completed his BSc (Botany) and MSc (Botany) degrees educati<strong>on</strong> at University of Pune, India. Immediately after completing his MSc (May 1996), he got an opportunity to work at ‘Biochemical Engineering Department’ and ‘Plant Tissue Culture Pilot Plant’ of the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. In June 2000, he received a Doctoral Fellowship (GRA) to pursue a PhD Degree in Molecular Genetics at the Nati<strong>on</strong>al University of Malaysia (UKM). In 2004, he was appointed as Senior Research Officer at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), a research wing of Melaka Biotechnology Corporati<strong>on</strong>, Malaysia. Based <strong>on</strong> his performance, in April 2005, he was promoted as ‘Principal Investigator & Head of R&D Department’ at MIB, Malaysia. In 2008, he was invited by the AIMST University as a ‘Visiting Faculty’ for their Department of Biotechnology and now serving as a Senior Associate Professor. In 2009, he was nominated for the AASIO (Associati<strong>on</strong> of Agricultural Scientists of Indian Origin) Young Scientist Award. He has published more than 47 peer-reviewed articles, 5 books, and submitted more than 11,900 DNA sequences in Gene Bank, and got more than 10 awards/fellowships. As of May 2016, he has supervised more than 67 students including postgraduates, undergraduates and industrial trainees. He is actively involved in research as well as teaching and advising of postgraduate and undergraduate students. You may c<strong>on</strong>tact him using email, subhash@aimst.edu.my or subhashbhore@gmail.com Kasi Marimuthu, PhD: Marimuthu accomplished his BSc (Zoology); MSc (Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Biotechnology); PhD (Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Biotechnology/ Zoology Interdisciplinary) degree educati<strong>on</strong> at Man<strong>on</strong>maniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu, India. In 2003 he joined as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at School of Biological Sciences, University Science Malaysia, Penang for 2 years. Presently, he is appointed as a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology AIMST University, Malaysia. He teaches Aquaculture, Biostatistics, Research Methodology, Biology of Invertebrates and Vertebrates courses for undergraduate biotechnology programme. He is specialized in fish reproducti<strong>on</strong> and breeding, larval rearing, hatchery management, fish immunology and aquatic toxicology related research. He has published more than 95 research publicati<strong>on</strong> in fisheries and aquaculture in various reputed and indexed journals. He has participated in more than 35 local and internati<strong>on</strong>al c<strong>on</strong>ferences, seminars, and workshops. He has been appointed as an external examiner for six Indian Universities (Man<strong>on</strong>maniam Sundaranar University, Annamalai University, Bharathiyar University, Bharathidasan University, Madras University, and Priest University) Tamilnadu, India. He is also currently serving as a Deputy Vice chancellor for Academic and Internati<strong>on</strong>al Affairs at AIMST University. You may c<strong>on</strong>tact him at marimuthu@gmail.com.