Dr. Mujeebur Rahman Khan, is a Professor and Chairperson, at the Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India, and has served as the Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, AMU. He obtained Ph.D. in Botany (Plant Pathology & Nematology) from AMU, and worked as postdoc at the North Carolina State University, California Department of Food and Agriculture, U.S.A. and the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology, U.K. He has a credit of more than 300 research publications and review articles, 18 books (CABI, CRC/Science, Elsevier, Springer, NOVA Science, Oxford and IBH, etc.), 2 patents on biopesticides (USA and India), and 8 major research projects. He has guided 14 PhD and 52 MSc students. Dr. Khan is Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India), Indian Phytopathological Society etc., and Editor to Indian Phytopathology. He is recipient of various awards: Dr. K. C. Mehta Award (NAAS), B. B. Mundukar Award (IPS), Outstanding Scientist Award (AMU), Prof. H. L. Chakraborti Award (ISCA), Outstanding Scientist Award (SPSS), Prof. H. M. Shah Memorial (NSI), and Best Research Project Award (AMU). His research interest includes plant disease management; impact of climate change and environmental contamination on plant disease development; and biosynthesis of nanoparticles and their effects on plants/microbes.