Dr. A. Arun, Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India. His research team is working on Bioplastic, Bioenergy, Microbial fuel cells, Bioremediation, Biomass, and Bioactive compounds. He has vast experience related to the said field by publishing several research articles and book chapters in reputed peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he received many major research projects and one consultancy project, including one Indo-China project funded under SPARC by MHRD, India