Saurabh Gangola is currently an Assistant Professor at Graphic Era Deemed to be University in the Department of Microbiology, Dehradun, India. He has completed his MSc and PhD in Microbiology from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnaga, India. His area of specialization is bioremediation and biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds (including pesticides, hydrocarbons, and azo dye), degradation kinetics, microbial stress-responsive enzymes, bioinformatics, molecular biology, plant-microbe interaction, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, culturable and unculturable microorganisms, and metagenomics. He has published several research papers, review papers in highly reputed journals, book chapters, edited books (Springer and Elsevier) and also published patents. He has edited special issues as a guest editor in Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Microbiology. He has been a valued editorial board member of several national and international journals.