Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
S. Rehan Ahmad, Ph.D., FRSB
Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology & Zoology
H M M College for Women, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India
Email: eic@irrespub.com
Dr. S. Rehan Ahmad, Ph.D., FRSB, is Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology & Zoology at H M M College for Women, affiliated with West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology and has multidisciplinary expertise spanning medical microbiology, microbial pathogenesis, host–pathogen interactions, antimicrobial resistance, microbial genomics, precision medicine, molecular and cellular biology, bioinformatics, and computational biology.
Dr. Ahmad has authored 75+ peer-reviewed publications and has extensive experience in scientific publishing and editorial activities. He currently serves as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE, Guest Editor for JoVE, Joint Editor of Scotopia Journal, and Editorial Advisor for Elsevier Books.
His scholarly contributions also include editing two Elsevier books, Precision Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases and The Gut Microbiome in Precision Medicine. His CV reports 30 patents across India, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His academic achievements include the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (JRF-SRF), the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Award for Scientific Contribution in Society, and the Research Excellence Award 2021.
As Editor-in-Chief of Biological Sciences, Dr. Ahmad will lead the journal's scientific and editorial development, with a focus on strengthening peer-review quality, research integrity, editorial standards, and the journal's international academic network.
Deputy Editor
Dr. Ritwik Acharya
Lecturer, Department of Botany & Environmental Science
Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India
Researcher, Department of Sericulture (Centre for Applied Biology), Raiganj University, West Bengal, India
Email: rittik.acharya@gmail.com
Handling Editor
Dr. Anupriya Kumari
Assistant Professor, Education
Sant Tukaram Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's College of Education, Vadgaon, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Email: anupriya001005@gmail.com
Editorial Board Members
Dr. Kavish Pandey
Assistant Professor, Human Anatomy
Swarrnim Institute of Health Sciences, Ahmedabad, India
Email: kavishajit.homeo@swarrnim.edu.in
Dr. Smriti Ojha
Faculty, Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: soph@mmmut.ac.in
Dr. Usama Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy
Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: usamaamd@iul.ac.in
Dr. Sudhanshu Mishra
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutics
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: sudhanshumishra@csjmu.ac.in
Dr. Irshad Reza
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
The University of Oklahoma Health Campus, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Email: mohammadirshad-reza@ou.edu
Dr. Syed Anees Ahmed
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
East Carolina University, North Carolina, USA
Email: ahmedsy22@ecu.edu
Dr. Amit Upadhyay
Assistant Professor
Mahayogi Gorakhnath University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: amit.upadhyay.fps@mgug.ac.in
Dr. Premanand Balraj
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Email: prb4013@med.cornell.edu
Dr. Pradeep Kumar
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine
Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Email: kumar.pradeep@mail.huji.ac.il
Dr. Mustapha Abdulsalam
Lecturer I, Department of Microbiology
Skyline University, Kano, Nigeria
Email: mustapha.abdulsalam@sun.edu.ng
Dr. Syed Sohail Ahmad
Lecturer II, Rehman College of Allied Health Sciences
Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan
Email: sohail.ahmad3@rmi.edu.pk
Editorial Office
Dr. Bethsheba Basaiawmoit
Editorial & Communications Assistant
Biological Sciences
IR Research Publication
Email: info@irrespub.com
Editorial Board information last updated: September 2026