Prof. Riyaz Sayyed is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry at the University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman. He served as the President of the Indian Chapter of the Asian PGRP Society from 2017 to 2023. He is Associate Editor of Environmental Sustainability (Springer) and Vegetos (Springer), Guest Editor of Sustainability (MDPI), Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, and Academic Editor of PeerJ. He has authored over 360 research papers in high-impact international journals and has edited 34 books with prominent publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, and CRC Press. Elsevier and Clarivate have consecutively listed him among the Top 2% of highly cited researchers for three years and in the Top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers among 6,886 researchers worldwide, respectively. Prof. Sayyed is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), the Indian Phytopathological Society (FIPS), and the Association of Agricultural Technology in South East Asia (FAATSEA). He is a visiting scholar at INTII International University in Malaysia and an Expert consultant at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. He has trained over 100 graduates, postgraduates, and Ph.D. students under his guidance. Prof. Sayyed has successfully completed 10 R&D Projects and 02 mega projects for building institutional infrastructure and facilities. He has successfully organized seven international conferences in the country and abroad, and has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences in India, Southeast Asia, and European countries. Prof. Sayyed has received numerous prestigious national and international awards.