Dr. Pratima Bajpai has a PhD from the National Sugar Institute (NSI) in Kanpur, India. She is presently a Technical Consultant in the Pulp and Paper Industry and has over 30 years of experience in research at the National Sugar Institute, University of Saskatchewan and University of Western Ontario, Canada, and Thapar Center for Industrial Research and Development in India. She has also worked as a Visiting Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada and as a Visiting Scientist at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Bajpai’s main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper, and environmental biotechnology. She has made major contributions to the field of industrial biotechnology and is a recognized expert in the field. Currently, she is actively engaged in commercializing biotechnological processes for the pulp and paper industry. Her research has produced more than 150 publications in leading International Journals and conference proceedings. Shehas written several advanced-level technical books on the environmental and biotechnological aspects of pulp and paper, which have been published by leading publishers—PIRA International, Springer, Miller Freeman, John Wiley and Elsevier Science. She has also contributed chapters to a number of books and encyclopedias, obtained 11 patents and written several technical reportsDr. Bajpai is an active member of the American Society of Microbiologists and is a reviewer for many international research journals.