Dr. R. Jaya Madhuri, author of the book is first Ph.D student of  Prof. V. Rangaswamy, Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur. She has done her Post Graduation in Microbiology at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. Later, she was awarded M.Phil and Ph.D Degree in Microbiology by SKU, Ananthapur. After attaining doctorate, she joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Microbiology, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati. Later she was promoted as Associate Professor in 2018. She continued her research in the primary field of Environmental Microbiology and extended her research career on marine microbial bioplastic (PHB) production, biopolymers and low density polyethylene degradation studies. She has gained 15 yrs of experience in her teaching profession. She has 52 national and international publications indexed in Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed. Six Ph.Ds were awarded under her guidance. She has presented her research output in India abroad. She was awarded “State Best NSS Programme Officer award for her extension activities