**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Ashok J. Tamhankar**, Professor and Scientific Advisor, has been working in the field of integrated management of environmental pathogens and agricultural pests for the last 50 years. At various times, he has been associated with eminent academic and research institutes such as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India, Cornell University, USA, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, R. D. Gardi Medical College, and KIIT University, India. He is a founding member and the National Coordinator of the Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR), a voluntary organization devoted to spreading awareness about prudent antibiotic use and the threat of antibiotic resistance. With more than 200 publications to his credit, his current research interests include the detection of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and antibiotic residues in the environment and their disinfection and decontamination, newer approaches to disinfection of pathogens, One health, etc. He has been a WHO panelist in the area of antibiotic residues and resistance in aquatic environments.

**Cecilia St˚alsby Lundborg**, Professor, Research Group Leader 'Global Health—Health Systems and Policy', Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, was previously the Scientific Advisor for Development Research at the Swedish Research Council and professor at the Nordic School of Public Health. She is a member of the Swedish JPIAMR advisory group and is a WHO consultant regarding antibiotics in the environment. She has been active in Swedish Strama and ReAct – Action on Antibiotic resistance for 15 years. Her research concerns antibiotic use and resistance and prevention of infections and spread of resistance, often with a One health perspective. She is involved in vast international collaborations in Africa, Asia, and Europe, including in India, China, Laos, South Africa, and Uganda. She has published about 200 international peer-reviewed papers, supervised about 30 doctoral and post-doctoral students from a range of European, Asian, and African countries and led international courses on antibiotic stewardship and antimicrobial resistance.

International Journal of *Environmental Research and Public Health*
