**Nafees A. Khan**

Professor Nafees A. Khan, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, researches the mechanisms of the hormonal and nutritional regulation of plant development, with an emphasis on plants' resilience against stressful environments via the use of nutriomics and metabolomics. He has published research papers in crucial high-impact-factor journals and collaborated internationally on research to unravel the strategies adopted by plants to protect and strengthen antioxidant machinery via optimizing nutrient use efficiency through the judicious modulation of plant hormones/signaling molecules for the better survival of crop plants under changing climatic conditions. Prof. Khan has been noted as a Highly Cited Researcher in the area of Plant Science by Elsevier every year from 2019 to 2022. He has edited nineteen books published by Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Frontiers, NOVA, Alpha Science, and others. He has served as the Editor/Guest Editor of leading plant science journals published by Elsevier, Frontiers, Springer-Nature, and MDPI. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), as well as being a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Indian Botanical Society, and the Indian Society for Plant Physiology. Dr. Khan has received several accolades, among them being the UGC Research Award, Scientist of the Year Award, Distinguished Scientist Award, UGC Mid-Career Award, Teaching Excellence Award, and Innovation and Research Excellence Award. He has a high number of global citations (Google Scholar cumulative citation 18530; h-index 70 and i-10 index 192).
