Editors-in-Chief

Jesús Mingorance is a Research Scientist of IdiPAZ, the Institute for Health Research of Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid, Spain, where he heads the Molecular Microbiology group. He also serves as an Associate Professor of Microbiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His areas of expertise are microbial genomics and molecular biology with a strong background in the application of molecular biology and DNA sequencing methods as powerful tools in clinical microbiology. He has been Associate Editor of the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology since 2009, he became Editor-in-Chief in 2025.  

Nasib Qureshi is a Senior Research Chemical Engineer at the United States Department of Agriculture (Agricultural Research service) Peoria, IL, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. He is a fellow in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (SIMB).His research is focused on bioconversion of agricultural residues to biofuels, in particular butanol, upstream and downstream processing, fermentation, reactor designing, process scale-up, and process economics. He joined the editorial board in 2002 and became Editor-in-Chief in 2006 for the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Deputy Editors

Kavitha Alapati is a biomedical scientist with a PhD in Microbiology and is an alumna of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India. Her research expertise spans microbiology, microbial biotechnology, drug discovery, bioactive metabolites, protein purification, and oncology-related research. Her scientific work includes the isolation, identification, and characterization of diverse bacterial and fungal strains, the investigation of biologically active microbial and natural compounds, biochemical and biological activity assays, and the purification and characterization of proteins. Her research interests include cancer biology, cytotoxicity assessment, molecular mechanisms underlying biological activity, and the biomedical applications of microbial metabolites. She has been serving the journal as an Editorial Board Member and Associate Editor since 2020 and assumed the role of Deputy Editor in 2024.

Minakshi Grover is Principal Scientist, Microbiology at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, INDIA-110012.  Her area of research is agricultural microbiology with a major focus on plant-microbe interactions (rhizosphere microbiome, PGPR, Endophytes), microbe mediated nutrient and abiotic stress management, and microbial ecology. She has been associated with World J Microbiology and Biotechnology since 2012 and Deputy editor since 2025. 

Doumit Camilios Neto is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at the State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil. His research focuses on Applied Microbiology and microbial biotechnology, particularly rhamnolipids, biosurfactants, microbial cultivation, and their applications. He has experience in technology transfer, patent development, and university–industry collaboration. He served as Associate Editor of the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology from 2020 to 2026 and currently serves as Deputy Editor.

Reviews Editor

Ian Maddox is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Microbiology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. His research interests are in fermentation technology, anaerobic fermentation processes and, more latterly, probiotic bacteria. He joined the editorial board of the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology as Reviews Editor in 2015.