Dr. Deepansh Sharma, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor senior grade and Coordinator of the Funds for Improvements of Science and Technology Infrastructure (DST-FIST) at Microbiology Department, Amity University Rajasthan. His primary research interests are in functional foods, probiotics, and novel holistic food formulations. He has completed his Ph.D. in the field of Industrial and Food Microbiology from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Following his doctorate, he pursued his postdoctoral research at the Division of Dairy Microbiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. He has 12 years of research and teaching experience in food and Microbiology. He has produced 35 scientific publications, authored, or edited 7 international books and more than 30 book chapters. Dr. Deepansh Sharma has filed various patents related to microbial metabolites and controlled fermentation processes. He has been selected for the prestigious DAAD fellowship to work in Germany as avisiting researcher, young scientist award, and research excellence award from the Institute of Scholars, India. He was also selected as a Project Investigator by the Department of Science and Technology, the Government of India, and various food industries. Dr. Deepansh Sharma is presently working on the possibilities of biosurfactants as an active ingredient in the food processing industry. He is an active contributing member of the American Society of Microbiology and Association of Microbiologists of India.