Researcher, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India.

The author has been working in the area of plant sciences from last fifteen years. Her research experience is related to subject area of plant physiology, ecology, toxicology, and plant biochemistry. The years of research experience in this field has provided her the expertise in the subject. She has contributed a lot to this field through publications in journals of national and international repute. Her research has been focused on studying the effects of heavy metals on plants, their removal from contaminated waters, and wastewater treatment using phytoremediation technology. Her research interests also focused on environmental contamination and toxicity of medicinal plants.