Dr. Bharat Manna earned his Ph.D. in Computational Biology from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2021. Currently, Dr. Manna is a Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research applies environmental biotechnology to optimize biological nutrient removal systems, focusing on resource recovery while investigating antimicrobial resistance development and pathogen proliferation. Dr. Manna specializes in developing microbial redox-manipulation strategies that enhance nutrient removal and micropollutant degradation while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. His work integrates experimental biotechnology with multi-omics approaches and advanced bioinformatics to address urgent challenges in sustainable wastewater treatment, climate resilience, and antimicrobial resistance evolution.