Dr. Ashitha Jose completed her Ph.D. in Biosciences (Biochemistry) from the School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. She has been working with Elsevier (Canada) as an Associate Scientific Editor since 2022. She is the editor of several books and has authored multiple research papers and book chapters with various publishers. Her research focuses on the antimicrobial efficacy of essential oils and the development and characterization of novel bio nanocomposites, with an emphasis on packaging applications and metabolomics.