Dr. Seema Rawat is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Botany and Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal (Central) University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India. She did her masters and doctorate in microbiology from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. Her specialization is molecular microbial ecology. She has been actively engaged in compost microbiology since her masters in which she worked on amylases of thermophilic fungi isolated from mushroom compost. She worked on microbial diversity of compost and community succession in her doctorate. She also did lot of work on characterization of enzymes of Scytalidium thermophilum, dominant mushroom compost fungus. Currently she is working on non culturable diversity of hot and sulphur springs using metagenomic approaches. She has published numerous research papers and chapters on compost microbiology. She has also been authoress of a book, “Bioresources of Uttarakhand published by Uttarakhand Council of Science & Technology.is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Botany and Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal (Central) University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India. She did her masters and doctorate in microbiology from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. Her specialization is molecular microbial ecology. She has been actively engaged in compost microbiology since her masters in which she worked on amylases of thermophilic fungi isolated from mushroom compost. She worked on microbial diversity of compost and community succession in her doctorate. She also did lot of work on characterization of enzymes of Scytalidium thermophilum, dominant mushroom compost fungus. Currently she is working on non culturable diversity of hot and sulphur springs using metagenomic approaches. She has published numerous research papers and chapters on compost microbiology. She has also been authoress of a book, Bioresources of Uttarakhand published by Uttarakhand Council of Science & Technology.