Advances in Cordyceps Research: Prospects and Avenues
暫譯: 蟲草研究的進展：前景與途徑

冬蟲夏草及其相關物種是具有環境、農業和人類健康影響的經濟重要大型真菌。

Kandikere R. Sridhar is an adjunct faculty member at Mangalore University, India. His primary area of study is aquatic fungi in freshwater and marine waters. He has research collaborations in the USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and Portugal. He was president of the Mycological Society of India (2018), a distinguished Asian mycologist (2015), and one of the world's top 2% scientists in the field of mycology (2019-21).

Sunil K. Deshmukh is a Scientific Advisor to Greenvention Biotech, Uruli-Kanchan, Pune, India, and Agpharm Bioinnovations LLP, Patiala, Punjab, India. Veteran industrial mycologist spent a substantial part of his career in drug discovery at Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited [now Sanofi India Ltd.], Mumbai, and Piramal Enterprises Limited, Mumbai. He has also served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University, Australia.

Shin-Yee Fung is a Professor of Biochemistry from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), United Kingdom. She is the pioneering scientist for Malaysia's National Treasure, the tiger milk mushrooms (Lignosus sp.) which have received several prestigious international and local prizes and Malaysian patents. Her work transcends from bench to bedside and is groundbreaking for Malaysia and beyond. She is the founder and CTO of Essenti Nutrien Sdn. Bhd., which specializes in and pioneers ACE technology.

Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar is serving as a scientist at the Botanical Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Government of India. His primary area of research is mycology and plant pathology, focusing on the molecular systematics of fungal pathogens and mushrooms. He served as Scientist B at the Kerala Forest Research Institute (2022) and Assistant Professor at KSOU, Mysuru (202122). He received the DST-INSPIRE, the CSIR-RA, the KSNUAHS Post-Doc, and the DST-SERB-NPDF Fellowship.

**Kandikere R. Sridhar** 是印度曼加羅爾大學的兼任教員。他的主要研究領域是淡水和海洋水域的水生真菌。他在美國、加拿大、德國、瑞士和葡萄牙有研究合作。他曾擔任印度真菌學會會長（2018年）、傑出的亞洲真菌學家（2015年），以及在真菌學領域中全球前2%的科學家（2019-21年）。

**Sunil K. Deshmukh** 是印度浦那的 Greenvention Biotech 和印度旁遮普的 Agpharm Bioinnovations LLP 的科學顧問。這位資深的工業真菌學家在 Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited（現為 Sanofi India Ltd.）和 Piramal Enterprises Limited 的藥物發現領域度過了相當長的職業生涯。他還曾擔任澳大利亞迪肯大學的兼任副教授。

**Shin-Yee Fung** 是馬來西亞馬來亞大學的生物化學教授，也是英國皇家生物學會（RSB）的院士。她是馬來西亞國寶——虎奶菇（Lignosus sp.）的開創性科學家，該品種獲得了多個國際和本地的獎項以及馬來西亞專利。她的工作從實驗室延伸到臨床，對馬來西亞及其他地區具有開創性意義。她是 Essenti Nutrien Sdn. Bhd. 的創始人和首席技術官，該公司專注於並開創了 ACE 技術。

**Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar** 目前在印度環境、森林和氣候變化部的安達曼和尼科巴地區中心擔任科學家。他的主要研究領域是真菌學和植物病理學，專注於真菌病原體和蘑菇的分子系統學。他曾在喀拉拉森林研究所擔任科學家 B（2022年）和 Mysuru 的 KSOU 助理教授（2021-22年）。他獲得了 DST-INSPIRE、CSIR-RA、KSNUAHS 博士後和 DST-SERB-NPDF 獎學金。