Dr. Malik got his B.Sc. degree (2008) from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir and M.Sc. (2010) and PhD (2015) in zoology from the Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He completed his B.Ed. program in 2017 from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. He started his career as a lecturer in the School Education Department, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir for 2 years. He is now working as a lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (Jammu & Kashmir) and actively involved in teaching and research activities. He has more than 8 years of research experience. His areas of interest are ecology, soil macrofauna, wildlife biology, and conservation biology.Dr. Malik has published more than 20 research papers in various national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has authored 4 books, 18 book chapters, edited 12 books, and more than 10 popular editorial articles. He is also serving as an editor and a reviewer of several journals with a reasonable repute. He has participated in several state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia and more than 20 conference papers are to his credit. He is the life member of SBBS (Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences) with membership id LMJ-243. Readers may contact him at: malik.junaidahmad@gmail.com