Current Nanomaterials

Dr. Huang is the Vice Director of Hefei Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His team’s research interests is focused on nanomaterials and environmental sensors. He completed his M.Sc and Ph.D. studies at Wuhan University and the University of Science and Technology of China, respectively. Dr. Huang has been admitted as a Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry. He was selected in the “Hundred Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences”, and rated as “excellent” in the final review. He has published more than 100 papers and articles in refereed journals and recently co-authored the book Electrochemistry (RSC Publishing, UK).

Dr. Sigalas obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of Crete, Greece. He was a researcher at Ames Lab, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA. Subsequently, he moved to the industry as permanent staff at Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, USA. Then, he was a consultant at Hewlett-Packard and Lumileds/Philips, Palo Alto, CA, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Materials Science, University of Patras. He has more than 120 publications and also holds 33 issued US patents.

Prof. Dengsong Zhang received his Ph.D. degree from Shanghai University, China, in 2007. In the same year, he joined the Research Center of Nanoscience and Technology at Shanghai University. He then worked as a Research Fellow and the Program Manager at SHU‐ESSILOR, Joint R&D Center, France. He was selected in Shanghai Education Commission's Dawn Scholars and Shanghai Science and Technology Commission's Youth Venus. Currently, he is a Professor of Materials Chemistry at Shanghai University. He has published more than 100 scientific publications and is a named inventor of 39 issued China patents.

Prof. Gerardo Byk received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He was involved in the development of novel Anti-Cancer Peptidomimetics and in the development of novel Non-Viral Gene Delivery Complexes for Gene Therapy. He joined the Department of Chemistry of Bar Ilan University, Israel in 1999 as a Senior Lecturer and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, where he is currently associated with the Marcus Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

Dr. Maziar Janghorban received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shiraz University, Iran, in 2015. He is currently the Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Iran. His main field of interest is Nanomechanics. He published several articles in peer-reviewed journals including hot and highly cited papers and acted as peer reviewer and editorial board member.

Dr. Khaing Oo received his B.S. (Hons) from Yangon University, M.S. from the National University of Singapore, and Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, USA (2010). After graduation, he was a research fellow, senior research fellow, and research investigator at the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Michigan. He co-founded a start-up and is leading as a Chief Technology Officer to transform his innovations into marketable diagnostic devices. He has publications in several peer-reviewed research papers and a few issued/pending patents.

Dr. Sahiner obtained his Ph.D. in 2005 from Tulane University, Louisiana, USA and did his postdoctoral studies at University of Delaware at Materials Science and Engineering, and at Tulane University School of Medicine, Biochemistry. Dr. Sahiner is currently the director of the Nanoscience and Technology Research and Application Center. He has published more than 170 papers and also issued several patents. Dr Sahiner has been serving as an editorial board member for journals as well.

Dr. Aziz is Research Scientist II (equivalent to Associate Professor) at Center of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Sauidi Arabia. He received his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from BioMEMS and Nanoelectrochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, South Korea. He was postdoctoral fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Kyoto University Japan. Dr. Aziz authored 77 papers in well-reputed peer-reviewed journals in addition to numerous number of conference proceedings/presentations and patents. His major research interests are preparation, immobilization and functionalization of nanomaterials, and their electrochemical applications.

Rouholah Ashiri received his Ph.D. degree in 2017 from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran. He has published more than 50 papers. He is member of the editorial board of three scientific journals. Rouholah has been a recognized reviewer of more than 27 international scientific journals. He has been supervisor/advisor of MSc and Ph.D. students. Rouholah Ashiri is now an Assistant Professor with department of Science and Engineering of Materials, Islamic Azad University, Iran.

Rouhollah Azimirad received the B.S. (2002) in Physics from Sharif University of Technology, Iran, and the M.S. (2004) in Physics (Condensed Matter) from Tehran University, Iran. His M. Sc. thesis title was Fabrication and Characterization of (WO3)x-(Fe2O3)1-x Thin Film Systems. He received the Ph.D. (2008) in Physics from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. His Ph.D. thesis title was Investigation on physical and chemical properties of synthesized W, Mo and Ti oxides nanostructures. He currently is associate professor and works at Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Iran. He has coauthored more than 70 papers in international journals and reviewed more than 90 papers for different international journals.

Dr. Lavinia Balan obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University Henry Poincaré in Nancy, France, in 2005. Her Ph.D. was devoted to the elaboration of an original material for the anode of Li-ion batteries. After a post doctorate in Orleans and then in Mulhouse, she joined the Department of Photochemistry of Mulhouse in 2006 as a CNRS Senior Researcher. She opened a new field of research in this laboratory known as the photo-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles and metal-polymer nanocomposite. Since December 2009, L. Balan she is working in the Institute of Materials Science of Mulhouse (IS2M)-CNRS.

Dr. Giovanni Benelli, Ph.D., is a research entomologist and academic editor at the University of Pisa, Italy. His main research interests cover animal behavior, medical entomology, ecotoxicology and green nanosynthesis of pesticides. He has published more than 170 articles on top-ranked international journals. He serves as an academic editorial board member for PeerJ, Parasitology Research, BioMed Research International, Current Organic Chemistry, Current Nanomaterials, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and many other journals.

Dr. Win-Jin Chang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1999. He has been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kun Shan University since 2002. Professor Chang received Distinguished Research Award from Kun Shan University many times for outstanding achievement in the field of nanotechnology. In addition, Dr. Chang is the author of 170 peer-reviewed papers and five book chapters. He is also a highly cited researcher in engineering field in the ISI web of science. His current research interests include mathematical modeling of physical problems, molecular dynamic simulation, heat and mass transfer, and mechanics of nanostructures.

Dr. Lingxin Chen obtained his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Currently Dr. Chen is Professor at the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published more than 200 scientific publications and is a named inventor of 20 issued Chinese patents. Dr. Chen is currently the Editorial Board Member of this journal (Current Nanomaterials), published by Bentham Science Publishers.

Dr. Mustafa M. Demir did his MS and Ph.D. studies in Materials Sciences and Engineering Programme at Sabancı University, Turkey, in 2001 and 2004 respectively. He completed his post doc from Max Planck Polymer Research Institute in Mainz, Germany. Since 2007, he is serving as Professor at Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey. Dr. Mustafa M. Demir is also the Chairman of Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Institute. He has over 110 publications in peer-reviewed journals. His main research interests are Waste water Treatment, Material Characterization, Material Characteristics, Materials, Nanostructured Materials and Nanomaterials Synthesis.

Dr. Mohamed Deyab is a Full Professor and Researcher at Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Egypt. He is also working as a Visiting Professor at the Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salent, Italy. Dr. Mohamed Deyab was appointed as Member of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Research Council (Academy of Scientific Research & Technology). His research interests include Electrochemistry and Corrosion, Nanotechnology, Energy Production, Coating and Nano-caoting, Corrosion Inhibitors and also Petroleum industries. He is a co-author of 100 scientific papers, 6 books and has participated in 20 scientific conferences.

Dr. Xusheng Du is currently a Professor in Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2004 from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science. He was a postdoctoral fellow in Sun Yat-Sen University and then a Research Fellow in the University of Sydney for nearly 10 years before moving to the current position. His research interests include Inorganic Nanomaterials, Fiber Reinforced Composites and Functional Polymer Nanocomposites.

Dr. Ahmed El-Fiqi is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Dankook University, South Korea. He got his Ph.D. in 2015 in Biomaterials and Tissue Regeneration Engineering from Department of Nano-biomedical Sciences, ITREN. He then got 2 years post-doctoral research fellowship at the same institute and then got 6 months post-doctoral visit to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Department (BTE), Eastman Dental institute (EDI), University college London (UCL), UK. His research area is mainly focused in Design, Fabrication, Characterization and Biomedical application of novel Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials and their Hybrids. Dr. Ahmed has published over 50 research papers in high impact factor international journals and he has over 9 international Korean patents.

Dr. Domingo I. Garcia-Gutierrez completed his M.S.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, USA, both in Materials Science and Engineering with a portfolio in Nanotechnology. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, in the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (FIME), Mexico, where he actively works on the development of optoelectronic devices based on nanostructured materials. His research interests include X-ray Diffraction, Material Characterization, Nanoparticle Synthesis Thin Films and Nanotechnology. He has about 90 publications in international peer-reviewed journals. He has published about 90 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Masoumeh Ghalkhani received her MS degree in 2005 and Ph.D. degree in 2010 from Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Iran, with specialization in the preparation and application of chemically modified electrodes. At present, she is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. She is the winner of Scientific Award of National Elite Foundation of Iran. From October 2011 to September 2012, she spent her postdoctoral research in the Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the SUT. Her current research interests include Synthesis of Electro-Chemical Catalysis, Nanomaterials and their application for Electro-Analytical Chemistry, Fuel cells and their application of modified Electrodes and Biosensors.

Dr Morteza Sasani Ghamsari is a Senior Researcher at the Photonics & Quantum Technologies, Research School of Iran. His research is focused on the preparation and characterization of Oxide Nanocrystals, Semiconductor Quantum dots and Plasmonic Nanomaterials. His recent interests have also focused on OLEDs, Bioimaging and Graphene-based devices. He is editorial board member and reviewer of different international journals. He edited 1 book, published 3 book chapters and has over 80 articles in scientific journals as well as in reviewed conference proceedings.

Nirmalya Ghosh is a Physicist with Specialization in Nano-Optics and Biophotonics. He received his Ph.D. from Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, India. He conducted his postdoctoral research in University of Toronto, Canada. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, India, and heads the Bio-optics and Nano-photonics (BioNap) group. Dr. Ghosh has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, written several invited reviews, book chapters and text books in the area of optics and photonics.

Dr. A. Nirmala Grace is Professor and Director at the Centre for Nanotechnology Research, VIT University, Vellore, India. She received her Ph.D. degree in Nanotechnology from the University of Madras, India. She worked as a Postdoctoral Senior Researcher Fellow at the Korea Institute of Energy Research, South Korea on Renewable Energy. Her current research interests are Hybrid Nanomaterials, Renewable Energy, Energy Storage, Fuel cells, Batteries, Photoelectrocatalysis, H2 production and Photocatalysis. She has been the advisor to more than 10 Ph.D. Scholars and 40 Masters project students. She has more than 80 International peer-reviewed publications, has authored two book chapters and has many conference publications.

Dr. Junwei Gu received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. He is currently an Associate Professor and Dean of the Department of Applied Chemistry in the same university. His current research focuses on Structure Designing, Performance Control and Mechanisms of Thermally Conductive Polymeric Composites, Designing and Processing of structures, Function Integrating for Fibres, Surface modification, Mechanisms and Numerical Simulation of Organic and Inorganic Hybrid Materials.

Dr. Meng Gu received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from the University of California, Davis, USA. His research focused on the growth and atomic scale characterization of Nanomaterials for energy applications including battery materials, catalysis, oxide thin films and metal‐oxide electronics. Dr. Gu is currently working as a core R&D materials scientist at the Dow Chemical company. He has over 100 publications in peer‐reviewed journals. Dr. Gu has been awarded the Albert CREWE award from the Microscopy Society of America in 2015 for his outstanding research in the area of microscopy and energy materials.

Dr. Younes Hanifehpour received his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry-Nanomaterial from University of Tabriz, Iran, in 2012. He worked as Postdoctoral Researcher at World Class University Nano Research Center, Yeungnam University, South Korea, from 2012 to 2013. He served as International Foreign Professor at school of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He published more than 100 articles in SCI journals. He serves as editorial board member of American Journal of Nanomaterials, American Journal of Nano Research and Applications and Journal of Progressive Research in Chemistry.

Professor Dr. Jin Huang is affiliated with the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, China. He received his Ph.D. from Wuhan University and completed Postdoctoral Research at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has worked in Wuhan University of Technology from 2005 to 2015 and carried out research in Grenoble Institute of Technology in this period. His research interests focuses on Soft Matter and Nanocomposites. Until now, he has authored and co-authored more than 140 peer-reviewed journal publications, 1 monograph, 7 book chapters, over 40 granted China patents and many conference papers/presentations.

Dr. Mazhar Ul Islam is working as an Assistant Professor at the department of Chemical Engineering, Dhofar University, Oman. He completed his Ph.D. from Kyungpook National University, South Korea and then Postdoctoral Fellowship, serving as Professor in same institute for 2 years. He has published more than 60 articles in the field of Nanomaterials, Biopolymers and Nanocomposites in renowned International journals.

Professor Dr. Anders Jarfors has a MSc, and Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. In 2004 he became Business Area Director at the Corrosion and Metals Research Institute (KIMAB) in Stockholm, Sweden, with responsibility for activities in Casting and Solidification, Powder Metallurgy, Computational Thermodynamics, Thermo‐Mechanical Processing, Metallography and Analytical Chemistry. Dr. Anders Jarfors was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor at School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Since 2011, he is serving as Professor at Materials and Manufacturing – Casting at Jönköping University, Sweden. His research is mainly focused on experimental work and modeling of the relationships in the processing microstructure and properties chain.

Dr. Junhua Jiang is a chemical scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Prior to joining INL, he held several positions in the USA, including Research Manager at the Energy & Environmental Research Center, Sr. Research Engineer at the University of Illinois, and Sr. R&D Chemist at Molex Inc. He received his BEng degree in electrochemical engineering from Harbin Engineering University and his PhD from Wuhan University. He carried out postdoctoral research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Imperial College London. His R&D has involved in several different areas which include but are not limited to electrochemical energy storage.

Dr. Tifeng Jiao is a professor and vice director of School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University. He received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. Afterwards he worked at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France) as a Postdoctoral Associate of CNRS. Now his research interests focus on the preparation, assembly and applications of nanomaterials and nanocomposites. Up to now, he has published more than 110 SCI-indexed papers and acted as peer reviewers for more than 30 Journals as well as Guest Editors of several journals.

Prof. Hee-Tae Jung received his Ph. D. degree in Macromolecular Science & Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1998. He is currently KAIST chair professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and director of KAIST institute for nanocentury. He has been working for associate editor of Macromolecular Research, and currently is board member of NPG Asian Materials and Scientific Reports. Prof. Jung led the National Research Laboratory for Organic Opto- Electronic Materials, and the World Class University Program for Nanostructure based Opto- Electronic Devices. His current research interests include advanced materials for climate change, and advanced materials for high performance opto-electronic devices.

Jiahao Kang received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, in 2017. He is currently an R&D Manager in the Frontier Research Center of Royole Corporation, Fremont, CA, USA, world's leading flexible display innovator and manufacturer. Dr. Kang is an expert in two-dimensional (2D) electronic materials, especially their device physics and electronic applications. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in international conferences and journals, with more than 3,000 citations (h-index = 21). His current research interests include the design and implementation of flexible and wearable electronics using emerging materials.

Valérie Keller is a senior scientist at ICPEES in Strasbourg. She received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry and Catalysis from the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg in 1993. In 1996 she returned to Strasbourg and was appointed as researcher in CNRS, where she is now responsible of the Team “Photocatalysis and Photoconversion”. Her main research activities concern photocatalysis for environmental, energy and health applications, and the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for photoconversion purposes. She is the author of over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 90 oral communications in international conferences and symposium.

Dr. Boris I. Kharisov is currently a Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL). He is the Member of Mexican Academy of Science, National Researchers System (SNI, Level II), Materials Research Society. He is the co-author of nine books, 155 articles, 10 book chapters, and holds four patents. He is also Co-editor of Three invited special issues of international journals. He is the member of the Editorial board of three journals. Dr. Kharisov Specialties are Materials chemistry, coordination and inorganic chemistry, phthalocyanines, ultrasound, nanotechnology, chemical treatment of petroleum, and environmental remediation.

Dr. Raviraj M. Kulkarni is working in the field of Kinetics, Nanomaterials for various applications. He has supervised 3 Ph.D. students and further supervising 5 Ph.D. students. He has received Seed Money to the young scientist for the research grant, besides an award for research publications from VGST, Government of Karnataka INDIA. He also received grants for his research from VTU. He has published more than 100 papers in the international journals. He has done Postdoc from the University of Alberta Canada, TIFR Mumbai, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium.

Dr. G.Gnana kumar areas of expertise are electrochemical sensors, Microbial fuel cells, direct methanol Fuel Cells, Lithium-air batteries, Lithium-sulfur batteries and Dye sensitized solar cells. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India. Dr. G.Gnana kumar has around 120 publications and 3 book chapters in his profile.

Dr. Vinod Kumar is working as an Inspire Faculty at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He has worked as a Visiting Scientist/Post-doc Fellow at TU USA, UFS South Africa and IUAC, India. He completed his PhD from GKV, Haridwar, India in 2011. He has published more than 70 papers in the international reputed journal with more than ~22 h-index. . He received several fellowships and awards for his outstanding carrier in academic and research.

Lai’s main research interests are in the areas of chemically modified metal oxide photocatalysts and graphene materials, which especially apply in environmental pollution management and solar energy technology. Lai has spent almost 8 years to develop, optimize and simplify the technology for the synthesis of nanoparticles, metal oxide nano-architecture and carbon/graphene materials which have high significance for green energy and environment applications.

Prof. Chong Soo Lee received the B.S. (1979) and M.S. (1981) degrees from Seoul National University, Korea, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in 1985, all in metallurgical engineering. He became an assistant professor in the department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea in 1987 and promoted to be a full professor in 1998. He is currently a Professor in the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, POSTECH. He has published more than 250 SCI journals, and is working as an Editorial board member of International Journal of Fatigue (2004-present), and La Metallurgia Italiana (2009-present).

Stefano Leporatti received his master degree in physics at the University of Genoa and obtained in 1999 his PhD in solid-state physics at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces with Prof. Dr Helmuth Mohwald. From 2001 to 2006, he was a research scientist at the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Universität Leipzig. He has been CNR senior researcher at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory of CNR-INFM in Lecce, Italy and, he is NanoCarriers and BioMechanics Group Leader. Since 2015 he has been working as CNR Senior Researcher at the newly constituted CNR Institute of Nanotechnology, CNR Nanotec in Lecce.

Dr. Meichun Li is currently employed as Research Scientist at the School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, United States. In 2012, he received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Korea University of Technology and Education (KOREATECH), South Korea. After graduation, he was appointed as lecturer at the Department of Applied Chemical Engineering, KOREATECH until 2014. He has published approximately 40 articles and book chapters in refereed journals and books. His h-index is 19, i10-index is 25 and total citation number is approximately1000.

Prof. Chunya Li received his PhD degree in 2005 from College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He has been a postdoctoral fellow in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2009 to 2011. From 2014 to 2015, he has been a visiting scholar in Stanford University. Now he is a professor in College of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China. He is interested in nanomaterials, molecularly imprinted technique, electro- and photoelectrochemical sensing and solar cell.

Dr. Chunyang Liao is currently a professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. degree from the RCEES in 2007, followed by postdoctoral training at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health from 2009- 2013. Thereafter, he became an Assistant Specialist at the University of California, Riverside from 2014-2015. Dr. Liao moved to the current position in June 2015. He is the (co)author of over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and 2 book chapters. He currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for journals of Environmental Pollution and Current Nanomaterials.

Dr. Xianbo Lu is currently a professor at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He received his Ph.D. in 2007 from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He worked at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a Visiting scholar during 2013-2014. His current research interests focus on environmental analysis and detection technology such as sensors, biosensors and analytical nanomaterials for rapid screening and detection of environmental pollutants and other important targets, environmental mass spectrometry for trace analysis, etc. As a distingwished professor, Dr. Lu has received many awards.

Dr. G.Madhavi is currently an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry. She obtained her Ph.D. at Sri Venkateswara University in 1994. Her research interests include the design and synthesis of nanomaterials for energy applications, electrochemical sensors and fuel cells. She also developed new analytical procedures for the detection and trace determination of food safety and rapid detection in environmental and biological samples.

Dr. Mahmudi obtained his doctorate (Ph.D.) in Metallurgy and Materials from the University of Birmingham, England. He is currently a professor in the University of Tehran, College of Engineering. He has published more than 190 papers in scientific journals and 80 papers in conference proceedings. Dr. Mahmudi is currently a member of the editorial board of the Materials Science and Engineering A, and four other journals.

Prof. Yang Mo received the B.E. and M.S. degrees in Power Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Riverside, in 2004. From Jan 2005 to Oct 2005, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering of Boston University. Dr. Yang is currently a Professor at Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Yang’s research focuses on nanoprobes based biosensing, bioimaging and therapeutics. He has been in charge of many research projects supported by Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Funds, Innovation Technology Fund and National Natural Science Foundation of China, and published more than 80 SCI journal papers.

Professor Nosang Vincent Myung received his B.S. M.S. and Ph. D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1994, 1997, and 1998, respectively. Currently, he is the department chair and co-associate director for Winston Chung Global Energy Center. Dr. Myung’s research interests are focused on the synthesis of nanoengineered materials and apply these materials in various advanced applications including spintronics, sensors, electronics, optoelectronics, energy harvesting, and environmental remediation. Dr. Myung’s group objective is to control nanoscale sized features to enhance material properties and device functions beyond those that we currently known. He has published over 190 peer-reviewed journal papers and his h-index is 47 with the total citation of over 7900.

KG Neoh is currently a Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She received her Bachelor's and ScD degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT. Her research focus is on surface/molecular engineering of materials to control biomolecular, microbial and cellular interactions, and the application of such technology to solve biomedical and environmental problems. She has published >580 international journal articles, and has been granted 26 patents. The honours/awards she has received include the Association of MIT Alumnae Scholastic Award (1976), Singapore National Science Award (1996), NUS Staff Achievement Award (1997) and AIChE-SLS Outstanding Researcher Award (2015).

Dr. Surendra Nimesh obtained his MSc degree in Biomedical Science and PhD degree in Nanotechnology from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi and CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. He is presently working as UGC Assistant Professor in Department of Biotechnology, at Central University of Rajasthan, India. He has authored several research and review articles in international peer reviewed journal, book chapters and 4 books. He worked as postdoctoral fellow at Ecole Polyetchnique of Montreal, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, McGill University, and Visiting Fellow at Health Canada, Canada during 2007- 2013.

Papi Massimiliano is Associate Professor of Applied Physics at the Medical School of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. He obtained the Degree in Physics in 2002 and the Ph.D. in Biophysics in 2006 at the Sapienza University of Rome. Massimiliano Papi’s interests lie at the nexus of physics, biology and biotechnology. He carries out research in the area of biophysics, understanding of the biological interactions of nano-materials. Principal investigator and participant of various National and European research projects. Author of more than 100 articles in ISI journals since 2003 on biophysics, biomechanics, drug delivery and nanomaterials.

Dr. Patra obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. He was a postdoctoral Fellow in University of Basel, Switzerland and received Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow to conduct his research work at Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany. Afterwards he received JSPS postdoctoral Fellowship and worked in National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki and subsequently in Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Currently he is an associate professor at American University of Beirut. He has published more than 85 research journal articles and more than 40 conferences presentation. He has been serving editorial board member for couple of journals.

Prof. Haisheng Peng works as a dean in the Department of Pharmaceutics at Harbin Medical University, where he teaches courses of Chinese herbal formulation, Pharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics, and Drug discovery. He finished his first Postdoctoral training in Cardiovascular Pharmacology from Harbin Medical University in 2011 and second Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University in 2014. He got his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harbin Medical University in 2008. Prof. Peng has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in top journals of the Pharmaceutics including Biomaterials, Journal Biomedicine Nanotechnology, and Journal of Controlled Release.

Dr. S.C. Pradhan is an associate professor in aerospace engineering department of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. In 1989 Dr Pradhan did his Master in Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from II Sc Bangalore, India and in 1995 did his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kanpur India. During 1996‐2004 he was working in Singapore as a postdoctoral fellow NUS Singapore, research engineer at CCM NUS Singapore and senior research engineer Institute of high performance computing (IHPC) ASTAR Singapore. His area of research is composite material, Carbon nanotubes, nonlocal elasticity, fracture mechanics, functionally graded material, finite element method, Optimization. He has published more than 75 international publications in refereed journals and more than 50 articles in international conference proceedings.

Prof. Puzyn is the author of over 120 scientific papers, including publications in leading journals (e.g. Nature Nanotechnology, Green Chemistry), with a total IF of over 440, and an editor of 5 books published worldwide. He gave over 20 invited talks abroad. His works have been cited more than 2’000 times and the Hirsch index is 29. He is an active member of the EU NanoSafety Cluster: coordinator of 2 projects implemented in the FP7 framework and a member of 5 HORIZON 2020 projects consortia. He cooperates with over 50 institutions from around the world. Laureate of the scholarship of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 3 FNP programs, MNiSW scholarship and the Polish Prime Minister's award for the postdoctoral achievement.

Dr. Radheshyam Rai is presently working as an Associate Professor at Department of physics at the Eternal University. His research areas are (a) Preparation of Electro-ceramics (Ferroelectric, Gas Sensors, and Piezoelectric) by solid-state reaction (b) SEM and XRD Analysis (c) Development of Ferro-electromagnetic Materials (d) Gas Sensor Development (e) Piezoelectric energy harvesting. Dr. Rai has published numerous research articles so far.

Professor Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng, FBSE is the Director of Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is a Highly-Cited Researcher in Materials Science (www.highlycited.com). He is among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds (Thomson Reuters). He coauthored ~ 1,000 articles with ~60,000 citations and ~112 Hindex. His research outcomes have been translated into products. He is a Fellow of UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng); Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE); American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Dr Benjaram Mahipal Reddy did his Ph D (1986) at CSIR‐Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, where he holds a Chief Scientist and Head of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division position. He has been a visiting scientist or an award fellow at various institutes and universities in USA, Russia, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Switzerland. So far he has guided 35 Ph D and 50 M Sc/M Tech/B Tech students for their degrees. He has more than 280 research publications (h‐index 48) in high impact journals and holds 8 patents to his credit. He has been serving as editorial board member for Journal of CO2 Utilization (Elsevier), Applied Petrochemical Research (Springer) and Current Physical Chemistry (Bentham Science), regional editor for Current Catalysis (Bentham Science), and guest editor for Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) and Catalysis Today (Elsevier).

Dr. Debesh R. Roy has obtained his Ph.D. degree in the area of ‘Chemical and Materials Physics’ from IIT Kharagpur (2008) followed by Post Doctoral at VCU, Richmond, USA (2009-10). Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Physics at S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. Dr. Roy’s has published more than hundred papers, 3 books and many book chapters which are cited over 3300 times with h-index of 25 and i10-index of 43. Dr. Roy is a recipient of many prestigious awards including National Scholarship Award (MHRD-GOI) 1993, Elsevier Top 50 Most Cited Article Awards 2006 & 2007, Young Scientist Award (DST-GOI) 2013, HWK Fellowship (HWK-Germany) 2019-20, etc.

Dr. Zafar completed his Ph.D. from University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has graduated with B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Hons.), University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the iSmart group in the Department of Engineering Systems and Management, Masdar Institute, U.A.E. Since 09/2016; he has been with the Department of Sustainable Renewable Energy Engineering, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He is also working with industrial collaborative projects which are confidential with Masdar Institute. He works in the field of Renewable Energy, Energy and Exergy Analysis, Solar Energy (Solar Collectors, Energy Efficiency, Efficiency Improvement), Heat Transfer (Heat Transfer, Cooling and Heating), Nanofluids (Thermophysical properties, optical properties, Application of nanofluids), Underhood Thermal Management ( RadTherm, HyperMesh, Radiator, exhaust system, and vehicle simulation model) and Active Thermography ( Pulse Thermography, Lock-in Thermography, Composite Structures) and 3D printing. He is the author and co-author of more than 65 research papers and 19 international conference proceedings. Dr. Zafar has 1711 citations with an h-index of 21. Dr. Zafar is also serving at the Editorial Board Member for three ISI Journals.

Saveria Santangelo is Associate Professor of Experimental Physics at the Dept. of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Materials Engineering of Mediterranean Univ. of Reggio Calabria. After the Physics Degree at Messina Univ., she worked for 3 years in the field of Li-ion batteries. In 1988, she got a position of Researcher at Mediterranean Univ. of Reggio Calabria. There, she contributed to set-up and develop an experimental research line focused on carbon-based materials for electronic applications. She is now responsible of a research line on synthesis and analysis of nanostructured materials for applications in energy storage and conversion, catalysis, photo-catalysis and sensing.

Dr Sen is an expert in nano chemistry and nano-biomaterials with more than 20 years research experience. Currently he is leading the Nano-biomaterial Research Group in the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is the principal inventor of PCT application of three Great Britain patents and has published more than 50 high impact peer reviewed journal articles of his original work, two high impact review articles, two book chapters and seven articles in books in the area of nano-biomaterials chemistry. He managed several international research projects as a principle investigator in the past and successfully delivered two International workshops and one international symposium “Functional Nanomaterials in Industrial Applications: Academic-Industry Meet” in March 2016 as a coordinator, as a part of the project dissemination activity. He is a Fellow of RSC, UK and member of the Editorial board of several peer review journals. He sat as a panel member of several industrial emerging technology meeting such as “Nano elated emerging technologies” in April 2016 at Manchester and “Nanomaterials in Clean technology” in May 2016 at Dublin Ireland. Currently, he is coordinating an International project on Nanomedicine and organising a large dissemination event in April (14th to 16th) 2020 in UK as the 2nd International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials in Industrial Applications: Academy-Industry Meet.

Dr. Mehmet Senel is a Senior Researcher at SANKARA Brain and Biotechnology Research Center. His research interests include point of care detection systems, biomaterials, drug delivery, nanotechnology, and regenerative engineering. He received a BSc in Chemistry in 2004 from Fatih University, Turkey and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Fatih University in 2012. His doctoral work was focused on the design and development of new amperometric glucose biosensors. He warded as Associate Professor from the Interuniversity Council of Turkey in 2014.

Dr. Shailesh Narain Sharma (Principal Scientist and Associate Professor-AcSIR) obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1994 from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, India. Presently, Dr. Sharma is working as a Principal Scientist at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India. His areas of research interest include the following: Synthesis & characterization of Semiconductor Nanoparticles (porous silicon, TiO2, CdSe, CdTe, CdS, CdSeTe, ZnxCd1-xSe, PbSe); Polymers (PPV, P3HT & Polystyrene), Organic-Inorganic Hybrid materials (PPV-CdSe & P3HT-CdSe nanocomposites) & Colloidal CIGSe/CZTSe Nanoparticles (Multicomponent Chalcogenides CIG(S,Se)/CZT(S,Se), Core-Shell (CZTSe-CZTS)) for its possible application in photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes & sensors. Dr. Sharma has published more than 100 research papers in international journals, and he holds 2 Indian patents.

Dr. Mohsen Sheikholeslami works in the Department of Mechanical Engineering , Babol Noshirvani University of technology, Iran. His research interests are CFD, Mesoscopic modeling of fluid, Nonlinear Science, Nanofluid, Magnetohydrodynamic, Ferrohydrodynamic and Electrohydrodynamic. He has written several papers and books in various filed of mechanical engineering. According to the reports of Thomson Reuters (Clarivate analysis), he has been selected as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Top 0.01%) in 2016 and 2017. He is also the first author of the books " Applications of Nano-fluid for Heat Transfer Enhancement", "Hydro-thermal Analysis in Engineering Using Control Volume Finite Element Method".

Dr. Laxman Singh, did his Ph.D. from Institute of Science & IIT (BHU) and presently working as Head & Assistant Professor, RRS College (Patliputra University), India. Dr. Singh has research experience on materials chemistry ˂10 (abroad 5 Years) and visited France, China, Japan. He has been selected as National Research Fellow, South Korea. Dr. Singh has published more than 50 research articles in well-reputed SCI international journals. Dr. Singh has been granted 5 international patents. Dr. Singh is Editor of International Journal of Chemistry and Applications (JCA) and acts as a reviewer of Scientific Proposal: Chilean National Science and Technology Commission and referred Journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Materials & Design and many more. Dr. Singh has extensive experience on synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, energy related perovskite materials for Li ion battery, fuel cell, capacitor, supercapacitor etc.

Dr. Satyendra Singh has received his Ph.D. in 2013 from University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India. Currently he is Assistant Professor in Department of Physics, Maharana Pratap Govt. P.G. College, Hardoi (U.P.), India. His research interest is focused on “Synthesis and Characterization of Advanced Functional Materials and their Applications in Gas and Humidity Sensors”. He has published more than 50 papers in international Journals.

Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane is working as a Faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering in Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur from 2008 to till date. He has published more than 120 research papers in SCI and SCOPUS indexed journals. He has received more than 1650 citations with h-index of 25 on Google scholar till date. He is executive guest editor of Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology journal (impact Factor: 2.4) and guest editor of Sustainable energy technologies and assessment journal (impact factor: 3.4). He has 6 patents till date to his credit.

Dr Szekely received his MEng in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and his PhD in Chemistry under Marie Curie Actions from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. He worked as an Early Stage Researcher in the pharmaceutical R&D center of Hovione PharmaScience Ltd in Portugal, and as an IAESTE Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He was a visiting researcher at Biotage MIP Technologies AB in Sweden. Dr Szekely held a Research Associate position in Imperial College London, UK. He is currently a Lecturer at the School of Chemical Engineering & Analytical Science.

Dianping Tang, Full Professor for Analytical Chemistry at the Fuzhou University, received the diploma degree in biochemistry from Sichuan Three Gorges University of China in 1986, and PhD from the Southwest University of China in 2008. His research interests mainly include Clinical/Enviromental immunoassays, Biological and Chemical microsensors, Synthesis and application of advanced functional nanomaterials, Fabrication of microfluidic device. He received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in 2008, and worked Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany, from 2008 to 2009. He was selected amongst the 100 most influential People in the Analytical Scientist in 2013. He is currently a member within the editorial board of “Analytical Chemistry”, “Scientific Reports” and “Microchimica Acta”. Up to now, more than 100 publications under his authorship appeared in reviewed international scientific journals.

Dr. Vijay Kumar Thakur is currently a Research Lecturer in Manufacturing at the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing. He did his post doctorate in Materials Science & Engineering at Iowa State University and his Ph.D. in Polymer Science (2009) at the National Institute of Technology. He has published more than 90 SCI journal research articles in the field of chemical sciences/materials science and holds one United States patent. He has also published 24 books and 33 book chapters on the advanced state‐of‐the‐art of materials science/nanotechnology with numerous publishers. He has been the recipient of several fellowships and awards for his outstanding career in academic and research fields.

Suresh Valiyaveettil is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. He received his PhD degree from University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Before joining the National University of Singapore, he was at the Max‐Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany and Cornell University, NY, USA. His current research interests are in multifunctional polymers, biomaterials, nanomaterials, nanotoxicology, developing frugal engineering methods for water purification and improving chemical safety in academic institutions. Some of his recent awards include, Outstanding Scientist Award, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore and Erudite Professorship at School of Chemistry, MG University, Kerala. He is a member of the editorial board of 13 international journals. He has published more than 240 refereed papers in international journals, given 120 invited talks and has an H‐index of 46 with more than 9000 citations.

Dr. S. A. Vanalakar is currently working at K. H. College, Gargoti, affiliated to Shivaji University, India as Head of Dept. of Physics. Dr. Vanalakar completed his Ph.D (Materials Sciences, 2011) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur (India). He worked as visiting scientist at Iowa State University, Ames (USA) and Chonnam National University, Gwangju (South Korea). His research interest lies in the area of Solar Cells Materials, Materials Sciences, Nanotechnology, Thin Films, Gas Sensor, Catalysis etc. He has published more than 75 research papers in various reputed peer reviewed International Journals in aforesaid research interest. He has presented more than 40 research papers in National/International Conferences and edited/published around 10 books on Basic and Applied Sciences. He is also an editorial board member and reviewer of various international journals.

Dr. Bin Wei, at present is a distinguished professor of Shanghai University, He received his BSc and MSc degrees from Peking University respectively, in 2002, obtained the PhD from University of Tsukuba in Japan. During the period from Oct. 1997 to Mar. 1998, he worked at the University of Tsukuba as a special research fellow for Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). In year 2002, he joined the Taniguchi Yoshio Laboratory of Shinshu University, as a special industry-academia-government researcher fellow, was responsible for the ultra-high brightness OLED development and organic laser research in program “Smart Device Cluster” of Japanese Ministry of Education. From Dec. 2006 to Jan. 2007, he worked as a visiting professor of Beihang University. Since July 2007, he joined the Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications of Shanghai University, direct for organic semiconductor as a distinguished professor.

Gang Wei received his Ph.D from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, in 2007. Following the doctoral studies, he worked as the Alexander-von-Humboldt (2007) and Carl-Zeiss (2009) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany. Since 2012, he worked as a senior researcher and group leader in Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group at University of Bremen, Germany. His research interests include two-dimensional nanomaterials, supramolecular self-assembly, sensors and biosensors, as well as single molecule force spectroscopy. Up to now, he has published 100+ peer-reviewed papers in the journals like Chem. Soc. Rev., Adv. Funct. Mater., Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale.

Dr. Liang Wu received his B.Sc. in Polymer Materials and Engineering from Hefei University of Technology in 2004 and Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China, China in 2009. Presently, he is working as a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, USTC and Chief Engineer, USTC-Yongjia Membrane Center. He has around 68 peer reviewed papers to his credit so far.

Bing Yan got his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1990 and did postdoctoral research at University of Cambridge and University of Texas Medical School in Houston from 1990 to 1993. He carried out drug discovery research from 1999 to 2005 and then entered academia. He served as an editorial board member and then Associate Editor for “Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry (now ACS Combinatorial Sciences)” published by ACS from 1999 to 2011. He is now Associate Editor for Elsevier’s new journal “NanoImpact”. He has published 10 books and more than 210 peer-reviewed papers.

The group of Prof. Yan concentrates on the environmentally friendly catalysis based on nanomaterials and the research interests span in heterogeneous conversion of biomass and biomass-derived monomers into value-added chemicals and biofuels, electro catalytic energy conversion and storage, catalytic degradation of solid waste and heavy metals.

Dr. Jianfeng Yao has published more than 120 articles in international referred journals (attracted over 2300 citations), including Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Energy & Environmental Science, Chemistry of Materials and Chemical Communications. He is working as a Professor in the College of Chemical Engineering Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China. Dr. Yao became a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China in the year 2005

Jin Yi received his Ph. D. from Fudan University in 2014 and later worked as a postdoctoral researcher in National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. Currently, he is an associate professor of Shanghai University. His research interests involve electrochemical functional materials and their application in rechargeable  batteries.

Dr. Jiabao Yi obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Materials Science and Engineering from National University of Singapore. Currently Dr. Yi is a Senior Lecturer in UNSW, Australia. He has published more than 120 scientific publications with citations higher than 4500 times. Dr. Yi is currently also an associate editor of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology and an associate editor of Frontiers in Physics.

Prof. A. Zakery has obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Materials and Devices) from Edinburgh University in UK in 1991. He has been working in the Physics Department at Shiraz University in Iran since 1991. Prof. Zakery is Co- author of a book on optical nonlinearities of Chalcogenide glasses published by Springer. He also Co-authored more than 100 papers in international refereed journals and conference proceedings. His current research focuses on optical and nonlinear optical properties of nanomaterials and their imaging properties for biomedical applications. Prof. Zakery has supervised 13 PhD and more than 40 M. Sc. students so far.

Prof. Ruifeng Zhang is currently a professor of school of materials science and engineering at Beihang University. He obtained Ph.D. in Materials Science from Tsinghua University in 2005 with honors of “Excellent PhD Graduate” and “Excellent PhD Thesis” of the university, and received several fellowships/or awards such as Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany), Los Alamos Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (USA), and the prestigious “National Thousand Young Talents Program” (China). He has published over 100 papers in international journals such as PNAS, PRL, Adv. Mater., Acta Mater., Nano Lett., PRB, APL with >2000 citations (h-index=30), and >30 international presentations & talks.

Sahar Zinatloo-Ajabshir obtained her M.Sc. degree in nanoscience and nanotechnology nanochemistry (2010) from University of Tehran. After completing her PhD degree in nanoscience and nanotechnology (2015) from University of Kashan, Sahar Zinatloo-Ajabshir joined as a post-doc researcher the group of Professor Masoud Salavati-Niasari. She became a member of the faculty of University of Bonab in 2017. Her research interests encompass preparation of ceramic nanomaterials and the different nanoscale materials and investigation their applications in various fields like hydrogen storage, photocatalysis, environmental remediation, drug delivery system and in her career, she has published several scientific papers (Publication on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dFG2rLQAAAAJ& hl=en).

Dr. Parvej Ahmad Alvi is presently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics School of Physical Sciences, Banasthali University. He obtained his M. Phil. in Applied Physics (2005) from Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engg. & Tech., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Later, he received his PhD in Applied Physics (2009), from Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engg & Tech., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

Dr. Balakrishnan Govindasamy received his Ph.D. (Physics) degree from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India. Later, he did his Post doctoral fellowship in the Advanced Composite Materials Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, South Korea. He is interested in Nanostructured thin films, Coatings, Nanocomposites, Synthesis and Properties of Nanomaterials, Tribology, Hard coatings, Surface Engineering, Hard chrome Alternatives. Currently, he is working as Professor in the Department of Nanotechnology, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

Dr. S. Balamurugan obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay in 2002. He did his post-doctoral research work as a (i) Monbusho (MEXT) Special Researcher (2002-2004) at the University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, (ii) NIMS Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2004-2007) by NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan, and (iii) Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellowship at the University of Munster (2008 – 2010), Munster, Germany. Currently, he is working as a Professor in the Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Tamil Nadu, India. His research interests are mainly focused on nano-structured- Binary oxides, Pyrochlore materials, Scheelite-type materials, Hexaferrites, Spinel materials, Perovskite materials, and Metalo-cuprates, Water purification by Oxide-based Nanoparticles, Soil stabilization by Nanomaterials, Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications.

Dr. Caggiano is a Researcher and Lecturer of the University of Buenos Aires and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina. Currently he is working as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Institute of Construction and Building Materials of TU-Darmstadt (Germany). His research interests include nano-, micro-, meso- and multi-scale models for coupled thermal-energy storage and fracture mechanisms of cement-based materials like concrete, mortars and pastes. Current activities of Dr. Caggiano include innovations in the construction sector by investigating energy saving concepts, phase change phenomena and nano-modifications/enhancements of PCMs in order to ultimately reach technologies with low CO2 emissions and set nearly zero energy buildings.

Prof. E. Feddi is working as a full Professor in Department of Physics, university Mohammed 5, Rabat, Morocco. His research interests include theoretical studies of optoelectronic properties of semiconductors nanomaterials: quantum dots, core/shell nanostructures and 2D materials. In addition, he develops some codes for the optical responses related to excitons and excitonic complexes. He is a permanent member of Icpa2mc at Lorraine University (France). He has acted as reviewer for many journals published by Elsevier, IOP, Springer, World Scientific. His current RG index is 34.97 with 404 citations.

Dr. Praveen Kumar Gaur, is currently an Associate professor at Department of Pharmaceutics, I.T.S. College of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad. He earned his M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics) from BRNCP, RGPV, Bhopal, India on topic “Aerosolized liposomes” and Ph.D. (Pharmaceutics) from Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, J. N. University, Jodhpur, India on topic, “Transdermal delivery”. His research work has been published more than 55 international journals of high repute, and 1 books. He is also editorial board member and reviewer of various internationally reputed journals in the field of Nanotechnology, Transdermal and Novel drug delivery. His primary research interests are nanoparticles based drug delivery system and currently he is developing nanostructured lipid carrier.

Mahnaz Ghiasi is a post-doctoral researcher in the Inorganic chemistry and catalysis group of Utrecht University. She has obtained her PhD from Damghan University in 2015. Her thesis was about synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterial (photo)catalysts. Her current interest is studying the electronic structural changes of catalysts under reaction condition by using the strong tool of X-ray spectroscopy.

Dr.S. Harikrishnan received his B.E. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from University of Madras, in 2002; M.E. and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, in the years 2007 & 2015, respectively. He is the Professor & Head at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Adhi College of Engineering & Technology, Chennai, India. He is an active teacher and researcher in Phase Change Materials, Nanofluids, Supercapacitor and Energy Conservation Techniques. At present, six scholars have been pursuing their Ph.Ds under his supervision. He has published more than 47 papers in reputed journals and conferences in the aforementioned fields. He has served as panel session chair for international conferences and as the reviewer and editor for international journals.

Stylianos-Vasileios Kontomaris received his Ph.D. in the area of Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Nanotechnology in 2016 from the National Technical University of Athens (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Optics & Applied Biophysics Laboratory). He is the author of a significant number of journal papers in a wide range of scientific fields, including, biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, and physics. He has worked as a Lecturer in Greek Fire Service Academy and as a research associate at the Biomedical Simulations and Imaging (BIOSIM) Laboratory of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (N.T.U.A.). Currently, he is a Lecturer in Athens Metropolitan College (A.M.C.).

Dr. P. Mallick is working as an Assistant Professor in PG Department of Physics, North Orissa University, Baripada, India. His research interests include synthesis and study of nanoparticle, thin films and bulk materials and evolution of materials under ion irradiation. He has acted as reviewer for many journals published by Elsevier, AIP, IOP, Springer, RSC, World Scientific etc. He is the member of Editorial Board for the journals: Nanosci. Nanotechnol., Int. J. Phys. Res., Universal J. Phys. Appl., Int. J. Solid State Mater., Nanoscience & Technology and Characterization and Application of Nanomaterials. He has also received Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing Award-2013 from the Journal Solid State Sciences, Elsevier and Orissa Physical Society Young Scientist Award for the year 2017.

Dr. Samiran Mondal is Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Rammohan College, Kolkata, India. He received his Ph.D. (Chemistry) in 2012 from Visva-Bharati (a Central University), Santiniketan, India. After which he went for his HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship, with Prof. Dr. Tasuku Honjo (Nobel Laureate) Physiology or Medicine (2018) at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan. Dr. Mondal has produced several original research papers, review articles in the field of nanochemistry, fluorescence spectroscopy, chemical biology and immunology from internationally reputed journals. Dr. Mondal has been elected a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (ICS) since 2017 and serves as editorial board member for the journal of Current Nanomaterials and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology- Asia. He has been awarded Jeffrey Modell Foundation Best abstract Award in 2014 (Nobel Forum, Stockholm), Indian Chemical Society Research Excellence Award in 2020 (Indian Chemical Society & American Chemical Society), Outstanding Paper Award in 2016 & 2018 (DST, Govt. of West Bengal, India), and Young Scientist Award, 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in 2013 (Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany).

Dr. Alfonso Policicchio graduated in Physics in 2004 from Università della Calabria. Later in 2007, he did PhD in Physics from the same university. After his PhD, he carried out his teaching activities in the fields of basic and applied physics in various institutions. Since 2004, he is a collaborator in the spin-off company of the CNR DeltaE srl that is responsible for the scientific R & D activities. Dr. Policicchio is currently responsible in the development of innovative systems and procedures for energy raw materials.

Dr. Pijus Kanti Samanta, did M.Sc.(Physics) and Ph.D. (Nanotechnology) from IIT-Kharagpur, India. His primary research interests are semiconductor nanostructures for optoelectronic application. He is also working on the nanoparticles based drug delivery, green energy especially thermoelectric and piezoelectric energy generation. He has published in more than 50 international journals of high repute, and 5 books. He is also editorial board member and reviewer of various internationally reputed journals in the field of materials science, nanotechnology and biophysics. He was an affiliate member of IUPAC, USA (2012-2013).

Dr. Suryakanta Swain completed his Ph.D in Pharmacy from Berhampur University in the year 2013. He worked as an Asst. Professor in Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, from 2008 to 2015 and he has promoted to Associate Professor-cum-HoD, Southern Institute of Medical Sciences, from 2015 to till date. So far he has published 71 articles with 21.46 RG Score, 600 Google Scholar citations (H-index=13 and i10-index=16) and 355 Scopus Citations (H-index=11). He has edited 1 book, published 5 books and 13 book chapters. He has published two Indian Patents. He is permanent Editorial and reviewer board members in 54 journals.

Professor Walid Tawfik is the group leader in the field of laser spectroscopy and ultrafast lasers at the National Institute of Laser (NILES), at Cairo University and visiting professor at Georgia institute of technology, USA. He received the B.SC, Master and Ph.D degrees in physics, laser physics, and laser spectroscopy in 1992, 1996, 2000, respectively, from Cairo University, Egypt. He has published 46 papers. He is a senior member of different international professional societies like IEEE, OSA, APS, and SPIE.

Dr. Jesty Thomas is working as faculty in the Research Department of Chemistry, Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, India. She completed her Ph.D from NIIST (CSIR), Kerala, India and her postdoctoral research was at Chungnam National University, S.Korea. She was selected as “Young Scientist” by Department of Science and Technology, India. She is serving as the editorial board member of the international journal, “Materials Physics and Chemistry” and received recognized reviewer status by Elsevier Publications. She received nine best research paper awards and also received ”Outstanding Woman in Science” award in the year 2018.

Dr. Vijay Kumar is a government servant and working as Scientist with Government of India. He is an internationally recognized Chemistry Scientist, whose more than seven years of groundbreaking research on various multidisciplinary issues described in over 50 publications. In his short research period he has attained very good reputations. He is reviewer of more than 25 reputed journals and he is recognised many times for his reviewing contributions which highlights his research interest and contributions towards the science & technology and society. More significantly, in his early stage of research career, he is member of various national and international research societies and editorial boards. He has contributed in Pharma sector, quality control, pesticides studies, environmental, drug standardization, metals, nano-chemistry and natural product chemistry. He did work on burning issues like “effects of pesticides on food/ crops/ environment/ soils/ metal ions/ microorganisms”.

Dr. Mohamad Hafiz Mamat holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Electronic Engineering Studies, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Head of NANO-Electronic Centre (NET) at Universiti Teknologi MARA. He is the Associate Editor of International Journal of Advanced Applied Physics Research and Cosmos Scholars Publishing House. His research interests include Nanoelectronics, Nano-characterization and Nanomaterials. He has published more than 200 articles in distinguished and well-reputed international journals.

Dr. Samiran Mondal is Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Rammohan College, Kolkata, India. He received his Ph.D. (Chemistry) in 2012 from Visva-Bharati (a Central University), Santiniketan, India. After which he went for his HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship, with Prof. Dr. Tasuku Honjo (Nobel Laureate) Physiology or Medicine (2018) at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan. Dr. Mondal has produced several original research papers, review articles in the field of nanochemistry, fluorescence spectroscopy, chemical biology and immunology from internationally reputed journals. Dr. Mondal has been elected a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (ICS) since 2017 and serves as editorial board member for the journal of Current Nanomaterials and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology- Asia. He has been awarded Jeffrey Modell Foundation Best abstract Award in 2014 (Nobel Forum, Stockholm), Indian Chemical Society Research Excellence Award in 2020 (Indian Chemical Society & American Chemical Society), Outstanding Paper Award in 2016 & 2018 (DST, Govt. of West Bengal, India), and Young Scientist Award, 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in 2013 (Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany).