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Prof Dr Susai Rajendran has been serving the Student Community for the past 46 years as Professor of Chemistry. He is still continuing his research activities in the field of Corrosion and its control, Green Inhibitors, Concrete Corrosion, Corrosion resistance of metals and alloys in various body fluids, Synthesis and Characterization nano particles, Electro organic synthesis. He has received National Meritorious Award in the field of Corrosion, twice, from NACE, India Section. He has authored 10 + Books and 3 Patents. He has published more than 300 papers in reputed Journals.

Tuan Anh Nguyen was born on February 13, 1971 in Hanoi, Vietnam. He received his BSc in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist in the Montana State University (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at Institute for Tropical Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). His research activities include Smart coatings, Conducting polymers, Corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, Antibacterial materials and currently the Advanced nanomaterials.

Dr. Qixing Zhou is a Dean at College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China. He is the Academician candidate of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research interest are Environmental sciences including environmental geochemistry and ecological remediation of contaminated soils and water, ecotoxicology, environmental criteria and standards, and ecological engineering. He has served a referee for over 600 papers and has published around 52 research papers.

Dr. Bilal is presently working as an Associate Professor in the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He accomplished his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a specialization in Bioengineering. He has published more than 200 scientific contributions in the form of Research, Reviews, Book Chapters, and Editorial type scientific articles in various areas of Science & Engineering. He has guest-edited a couple of special issues and serves as a scientific reviewer in numerous peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include environmental biotechnology/engineering, nanotechnology, bio-catalysis, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, bioremediation of hazardous and emerging pollutants, liquid and solid waste management – valorization of agro-industrial wastes and biomaterials for bioenergy.

Dr. Javeed Akhtar did his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, UK (2010). Currently, he is a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Pakistan. His group is working in the area of synthesis of electronic materials for solar light harvesting applications, the environmental impact of nanomaterials and toxicity issues of nanomaterials. Dr. Akhter has published several book chapters and peer-reviewed ISI journal articles in international scientific journals.

Prof. Solange Cristina Garcia graduated in Pharmacy from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1994), Master's in Chemistry from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1996) and Ph.D. from Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf (2002). She is a Professor and Researcher from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and is acting on the following subjects: oxidative stress biomarkers, human pathologies, and xenobiotic expositions.

Dr. Satyabrata Mohapatra obtained his Ph.D. from Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar, India. After a postdoc from IUAC, New Delhi, India, visiting scientist from SAINT, South Korea and visiting fellow from CSNSM, Orsay, France he joined Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India where he is now heading the Multifunctional Nanomaterials Laboratory. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, India. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and edited one book. His research is focused on the development of multifunctional hybrid nanostructures, metal oxide and 2D nanomaterial based hybrid plasmonic nanostructures and nanocomposites for applications in photocatalysis, catalysis, gas sensing, SERS, biosensing, antimicrobials and water purification.

Xiangang Hu received his M.Sc. degree in 2009 and his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China. He is currently a professor and Ph.D. supervisor in the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University. His scientific interests focus on the environmental and health risks of nanomaterials. As the first or corresponding author, He has published 60 articles in international journals, such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Science, Biomaterials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Carbon. Environmental Science & Technology、Environmental International and Nanotoxicology.

Metallurgical and Materials Engineer (1985) from Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). Master in Chemistry of Semiconductors (1992) from Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) and PhD in Chemistry of Nanostructures from Melbourne University (Australia)/UFMG (1996). He has over 195 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and over 400 presented in Conferences and Proceedings and 6 patents deposited. Moreover, he is the reviewer of over 70 International Scientific Journals. He is active in research, innovation and consulting for over 50 companies ranging from Materials Science to Biotechnology mainly associated with Analysis and Characterization of materials, products and failure analysis.

Dr. Yassine Slimani, Senior Researcher, currently works at Institute for Research and Medical Consultations at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. He received his PhD degree in 2015 from the Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage (Tunisia). His current research activities cover Superconductors/Conductors, Advanced nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanowires, nanorods …), Magnetism, Magnetoelectric/Multiferroic composite ceramics, Dielectric ceramics, Semiconductors, Energy storage systems, Supercapacitors, Batteries, Conducting polymers, Corrosion and protection of metals/concretes. He is interested on energy, technological, biological, antibacterial, and environmental applications of these materials. Dr. Yassine Slimani published numerous scientific books, book chapters and papers in international high-impact journals. He has also published/filed a number of patents of his innovations. He participated in numerous international and national scientific conferences. He was selected to be reviewer for many known journals.

He had Ph.D. (Microbiology/Mycology) in 2014 from University Of Anbar, Iraq. He completed his scholarship program (in Nanotechnology fIeld) in Mushroom Research Centre (MRC) in University of Malaya, Malaysia in 2013. He was a lecturer in Ministry of Education, Iraq since 2005. Also, he is lecturer in Department of Ecology in College of Applied Sciences-Hit, University Of Anbar, Iraq. He has reviewed more than 100 papers in international journals.

Dr. Mubarak Mujawar is presently working in the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, Malaysia. He pursued Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Malaya with a specialization in Chemical Engineering in the year 2015. He serves as a scientific reviewer in numerous journals in the areas of Chemical Engineering and Nano Technology. In research, Dr. Mubarak has published more than 100 journal papers, 20 conference proceedings and authored 8 book chapters. Besides, his research outputs also include 7 patent filings and 21 research awards. His area of interest is widely spread but not limited to the synthesis of biofuel using microwave heating, protein purification using CNTs, wastewater treatment, separation process and thermodynamics, advanced material and Reaction Engineering and its allied zones.

Majid finished Ph.D. program in physics in 2009. He is researching nano synthesis and fabrication. His specialty is solid-state physics, thin-film fabrication and also nanomaterials, ceramics, metal oxides, and nano-magnetism materials fabrication used in the hard disk (especially FePt and FeCo nanocomposites). Majid is studying metal oxide nanoparticles such as TiO₂, ZnO, Al₂O₃, CeO₂, Fe₂O₃, Co₂O₃, V₂O₅ and also studied their magnetic, electronic, and optical properties since 2009. Recently, he has researched on the structural and optical properties of the solar cells systems, optoelectronic devices, and photocatalytic activity of TiO₂, ZnO nanocrystals, ceramics and nano-composites such as Fe-doped TiO₂.

Dr. Osama Mohammad Mostafa Darwesh, Associate professor of Environmental Microbiology and Nanotechnology, Agricultural Microbiology Dept. He holds a Master and PhD degree from cairo university. I have awarded 6 prizes as the National Research Center for the best Ph.D. Thesis 2014, Bodies and Individuals of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (Environmental Research), 2017 and Encouraging State Prize in Advanced Technological Sciences 2018. I have 6 patent applications to ASRT Patent office and I have published over 54 international papers. He is currently international grants reviewer over 35 journals from ACS, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer- Nature.

Dr Herma Dina Setiabudi is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She received her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia in 2013. She has considerable expertise in the area of reaction intensification, advanced material, and environmental engineering. She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journals and more than 30 conference proceedings. She has served as a Guest Editor for several Special Issues in reputed international journals. She is also an active reviewer for many high-impact factor journals.

Dr Rouholah Zare-Dorabei received a PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Tehran in 2010. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. His research work mainly focuses on the design of new optical sensors, Instrumental Analysis, Environmental pollutants, Nanochemistry, Atomic & molecular spectrometry and Natural gas sweetening. He is the author of over 70 scientific articles published in international journals and conferences.

Dr Yuvraj M. Hunge received M.Sc. degree in 2013 from Shivaji University, Kolhapur (India). He obtained a PhD (Physics) degree in 2017 from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. Currently, he is working as a Research Professor at the Tokyo University of Science, Japan. He is a recipient of National Post-doc Fellow (Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) New Delhi), Government of India. Also, he got the Savitribai Phule Pune University post-doc fellowship. He has published more than 30 international research publications. His main research interest is the synthesis of metal oxides for photocatalytic, gas sensing, supercapacitor, and CO₂ reduction applications.

Seyed Morteza Naghib is a University Professor (Faculty Member) in the Department of Nanotechnology Engineering (Nanobiotechnology) at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). He received B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (Biomaterials) in 2009, M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (Biomaterials) in 2010 and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (Biomaterials) in 2014 from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnique). His research interests include Bio-micro/nanofluidics, Nanobiomaterials, Nanobiosensors, Drug delivery systems, Tissue engineering, and Mathematical modeling and Bioinformatics.

Dr. Mukunda Goswami is presently working as a Principal Scientist at ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai. He did his Masters and Ph.D. in fisheries science from ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai and did his Post-Doctoral research at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Goswami was at NBFGR, Lucknow as a Senior Scientist from 2008 to 2015 and was part of the research team as one of the active researchers for the development of fish cell lines and also a National Repository of Fish Cell Lines for the first time in the country. He has published more than 50 research papers in high impact factor international journals.

Dr. Nour Fathi Shehata Attia received his B.S. degree from the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University and his M.S. degree from the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt. Then, he went to South Korea to join the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) for his doctoral degree and got it from the School of Material Science and Engineering at GIST, South Korea. Now, he is an Associate professor at the Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards, Egypt. Dr. Nour published 35 papers in reputable impact factor international journals and presented in 30 international conferences. Besides, he published 5 international patents. Dr. Attia is a member of several international scientific association over the world and works as a referee for a number of international journals. Also, he has received 8 honors and awards over the years.

Dr. K. Govindaraju presently working as Scientist E and Associate Professor in Centre for Ocean Research, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai with 10 years of research experience in utilization of various bio-resources for preparation of nanomaterials and their applications. He has published 60 research articles in well reputed National and International journals in the field of Nanobiotechnology and Nanotoxicology. His work has been widely cited by scientists of our country and other countries. He has more than 2000 citations to his credit for his research articles. He is a referee for well reputed International Journals.

Professor James Njuguna did his Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering (2006) from the University of London. His research focuses on experiments on composite materials. His research activities also revolve around reinforcement, toughness, material design and selection, and structural-property relationship. A side stream theme of composite research focuses on safe-by-design principles on material design and also by exploiting material failure behaviour to investigate emission/diffusion/release of nanofillers from polymer fibre-reinforced nanocomposites. This, in turn, contributes to research on the development of safe nanocomposites, collaborating with toxicologists on nanomaterials' impact on human and environmental health. Dr. James was an editor/co-editor of 6 books, 23 book chapters and has contributed over 120 journals and conference publications.

Dr. Bandar Astinchap is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Kurdistan. He did M.Sc. in condensed matter Physics, from Department of Physics, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran in 2008. Later in 2012, he obtained his Ph.D. in nanophysics (specialization in Nanotechnology) from Department of Physics, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Dr. Tina Harifi is a researcher in Textile Engineering Department of Amirkabir University of Technology (Polytechnic Tehran), Iran. She has coauthored 30 ISI papers and received a DFG grant as a visiting scientist for a research stay in Institut für Technische Chemie, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany. She was awarded for co-participation in a challenge proposed by Inocrowd (Innovation-based R&D management systems), Portugal. She is also a co-author of an Elsevier book entitled “Nanofinishing of Textile Materials”. Her current research interests include nano and bio finishing of textile substrates for environmental remediation and energy production.

Dr. Kunal Mondal has joined in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at the Idaho National laboratory, Idaho falls, USA as an Advanced Manufacturing Postdoctoral Research Associate. Before this appointment, Kunal earned his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in Summer 2015 from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India as a recipient of “Malhotra Weikfield Foundation Nano Science Fellowship Award” for his Ph.D. thesis. He has earned two M.S. in Materials Engineering and Applied Physics in 2010, and 2008, respectively as a silver medalist, from the Indian Institute Engineering Science & Technology Shibpur, India (IIEST).

Prof. Sanju Nanda is an alumnus of Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar , Madhya Pradesh and has received her B.Pharm and M.Pharm degrees from this prestigious University. Prof Sanju Nanda has about hundred (100) national and international publications to her credit. She has authored 06 books and contributed (23) chapters in various edited books by national and international publishers. She has contributed nine modules as ‘subject expert’ and ‘presenter’ to the e - content writing project of NME – ICT CEC of University Grants Commission and contributed a monograph “Cosmetics and Consumers’ for the Consumer Education Series of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India.

He is currently a professor of analytical chemistry and pharmaceutical analysis in the Southwest University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing, China. He is good at the analytical nanoplasmonics, and focuses on the R&D of optical nanoprobes and their applications in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, including the real- time and on-line optical analysis of medicaments in biofluids, chemo/biosensing techniques and optical sensors, biolabeling and bioimaging analysis. He has published more than 490 research papers in the journals such as ACS Nano, Chem. Sci, Green Chem, Small, Anal Chem, Chem Commun., which have been cited about 12600 times with the H-index of 54.

Dr. Rahul Kalhapure, M.S. Pharm, Ph.D. is a Formulation Scientist at Odin Pharmaceuticals, USA. Prior to current position he has worked at the University of Texas at El Paso as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Assistant Professor, and as NRF-DST Researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. His interest is in complex drug products and has extensively worked on novel biocompatible materials, their cytotoxicity and applications in nano-drug delivery. Till date he has published more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and presented in several international conferences. Based on his achievements, UKZN has appointed him as an Honorary Researcher since 2017. He is an Associate Editorial Board member of Drug Delivery Letters and a reviewer for 28 plus international journals.

Dr. Mahdi Yeganeh is Assistant Professor at Shahid Chamran University, Department of Material Science, Iran. He received his BS from Shahid Chamran University in Metallurgy Engineering, followed by an MS and PhD from Tehran University in 2010 and 2014, respectively. His major research focus is to Material Science, eco- friendly corrosion inhibitor, smart coating, Nano materials, and corrosion.

Dr. Alok Pandya is an Assistant Professor in Department of Physical Sciences, Institute of Advanced Research, Gujarat, India. He has worked on synthesis and development of nanobiosensors targeting to different cardiac specific protein biomarker which could translate into paper based LFIA based nanodevice, synthesis of new class of nanomaterials such as magnesium nanocomplex (MgNCs) with biological support for imaging applications. He has published more than 40 articles in high repute international Journals and published 7 books/book chapter. His research interests span a interdisciplinary research combines nano- chemistry, nano-biology and nano-fabrication.

Professor Richard C. Yang is Lead Director Academic Programs (DAP), Engineering and Industrial Design and the Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Smart Structures in the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics (SCEM), Western Sydney University (WSU), Australia. He received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2002. His main research interests are Advanced Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, multi-scale modelling and simulations of advanced engineering materials and structures, etc. In scientific publication, he has published more than 180 journal/conference papers and confidential reports for industrial partners in his main fields of research - Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Civil Engineering, etc.

Dr CT Ratnam is currently Director of Radiation Processing Technology Division at Malaysian Nuclear Agency. Being a senior research Scientist and CT Ratnam has excelled in R&D related to peaceful applications of nuclear technology in the field of radiation processing of polymers. Her research interests encompass radiation processing of polymer blends and composites, radiation compatible polymers, nanocomposites and recycling of polymers. She obtained her B App Sc (Hon)in Polymer Science and Technology, MSc industrial Technology and PhD in the field of Radiation Processing of Polymers from University Science Malaysia. She is a registered Professional Technologist by Malaysia Board of Technologists and graduate member of Plastics and Rubber Institute of Malaysia.CT Ratnam lead more than 20 R&D projects which at national and international level. Her commitment and dedication has driven her to numerous successes both nationally and internationally, with some of her findings are in the process of commercialisation. Twelve of her research findings have been patented. Amongst her achievement in R&D include formulating radiation compatible polymers for medical applications, pioneering research on surface coating of rubber gloves with hydrogel by using radiation technique, developing radiation crosslinkable polymer blend formulations for use in the automobile industry and developing polymer compounds from used rubbers (recycle rubber). Publishing over 200 scientific articles, her research on radiation processing of polymers has won more than 48 awards including the top most award, Grand Prix of the 34TH International Exhibition of Inventions New Techniques and Products, Geneva, 2006. She was also served as invited, keynote and plenary speaker for more than 36 international conferences. She is currently in the editorial board of eight journals and refereed more than100 ISI/Scopus indexed journal articles, external examiner for 27 post graduates, field Supervisor for 45 post graduates (20PhD,25 MSc) & more than 100 Undergraduate projects. She is among the outstanding Malaysian scientists awarded as TOP RESEARCH SCIENTIST by Academy of Sciences Malaysia.

Dr. Arafa H Aly holds a doctoral degree in physics from University of Cairo, Egypt. Prof Arafa Aly joined Cairo University, Beni-Suef branch, physics department in January 1995 as an assistant lecturer of physics. He was a lecturer from 1999 to 2007, and associated professor from 2007 to 20012. In 2012 he became full professor in physics; In 2012 Professor Arafa was elected as the chair of the Department of Physics till now. He has a distinguished 22-years career in mesoscopic systems, photonic crystals, phononic crystals, solar energy, materials and photonics research. He attended and organized, more than 35 conference from 2001 till now. He has published more than 110 technical papers and reports in good review journals and good impact factors and he is reviewer in many journals.

After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Wuhan University in China, he obtained a PhD degree in chemical biology at National University of Singapore. He pursued postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and then joined IHEP as a principal investigator supported by the "Hundred Talents Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Azeez Luqmon Adeyemi holds B.Sc. in Chemistry from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from University of Lagos and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. Dr. Azeez presently has over forty (40) publications both in national and international journals. Dr. Azeez is a recipient of Best in Analytical Chemistry by Students’ Chemical Society of Nigeria, South-West Zone, 2019 and Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship award for undergraduates in 2002.

Dr. Saurabh K. Agrawal is the Assistant Professor of Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, New Delhi, India. He received his Master degree in mathematics from the department of mathematics, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, India and he obtained his Ph.D in Applied Mathematics from Department of Mathematical Science, Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi, India. His research analysis area is mathematical modeling, nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory, fractional derivative etc. Dr. Saurabh K. Agrawal has contributed his valuable publication in engineering & scientific journals and he has published more than 25 articles in peer reviewed journals. He regularly serves speakers in national and international conferences and also the reviewers of many peer reviewed journals.

Mochamad Asrofi received his Doctoral degree in Bionanocomposite Materials and Postgraduate Program of Agriculture Sciences (Multidisciplinary) focusing on Agroindustrial Technology from Andalas University in December 2018. His research focuses on nanocellulose, biocomposite and natural fiber-reinforced polymer. Currently, he works as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jember. He became a Deputy Chairman of the Laboratory of Material Testing in 2019. Besides that, he is a consultant of research and development in the bioplastic industry (Sauraj Industries Ltd, Zambia).

Syafri is currently a Associate Professor of Materials Science and engineering, Agricultural Technology, at Payakumbuh State Polytechnic of Agriculture, Payakumbuh, Indonesia. In 2014, he also performed research at the Biocomposites Research Laboratory under the supervised of Prof. Hairul Abral. His research interests include nanocellulose, scanning electron microscopy, nanofiber, and nanocomposites. As a faculty member, Dr. Syafri has publishved several paper on International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Elsevier, Journal of Materials Research & Technology and Taylor & Francis Journal.

Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le is an Assistant Professor with the Professional Master Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan. He earned his MS and PhD degree in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan. After obtaining his PhD degree, he worked as a Research Fellow at the School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are artificial intelligence, deep learning, data analyst, bioinformatics, computational biology, and healthcare informatics.

M.Sc., PhD, working as Associate Professor, In department of chemistry Nagpur University, Maharashtra, India. Working Experience: Research background of synthetic organic chemistry, especially Transition metal chelates catalyzed aerobic oxidation, Chitosan Biocomposite synthesis, Water Pollution research e.g. Defluoridation, Nitrate, and Phosphate Lead (II) mitigation from water. Expertise in water and wastewater analysis and the treatment techniques involved in batch and column mode of analysis. Ex-Scientists in CSIR, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Nagpur,India. II. Present Status: Associate Professor in Chemistry Department; Nagpur University, Nagpur. India. Total teaching experience 15 years.

Dr. Fazeli’s research interests are primarily in the areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology with emphasis on the extraction of nanoparticles and fabrication of biodegradable composites reinforced by nanofibers. His particle research has involved the development of biopolymers and biocomposites for use instead of synthetic composites and polymers which will be harmful for the environment. The recent novel method which he created for extracting the cellulose nanofibers consists of using the atmospheric cold plasma following by ultrasonication method. He is absolutely committed to expanding his theoretical and experimental knowledge in the field of polymers and composites.

Dr. Vinay Kumar has given outstanding results in the field of nanobiotechnology. He is actively engaged in acting as editor, author and co-author in many books. At the same time, he is acting as a reviewer for the reputed journals. In this context, he has been awarded various awards during his career. Currently, he is the Editor of his upcoming book “Green Chemistry in Agriculture and Food Production” from CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Florida, USA.

Dr. Kim is working as a professor at INHA University, Incheon, Korea since 2003. He had a bachelor’s and master degree in Environmental Engineering in 1986 and 1988, respectively from INHA University, Korea. He became a pH.D at University of Queensland, Australia in 2000. He worked as a researcher from 1989 to 1994 at Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST), Korea. And he worked as senior researcher at Pohang Iron & Steel Institute (1994-1997) and RIST (1997-1999), respectively. His field of interests in research and development has covered in environmental engineering.

Dr. V. BHUVANESHWARI, Currently working as Associate Professor and Head in PG & Research Department of Biotechnology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore. She had presented more than 100 research articles in National level and International level seminars, Conferences, Symposia and Workshops. She had published 3 books with ISBN No and 27 articles in the book. I had submitted 6 gene sequences in genbank. Currently she is acting as an Institutional member in Animal Ethical Committee (CPCSEA), New Delhi; Life Member in Indian Science Congress Association; Annual Member in Tamilnadu Science forum; Editorial member in Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Reports.

Prof. E. Nakkeeran received his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology at the CFTRI, University of Mysore with CSIR-SRF. He has 20 publications in reputed international/national journals of high impact factor and 8 book chapters. He has presented papers at International Conferences held in Malaysia, Egypt and USA with support from SERC, CSIR and SERB. He has presented 57 research papers in various International and National Conferences held in India. He is working as Professor & Head of Biotechnology and Placement Officer in Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (Autonomous) Sriperumbudur, India.