Cintil Jose Chirayil Editor

Prof. Sabu Thomas is a renowned professor who is serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences, a role which he has held since 1998. He was previously Pro-Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University 2017-2018, Director of School of Chemical Science during 2010-2013, Hon. Director of International & Inter-University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2009-2015 and 2016-17. In 2015, Prof. Thomas received his first Docteur Honoris Causa from University of Souther Brittany in Lorient, France. In 2016, he received his second Doctorate honoris causa from University of Lorraine, France. He was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, FRSC in 2012. He received the Bronze Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India and the MRSI Medal of the Material Research Society of India in 2013. He was the recipient of Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Award 2017. He also received TRiLA Academician of the year 2018 award. Prof. Thomas has published more than 1000 publications, and more than 100 books. Dr. Mahesh Hosur is Interim Head and Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Department, Tuskegee University, USA. He served as Honb. Director of NSF-EPSCoR (National Science Foundation – Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), working on projects such as Enhancing Alabama’s Research Capability in Nano/Bio Science and Sensors (2011-2015), the Alabama Center for Nanostructured Materials (2005-2010), and the Center of Excellence in Nanobiomaterials, derived from Biorenewable and Waste Resources (2011-2016). Prof. Hosur’s research group covers specialized areas of polymers, including processing, process sensing, low-cost manufacturing using RTM, VARIM processes, static and dynamic characterization, fatigue and fracture, structural analysis, evaluation, and the processing and characterization of biopolymer and polymer nanocomposites. Dr. Cintil Jose Chirayil is an Assistant Professor based in the Department of Chemistry at Newman College, India. She received her PhD in Polymer Science from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, in Doha, Qatar. Dr. Chirayil has 9 years of research experience in the field of nanoscience and nanocellulose, with numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters, and one edited book. As well as receiving the Young Scientist Award from Leeds University and NIT Calicut in 2011, she has been the recipient of foreign scholarships from the University of Potsdam, Germany, the University of Mara, Malaysia, the Centre for Advanced Materials, Doha, and the Institute of Chemistry, Graz, Austria, for in-depth research in the field of nanoscience.