مؤلف: Deepu A. Gopakumar

Dr. Deepu Gopakumar is a postdoctoral fellow and CNRS grant recipient at Universite de Bretagne-SUD, IRDL, France. He obtained his doctoral degree in Material science and engineering in 2017 from University of South Britany, France. His research focusses on the fabrication of polymer membranes for water purification, polymer nanocomposites for EMI sheilding application, bionanocomposites, fiber filled polymer composites, polymers scaffolds for tissue engineering and wound healing. He has authored 24 research articles, 15 book chapters and 2 edited books edited to his credit. He was a former postdoctoral fellow at University sains Malaysia. Dr. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is a prolific editor and researcher who has edited 30 books, published 120 high quality international research articles, and 40 book chapters. He is a frequent invited speaker and a consultant for multiple organizations internationally. He has received numerous prestigious awards including the prestigious DSTs INSPIRE Faculty Award (2011) (Government of India), Kerala State Young Scientist Award (2016) (Government of Kerala), and the best faculty award (2019) from King Mongkut”s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Jinu Jacob George received his Ph D degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in 2009. He completed his B.Tech. from M G University, Kottayam and M.Tech. from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India. After pursuing Ph D, he moved to Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research (IPF), Dresden, Germany for his Post-Doctoral Research. In 2011 he joined the Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam, as a Scientist. In 2015 he joined the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, CUSAT as a faculty member. At present, he is actively involved in research in the various advance fields of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology and has co-authored more than 25 peer reviewed journal articles. He has a general research interest in the fields of Polymer micro/nano composites, Thermoplastic elastomers, Functional additives, and Shape memory polymers. Dr. Midhun Dominic C.D completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi. He is currently working as Asst. Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart College, Thevara Kochi since 2012. His research interest includes synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, biopolymers, green tyres, biomass valorization, etc. He has published many papers in international journals. He is the reviewer of 30 journals including RSC Advances, Polymer Testing, and ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. He is the recipient of the FLAIR award in 2019 by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala. He has supervised by Ph D students.