Mohmmad Younus Wani & Irshad Ahmad Wani 
Nanotechnology Based Strategies for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance [PDF ebook] 

1 Antimicrobial resistance: An overview.- 2 Role of Nano-medicine in Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Opportunities.- 3 Nanotechnology Based Tools to Overcome Antimicrobial Resistance.- 4 Metal Nanoparticles as Alternative Antimicrobial Agents to Combat Multidrug Resistance Bacteria.- 5 Plant Extract Mediated Synthesis and Antibacterial Potential of Metallic Nanoparticles.- 6 Functionalized Quantum Dots as Antimicrobial Agents.- 7 Antimicrobial peptide-based nanomaterials in combating multidrug-resistant bacteria.- 8 Nanocomposites in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance.- 9 Carbon Nanomaterials as Antimicrobial Agents to Combat Multidrug Resistance.- 10 Polymer-based Nanomaterials Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria.- 11 Development of nanoemulsion based drug carrier molecules in the fight against multi-drug resistance.- 12 Nanoemulsions as drug Carriers to Combat AMR.- 13 Liposomes as Efficient Drug Delivery Vehicles to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance.- 14 Photodynamic and light-response nanomaterials against multidrug-resistant bacteria.- 15 Applications of ionic liquids as antimicrobials and their impact in nanotechnology.- 16 Nanomaterials in the development of advanced antimicrobial agents.- 17 Nanomaterials to Abate Antibiotic Resistance During the Management of Dental Diseases.- 18 Nanocomposites of metal nanoparticles and polymer as platform of alternative approach in combating antimicrobial resistance.- 19 Green synthesized nanoparticles to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria.- 20 Antimicrobial nanofibers to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Dr. Mohmmad Younus Wani is an associate professor of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He received his Ph.D. in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, and Postdoctoral training from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and Texas Therapeutics Institute, UTHealth, Houston, Texas, USA on the development of new treatment strategies and non-traditional approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). With extensive experience in the field of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, he has authored/co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed research articles, 05 books and several US patents, and is the recipient of many prestigious honors, awards, and grants. He is a professional member of many scientific societies and is on the editorial board of many reputed scientific journals. Dr. Wani is working at the interface of chemistry and biology to develop novel small molecule inhibitors, new treatment strategies and novel approaches that could circumvent AMR, which is within the ambit of WHO’s global action plan on antimicrobial resistance.
Dr. Irshad Ahmad Wani is an assistant professor of chemistry in the postgraduate department of chemistry at the Govt. Postgraduate Degree College Anantnag, University of Kashmir, India. He formerly worked as a Lecturer in Chemistry at the J&K School Education Department from 2010 to 2017. Dr. Wani has been teaching Chemistry at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in several colleges of the J&K Higher Education Department since 2017. Dr. Irshad A. Wani earned his master’s degree in chemistry in 2007 and his Ph.D. in Nanochemistry in 2012 from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, India. He has received various prestigious awards notably ICTSGS Services Award (2021) conferred by SPAST foundation & B N Kailoo Memorial ISCAS Medal (2009) conferred by ISCAS, India etc. He has a good track record of publications & has published research papers in various esteemed international journals. He has also authored several book chapters and is also a co-editor of some edited books. Dr. Wani is also a life member of various prestigious scientific societies like Materials Research Society of India, India Association of Solid-State Chemists & Allied Scientists, Society for Materials Chemistry etc. His current research interests include Green Synthesis of Inorganic nanoparticles, Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Nanoparticles, Conjugation of nanoparticles with various significant molecules for biomedical, therapeutic & sensing applications.
 

Dr. Akhilesh Rai is assistant investigator (equivalent to assistant professor) at University of Coimbra, Portugal. He has done his postdoctoral work at Nottingham Trent University UK, Universite Catholique de Louvain Belgium and Center of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra on various European projects. His research interests include the nanotechnology-based approaches for the regenerative medicine applications with specialization in nanomaterials, antimicrobial peptides, antimicrobial agents, nanomaterial-cell interactions, skin regeneration and drug delivery. He has been conferred with various prestigious awards notably Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation Investigator award, Blue Pharma-University of Coimbra award and CSIR-India research fellowship. He is an active reviewer and is on the editorial board of various international journals. He has published more than 40 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 4 book chapters, 3 patents with more than 7000 citations. He was a cofounder of spinoff company (Cure Mat Technology), dedicated to developing an innovative and skin-regenerative wound dressing.