Author: Imran Uddin

Imran Uddin is a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. His research interest lies in fabrication of biocompatible nanostructures for nanobiosensor and flexible electronics. Moreover, he is also working on developing new industrially relevant renewable nanomaterials. He completed his postdoctoral fellowships from Rhodes University, South Africa, and Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He is a recipient of a number of awards and fellowships including CSIR-Pool Scientists; Start-up Research Grant (DST Young Scientists); CSIR-SRF; and ICAR-NET.  He has published thirty-nine (39) research articles in peer-reviewed journals and two (2) book chapters.Irfan Ahmad is a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rochester, New York, USA. His research interests are in materials physics and nanotechnology for a broad range of applications in optoelectronic devices and sensors. He has served as a scientist at Alameda Applied Science Corp. (AASC), atech-startup in SF Bay Area, USA, for four years. He has served as the main and contributing scientist on multiple phase II (US $1M) US Department of Energy SBIR grants. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the School of Engineering Sciences and Technology (SEST), Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University), New Delhi. He is a recipient of Irish Ovshinsky Award from American Physical Society (APS) in 2011. His current h-index is 17, which includes citations from a Nobel laureate and institutions including MIT, Princeton, etc.