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Published:12 Jul 2023
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Mohamed K. Abd El-Rahman has been a visiting scholar at the Whitesides Research Group, Harvard University since 2017. His main research interests are the development of point-of-care analyzers and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests, with a special focus on biomimetic recognition and designing electrochemical sensors for quantification of different biological targets and real-time monitoring of various chemo/biological events. He is currently associate professor in analytical chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. He has also served as an adjunct chemistry professor at the American University in Cairo.
Prashanth S. Adarakatti, was born in Hubli, Karnataka, India on 30th September 1989. He completed his graduation from JSS Degree College, Dharwad, India. He did his post graduate study at P. C. Jabin Science College, Hubballi, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. He completed his doctorate degree in 2017 from Central College, Bangalore University, India. Then he started his postdoctoral studies in Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India. Presently he is working as assistant professor of chemistry in SVM Arts, Science and Commerce College, ILKAL, affiliated to Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India. To date he has published more than 50 original research articles and 10 book chapters. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and he recently awarded International Young Scientist award. His research focuses on the development of electrochemical sensors and electroanalysis of energy materials.
Hosein Afshary is currently a PhD student of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, under the supervision of Dr Mandana Amiri. He started his PhD research in 2018 on synthesis of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and their application in electrochemiluminescence (ECL). Until now, he has studied on determination of antibiotics and biological compounds using ECL sensors.
Kartik Aiyer received his PhD from the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in 2019, followed by a postdoc at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His research was based on understanding the fundamentals of electroactive bacteria for applications like biosensing, resource recovery and wastewater treatment. Currently, he is a postdoc at the Center for Electromicrobiology at Aarhus University, where he studies cable bacteria.
Mohammed Al Hinaai received his BSc, MSc, and PhD from Sultan Qaboos University in the sultanate of Oman. He worked in the ministry of education (Oman) as a chemistry supervisor for more than 20 years and he has excellent experience in education science and curriculum development. He was visiting lecturer at the college of Oman health sciences from 2016 to 2020 and then as an assistant professor at A'Sharqiyah University in Oman. His main research topic is an electrochemical sensor and especially focuses on solid-state electrochemiluminescence sensors. He has more than 12 research papers and two book chapters. His citation record show more than 175 citations on Google scholar. He participates as an invented speaker in some international conferences, and he works as an editorial member for an international previewed journal. He had been assigned different responsibilities in his current institution, and he is very active in community service and a member of different committees.
Basit Ali is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University, Finland from March 2022. His research interest lies in the design of novel materials for energy generation and storage. He received his PhD in energy storage materials from Dongguk University, South Korea, in February 2022. Before he joined Aalto University, his PhD studies focused on developing new materials for LIBs or post-Li battery chemistries such as Na and Mg batteries. He used synchrotron-based techniques (XAS and in situ XRD) to investigate the degradation mechanism of batteries.
Derya Bal Altuntaş was born in 1982 in Rize, Türkiye. She received her BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from the Ondokuz Mayıs University of Samsun in 2005, 2008, and 2012, respectively. She completed her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor İbrahim Işıldak in the potentiometric sensors. She currently works as an assoc professor in Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Türkiye. Her research interests focus on analytical chemistry and electrochemistry.
Juliano Alves Bonacin received his PhD in 2007 from the University of São Paulo, Brazil and was a Postdoctoral Fellow between 2007 and 2009 at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He founded one of the first companies in the Nanotechnology field in Brazil and nowadays is an associate professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). His research interests are energy conversion, hydrogen production, electrocatalysis, and 3D printing technologies.
Mandana Amiri is associate professor of chemistry at University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran and Alexander von Humboldt fellow in Carl von Ossietzky Oldenburg University, Oldenburg, Germany. Her main area of research is nanomaterials in electroanalysis and electrochemical energy conversion. She is MRSC member and won Roger Taylor award in 2015 from British Carbon Group. Dr Amiri got a DAAD scholarship for a visit in University of Oldenburg in 2016 and a Humboldt fellowship for research in University of Oldenburg in 2020. She is a coauthor of 65 + research publications, 80 + conference papers, wrote 3 book chapters and 5 reviews in subjects related to nanotechnology and electrochemical sensors.
Sema Aslan was born in 1987, Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. She graduated from Pamukkale University, Turkey as a bachelor in 2009. She received her MSc in 2013 and PhD in 2018, in Chemistry at Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey. During her MSc, she worked on nanomaterial modified electrochemical immunosensors. The subject of her PhD thesis was on the nanomaterial modified microbial fuel cells. She has studied on heterogenous catalysts and biodiesel production, electrode modifications with polymer–nanomaterial composites by electrospinning and their utilization on supercapacitor and immunosensors. She is currently working as a researcher in electroanalytical chemistry at Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Department of Chemistry.
Mariana Bianchini Silva graduated in Chemistry from Federal Fluminense University in 2017 and received her master's degree in Materials Engineering from the same university in 2019. She is currently a PhD student in Inorganic Chemistry at University of Campinas. Her research interests are the development and processing of materials, energy conversion, and catalysts for the water oxidation reaction.
Ashwin Chaturvedi completed his integrated BS-MS program at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research – Kolkata (IISER-K), India. During his undergraduate program, he was awarded the prestigious INSPIRE fellowship by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India. In 2019, he moved to the USA, where he is currently pursuing a PhD program in Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati. His recent research interests lie in the electrocatalytic activation of small molecules using transition metal or main-group element catalysts.
Sharvil Chaudhari, a BSc graduate majored in Physics, is currently pursuing a master's in Nanotechnology through the National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Mumbai (NCNNUM). He is interested in synthesis methods to fabricate nanoparticles and is keen on applying his knowledge to the field of material science. His dissertation topic “Molybdenum Silicide nanowires as type-2 superconductors” has given him an insight into the various methods for efficient fabrication of nanowires.
Stefano Cinti is an associate professor at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”. He obtained a PhD in Chemical Sciences in 2016 in the group headed by Professor Giuseppe Palleschi at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. He leads the uninanobiosensors lab (uninanobiosensors.com) at University of Naples “Federico II”, and his research interests include the development of electrochemical sensors, paper-based devices, nanomotors, and nanomaterials. During his research activity, he had the opportunity to spend a period abroad in Finland, UK, US, Germany, and Spain. He has published more than 65 papers in peer-reviewed journals, with an H-index of 30 and >3000 citations. Among all the prizes and certificates, in 2018 he was named Best Young Researcher in Bio-Analytical Chemistry, and in 2019 he was named Best Young Researcher in Analytical Chemistry (both by the Italian Chemical Society), and in 2021 he has been recognized as the World's Top 2% Scientists. He is the coordinator of the Chemical Cultural Diffusion group of Italian Chemical Society. He is the chair of AMYC-BIOMED, a multidisciplinary conference for young chemists in the biomedical sciences. He is very active in communicating science to nonspecialized audiences through TV shows, radio, and magazine.
Nilakshi Devi received her BSc in Chemistry from Cotton College, Assam, India in 2013 and MSc from Gauhati University, Assam, India in 2015. She then completed her MS in Chemistry from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas in 2019, where she worked on the development of bifunctional catalysts with hydride relay ligands for CO2 hydrogenation. She is currently enrolled for PhD at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her current work focuses on the synthesis and evaluation of molecular electrocatalysts for small molecule activation.
Advikaa Dosajh completed her HBSc in Chemistry and Forensic Biology at the University of Toronto in 2021. During her undergraduate studies, Advikaa did her thesis project under of Vivienne Luk where she developed a set of Guidelines for Optimization using Chemometrics. She was also the project coordinator for the Language of Forensics project that was designed to standardize the terminology used in the field of Forensic Science across Canada. Advikaa is master's student in Analytical Chemistry in the Ogata Lab, working on point-of-care devices. When Advikaa is not in the lab, she loves to rock climb and cuddle up with her cats.
Lucinda Elizabeth Doyle is an electromicrobiologist interested in the electrical connections existing between microorganisms and their surroundings. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Her group focuses on the enrichment of novel electroactive microorganisms, the characterisation of extracellular electron transfer under various conditions, and the development of bioelectrochemical devices for application. She received her BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology from Dublin City University, Ireland, and her PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her postdoctoral experience was at the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE).
Lucas Vinicius de Faria completed his PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil in 2021. He is author/co-author of 30 papers and 1 book chapter. He is currently a postdoctoral student at the Federal University of Uberlândia in the area of analytical chemistry, focusing on the development of low-cost and improved electrochemical sensors for the determination of species of biological, food, and forensic interest using 3D printing. Moreover, he has experience in the development of rapid and portable analytical methods using hydrodynamic systems, such as flow-injection and batch-injection analysis.
Rajeev K. Gautam completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India, in Materials Science, where his focus was on the development of nanostructured materials for PEM Fuel Cells. Dr Gautam received SERB-DST Young scientist fellowship in 2017 to conduct his research on vanadium redox flow batteries. Currently, he is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, and his research interests include aqueous and non-aqueous redox flow batteries.
Tolga Göktürk was born in İstanbul, Turkey in 1989. He recieved his BSc in 2012 and MSc in 2014 in Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey. His research interest revolve around synthesis of metal complexes and their applications in various fields such as bioinorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, electrochemical sensors. In his ongoing PhD studies under supervision of Professor Dr Ramazan Güp, he works on synthesis of Schiff base metal complexes and their DNA/BSA interaction, topoisomerase inhibition studies including a wide range of techniques. He currently works as a lecturer in Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
Rafael L. Germscheidt is graduated in Chemical Processes from the Faculty of Technology in 2017. He is currently a PhD student in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Campinas. His research interests are on the study of catalysts and their mechanism for water oxidation, focused on Prussian blue analogues, having experience with their synthesis, characterization, and energy conversion applications.
Atilla Eren Mamuk was graduated from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey as a bachelor in 2009. He got his MSc and PhD in 2013 and 2019, respectively, in Physics at Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey. During MSc, he worked on production and electrical characterization of schottky diodes. The subject of his PhD thesis was on the optical properties of smectogen and nematogen thermotropic liquid crystals. His current research interest is generating of liquid crystal-polymer composites by electrospinning and their utilization on light modulating devices. He has been working as a researcher in the Department of Physics at Mugla Sitki Kocman University for 12 years.
Manjushree S. G. was born in Arasikere, Karnataka, India on August 5th, 1988. She earned her degree from Kalpatharu First Grade Science College in Tiptur, India. She studied in Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Kuvempu University in Karnataka, India for her postgraduate degree. At Visweswaraya Technological University (V.T.U.), Belgaum, Karnataka, India, she has turned in her doctoral thesis and awaiting its approval. She has received funding for the research from DST (WOS-A) and continuing her research as principal investigator. Her work is concerned with material science and the electrochemical sensors applications.
Manukumar K. N. was born in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka on 10th April 1988. He received his BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Sahyadri College, Kuvempu University and MSc in Chemistry from Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta. He completed his doctorate degree in 2022 from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi India. He has published more than 9 research articles. He worked as junior research fellow for three years ISRO-RESPOND Project. He worked as visiting research scholar under the supervision of Professor Chun Cheng, Department of Material Science and Engineering, SUSTech, Shenzhen, Republic of China from 15/07/2018–30/04/2019. His research interests are rechargeable batteries and photocatalysis.
Mona A. Mohamed is an assistant professor of analytical chemistry at the Egyptian drug authority. Mona's research focuses on implementing electrochemical sensors in wearable devices for health monitoring and early disease detection. Mona received postdoctoral fellowships in France and USA.
Maral P. S. Mousavi is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, at the University of Southern California. Maral's research experiences and interests span from point-of-care diagnostics, to electrochemical sensors, wearable devices, neural probes, and tools for precision medicine.
Rodrigo A. A. Munoz graduated in Chemistry from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2002, and received his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the same university in 2006, an internship period at the Oxford University, UK in 2005. He completed postdoctoral researches at the Arizona State University, USA from 2006–2007 and at the University of Sao Paulo from 2007–2008. He is currently associate professor of Chemistry at the Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil, authorized over 250 research papers and is associate editor of the Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. His current research interests focus on the development of electrochemical (bio)sensors using the 3D-printing technology and novel materials. He is currently an affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Arunadevi Natarajan completed her undergraduate and postgraduate study at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and received her PhD in Crystallography from Anna University, Chennai. Currently she is working as assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore. She has published more than 25 publications, 4 book chapters and 1 patent. She has successfully completed various projects sponsored by UGC and in-house grant. She is currently working in crystal growth, metal-oxide applications, Corrosion Science and food encapsulation.
Alana F. Ogata obtained her BSc from the College of William & Mary and conducted undergraduate research with Dr Kristin Wustholz. As an NSF GFRP fellow, Dr Ogata completed her PhD under Dr Reginald Penner at UC Irvine. Dr Ogata was a NIH T32 postdoctoral fellow at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, leading COVID19 research to study SARS-CoV-2 antigens in patients, pediatrics, and vaccinated health care workers. Alana joined the University of Toronto as an assistant professor in the summer of 2021 and is jointly appointed in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences.
Mohammad Behnam Rad is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Tehran, Iran, working on an electrochemical CRISPR/Cas-based COVID-19 detection system. He received an MSc in biophysics from the University of Tehran on developing a non-enzymatic glucose detection point of care device. His main research interest is using multidisciplinary approaches for developing point-of-care diagnostics solutions.
Shridevi Salagare was born in Raibag, Karnataka, India on 31st July 1988. Received her MSc, in Physical Chemistry from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India. She has completed BEd from Rani Chennamma University, Belagavi. She submitted her doctoral work in the PG Department of Chemistry and Research Centre, NMKRV College for women's jayanagar, affiliated to Bangalore University under the supervision of Dr Y. Venkatramanappa. Her area of research work includes synthesis of nanomaterials, MOF's, nanocomposites, electrochemistry of chemically modified electrodes and quantification of nitrite and its application towards environmental real samples.
Prasenjit Sarkar earned his PhD in Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. In his doctoral research program, he studied the spectro- and electrochemical behavior of metal complexes chelating redox-active ligands. Prasenjit is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati (USA), where he is developing new molecular electrocatalysts for small molecules’ activation.
Yasaman Sefid-Sefidehkhan was born in Tabriz, Iran. She received her BS degree from Tabriz University in 2013. Then, she received her MS degree from Mohaghegh Ardabili University under the direction of Professor Mandana Amiri in 2016. In 2018, she rejoined Mohaghegh Ardabili University as a PhD student. Her scientific interests focus on functionalized nanomaterials for electrochemiluminescence and electroanalysis combined with chemometrics.
Jay Singh is currently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, since 2017. He received his PhD degree in Polymer Science from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology in 2010 and did MSc and BSc from Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He had a postdoctoral fellow at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Chonbuk National University, South Korea and Delhi Technological University, Delhi. Dr Jay has received many prestigious fellowships like CSIR (RA), DST – Young scientist fellowship, DST-INSPIRE faculty award etc. He is actively engaged in the development of nanomaterials (CeO2, NiO, rare-earth metal oxide, Ni, NiFe2O4, Cu2O, graphene, RGO, etc.), based nanobiocomposite, conducting polymer and self-assembled monolayers based clinically important biosensors for estimation of bioanalaytes such as cholesterol, xanthine, glucose, pathogens and pesticides/toxins using DNA and antibodies. Dr Jay has published more than 80 international research papers with total citations more than 3200 and an h-index being 33. He has completed/running various research projects in different funding agencies. He has many edited/authored books (under pipeline) and has authored more than 10 book chapters of internationally reputed press for publications, namely Elsevier, Springer Nature, IOP, Wiley, and CRC. He is actively engaged in fabricating metal oxide-based biosensors for clinical diagnosis, food packaging applications, drug delivery, and tissue engineering applications. His research has contributed significantly toward the fundamental understanding of interfacial charge transfer processes and sensing aspects of metal nanoparticles.
Kshitij R. B. Singh is a postgraduate in Biotechnology from Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India. He is currently working in the laboratory of Dr Jay Singh, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications to his credit, has edited 6 books, and has authored more than 20 book chapters published in the internationally reputed press, namely Elsevier, IOP Publishing, Springer Nature, Wiley, and CRC Press. He is currently also involved in editing books with international publishing houses, including CRC Press, IOP Publishing, Elsevier, Wiley, and Springer Nature. His research interests include biotechnology, biochemistry, nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology, biosensors, and materials sciences.
Pooja Singh is currently a PhD scholar at the Department of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India. She completed her MSc in Biotechnology from Pandit Shambhu Nath Shukla University, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India. Further, Miss Singh is well versed with good laboratory practices, which are best suited for works related to Sensor technology, microfabrication, biofunctionalization, and electrochemical biosensors. Miss Singh is an outstanding researcher, evident in her outstanding work outputs in the form of research publications and conference presentations that are cited almost 91 times by researchers globally. Moreover, all the published work she has to her credit is published in Q1 and Q2 journals. Her research intrest are towards exploring advances in the field of nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology, biotechnology, sensors, and biosensors.
Ravindra Pratap Singh completed his BSc at Allahabad University India and his MSc and PhD in Biochemistry from Lucknow University, India. He is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak Madhya Pradesh, India. He has previously worked as a scientist at various esteemed laboratories globally, namely Sogang University, IGR Paris, etc. His work and research interests include biochemistry, biosensors, nanobiotechnology, electrochemistry, material sciences, and biosensors applications in biomedical, environmental, agricultural, and forensics. He has to his credit several reputed national and international honors/awards. Dr Singh has authored over 55 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, more than 30 book chapters of international repute, and has edited 7 books. He serves as a reviewer of many reputed international journals and is also a member of many international societies. He is currently also involved in editing various books, which will be published in internationally reputed publication houses, namely IOP Publishing, CRC Press, Elsevier, and Springer Nature. Moreover, he is a book series editor of “Emerging advances in Bionanotechnology”, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. He is also actively involved in guest-editing special issues (SI) for reputed international journals, and one of the latest edited SI by Dr Singh is “Smart and Intelligent Nanobiosensors: Multidimensional applications” for Materials Letters, Elsevier.
Sima Singh is a Fondazione Umberto Veronesi Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”. She received her PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in the year 2018. She worked for 2 years as a postdoctoral researcher in the Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, UKZN, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa. Her current research interests include developing nanomaterials for improving detection, monitoring and treatment of different diseases. She is part of the uninanobiosensors lab and her current project is focused on the development of portable diagnostics based on electrochemistry to detect circulating biomarkers for prostate cancer detection.
Bhavesh Bharat Sinha, is currently working as assistant professor at National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Mumbai. He completed his PhD in Physics with a specialization in material science from the Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. His major research interest is in the field of magnetism and superconductivity. He has gained expertise in the synthesis of functional nanomaterials by cost-effective techniques such as electrochemical synthesis, soft chemical synthesis, etc.
Soumalya Sinha was first introduced to electrochemistry as a graduate student at Simon Fraser University, where he worked with Professor Jeff Warren. A key aspect of his PhD study was investigating how molecules with proton relays behave on solid electrodes. As a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign, he investigated the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction using bioinspired catalysts. In 2021, Soumalya joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati as a visiting assistant professor, and his current research interests lie in electrochemical defluorination chemistry.
Gilvana Pereira Siqueira is a master's student at the Electroanalysis Research Center at the Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil under the supervision of Professor Dr Rodrigo Munoz. In 2022, she graduated in Chemistry from the Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil. She has experience in the development of electrochemical sensors using microelectrodes and microelectrode arrays for the determination of emerging contaminants and metals. Currently, her research is focused on the development of electrochemical sensors based on carbon materials for forensic applications using 3D printing.
Supriya Sandeep Sonawane was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She received bachelor's degree in physics from University of Mumbai (UoM), Mumbai, India and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, from National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Mumbai. The author takes interest in synthesizing 2D nanomaterials and is enthusiastic about applying her knowledge to the field of nanoscience and material science. Her dissertation entitled, “Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2): Encouraging electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)” has given her an insight into the various methods to synthesize nanosheets in efficient ways.
Sumedha H. N. was born in Sringeri, Karnataka on 6th January 1994. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Integrated chemistry) from Sahyadri College, Kuvempu University and master's in Organic Chemistry from Vijaya College, Bangalore University and pursuing his doctoral degree in Material Chemistry from Srinivas University, Mangalore. He has published more than 15 research articles and 1 book chapter so far. He worked in various projects like DST, DST-Global Innovation Technology Alliance (Indo-Sweden) and others. His research interests are rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors and photocatalysis.
Sushma Thapa completed her BSC and MSc in Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. She is currently working in Jay Singh's Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry, BHU as an Intern. Her research interest areas are material science, nanotechnology, and sensors.
Cansu Gökçe Topkaya completed her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. Her field of study is bioinorganic chemistry in general and focuses on the biological activity applications of metal complexes. She is currently working in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the same university.
Justin Van Houten completed his HBSc in Chemistry and Biology at the University of Toronto in 2019. During his undergraduate studies Justin completed work under the supervision of Igor Lenherr where he investigated the transport and fate of mercury and methyl-mercury species in freshwater rivers. Justin completed his MSc in 2021 under the supervision of Ulrich Krull after developing a functional glucose sensor with UCNPs. Justin is now working toward his PhD in the Ogata lab where he studies structure function relationships in metal organic frameworks. Justin enjoys reading classic literature and spending time in nature.
Vasantkumar, a BSc graduate who majored in Chemistry is currently studying a master's in Nanotechnology through the National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Mumbai (NCNNUM). The author is interested in the basics and theoretical part of electrochemistry and ferrites, and has reviewed various parts of deposition techniques and methods. Currently working on a review on the topics of topological insulators and understanding quantum phenomena.
Mateus Veras Pereira graduated in Chemistry from Federal Maranhão University in 2020. He is currently a master's student in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Campinas. His research interests are on the development of state-of-the-art 3D printed electrodes for electrocatalytic studies. He has experience in materials chemistry, working mainly on topics related to the preparation and characterization of materials for environmental remediation.
Ranjana Verma received her master's and a doctorate in Material Chemistry, Tezpur University Assam, India, in the years 2012 and 2017, respectively. Currently, she is working as a postdoctoral fellow under (DSKPDF) UGC funded in the department of physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, since 2019. Her research focuses on developing strategies based on synthesis, characterization, properties modification, design, fabrication, nanostructure and photocatalyst, photovoltaic cell, and biofuel conversion. Their perspective includes solar photocatalyst and biosensing applications. Dr Verma has received many prestigious fellowships like DST (NPDF), UGC (DSKPDF), UGC (JRF), CSIR (SRF) awards, etc. In addition, Dr Verma has published various research papers (15) and has authored more than three book chapters, for internationally reputed press, namely Elsevier, Springer Nature, and CRC Press.