Autor: Yves Grohens

Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and Director of International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (India). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. Thomas has published over 530 papers in peer reviewed journals on polymer composites, membranes separation, polymer blend and alloy, polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering, and polymer recycling research and has edited 40 books. He has supervised 65 doctoral students. The H Index of Prof. Thomas is 66 and he has more than 17, 000 citations to his credit. Recently, Professor Thomas has been awarded the MRSI and CRSI medals. Yves Grohens is head of the Laboratory for Engineering of Materials (LIMATB) located at the University of South Brittany, France. His research interests include interface science in nano and bio-composites as well as confinement applications and (bio)polymer behaviour in model thin films. Grohens has published more than 120 papers in international journals devoted to polymers and surface science. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is DST INSPIRE Faculty at the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin, Kerala (India). Dr. Jyotishkumar”s research focuses on thermosetting and thermoplastic polymer blends and nanocomposites, smart thermosetting materials, biomaterials, bio-polymers and bio-nanocomposites. He has won many awards as he advances his research career including the recent INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship. Dr. Jyotishkumar has published 30 papers in international journals devoted to polymers.