Nanomaterials Synthesis

Yasir Beeran Pottathara is a Postdoctoral Researcher at LIMATB, University of South Brittany, Lorient, France. His research focuses in the area of nanomaterials for energy storage applications.

Prof. Sabu Thomas is the Vice Chancellor, senior most professor and outstanding scientist and leading academic of Mahatma Gandhi University. Prof. Thomas is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaims for his work in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Dr. Thomas’s ground breaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnological and nano-biomedical sciences, have made t ransformative differences in the development of new materials for automotive, space, housing and biomedical fields. Prof. Thomas has been conferred Honoris Causa (D.Sc) by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France and University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Prof. Thomas has been awarded Senior Fulbright Fellowship to visit 20 Universities in the US. He has been successful in getting more than 15 international projects and 35 national projects to Mahatma Gandhi University. Professor Thomas has published over 1000 peer reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters. He has co-edited 132 books published by Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley, Wood head, Elsevier, CRC Press, Springer, and Nova etc. He is the inventor of 15 patents. The h index of Prof. Thomas is 100 and has more than 47,500 citations. Prof. Thomas has delivered over 300 Plenary/Inaugural and Invited lectures in national/international meetings over 30 countries. Prof. Thomas has supervised 107 PhD theses and his students occupy leading positions in India and abroad in academy and industry.

Nandakumar Kalarikkal is Associate Professor, Advanced Materials Laboratory, School of Pure and Applied Physics & International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. His research focuses in the areas of nanomultiferroics, nanosemiconductors and nanophosphors

Professor Yves Grohens is the Director of the LIMATB (Material Engineering) Laboratory of Université de Bretagne Sud, France. His master's and PhD degrees were from Besançon University, France. After finishing his studies, he worked as assistant professor and later professor in various reputed universities in France. He is an invited professor to many universities in different parts of the world as well. His areas of interest include physicochemical studies of polymer surfaces and interfaces, phase transitions in thin films confinement, nano and bio composites design and characterization, and biodegradation of polymers and biomaterials. He has written several book chapters, monographs, and scientific reviews and has published 130 international publications. He is the chairman and member of advisory committees of many international conferences.

Vanja Kokol is Associate Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia. His research focuses on chemo-enzymatic derivatization, modification and/or functionalization of biopolymers and organic/inorganic nanomaterials.