Akil Ahmad Editor

Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as a Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor), at the Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and has also been a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since June 2013. He is also a Visiting Scholar at TEMAG Labs, Department of Textile Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. Previously he worked as a Visiting Lecturer, at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and also worked as an Expatriate Lecturer under the UNDP project with the Ministry of Education of Ethiopia at Adama University, Ethiopia. He received his Ph.D. from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has more than 10 years of experience in teaching, research, and with industry. His research interests include Hybrid Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Advance Materials: Graphene/Nanoclay/Fire Retardant, Lignocellulosic Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Modification and Treatment of Lignocellulosic Fibres and Solid Wood, Nano Composites and Nanocellulose fibres, and Polymer blends. So far he has published 5 books, 12 book chapters, and more than 130 International journal papers and 4 Published review papers in the Top 25 hot articles on Science Direct during 2014-2015. He is also the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Polymer Journal and Guest Editor for Current Organic Synthesis and Current Analytical Chemistry. He is the reviewer of several high impact ISI journals (44 Journals). Akil Ahmad is a Assistant Professor at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia and have seven years of experience as Teaching Fellow, postdoc and six months as Visiting Researcher for Chemical Engineering, Centre of Lipid Engineering and Applied Research, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia. He completed a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (2011) with the topic “Modification of resin for their use in the separation, preconcentration and determination of metal ions” from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India. He has published more than 50 journal articles and book chapters with publishers of international repute. He is an editorial board member of Current World Environment, Sriwijaya Journal of Environment, and Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering & Technology. A. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy is a Post-Doctoral Research Scientist in the Centre of Research in Ionic Liquids (CORIL) at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia. He previously spent three years as Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia. He received Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) and Master of Science (M.Sc) in Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University, India. His research is significantly focused on the development of analytical methods for the analysis of New Emerging Pollutants (NEPs) including pesticides, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and water disinfection by-products. Further, his research is focused on critical part of the drug development process i.e., identi?cation, quantification and control of genotoxic and other process related impurities in active pharmaceutical ingredients. Additionally, he has made significant contributions in the wastewater treatment. He has published in over 50 high impact research publications and contributed chapters to books. He is the ‘Editorial Board Member’ and ‘Peer Reviewer’ for 15 high impact ISI journals.