Atsushi Suzuki Editor

Bhuvanesh Gupta is a Professor at the Department of Textile Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. He completed his M. Phil. and PhD at Vikram University, Ujjain, India and IIT Delhi respectively. He worked as a scientist at various institutions in Switzerland, France and Sweden before returning to IIT Delhi as a faculty member. His research interests include modification of polymers, membranes, medical textiles, biomaterials and tissue engineering. Prof Gupta has authored 8 books and more than 170 research papers, holds 25 patents, and serves on the editorial boards of 7 international journals.

Prof. A. K. Ghosh is a Professor and Head of the Centre for Polymer Science & Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has over 29 years of research and teaching experience, and holds 7 patents. He is known for his accomplishments in the field of polymer processing and rheology, and has significantly contributed in the areas of reactive processing of polymer blends and alloys, polymer packaging and microcellular processing of polymeric materials. He obtained an M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India and a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, USA before joining IIT Delhi in 1991. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and a recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including Meritorious Service Award by the Indian Plastics Institute, Mumbai, India, the IIT Delhi Teaching Excellence Award. He also held the prestigious Reliance Chair Professorship at IIT Delhi from 2006 to 2011. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Packaging Technology and Research and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Plastics Film & Sheeting and International Journal of Plastics Technology.

Atsushi Suzuki is a Professor at the Division of Artificial Environment and Information at Yokohama National University, Japan. He completed his PhD in Engineering at the University of Tokyo. His research interests gel science and technology, smart hydrogels and ecomaterials.

Sunita Rattan is a Professor and Additional Director at the Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. She completed her MSc and PhD in Organic Chemistry at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. She has more than 20 years of research and teaching experience, and her research interests include nanocomposites, smart hydrogels, chemiresistive sensors, and polymer/fly ash composites. Prof.Rattan has filed 11 patents and has authored 5 books and more than 45 scientific papers in respected journals and conferences.