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P. Mereena Luke is a Research Scholar in the Department of Polymer Technology, Chemical Faculty, at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. She recently completed a two-year project sponsored by the University Grants Commission on “Preparation and Evaluation of Dendrimeric Nano Systems for Drug Delivery Applications” at the International and Inter University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She has published articles in international and national professional journals and has also presented her work at international and national conferences.

K. R. Dhanya, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International and Inter University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She has published articles in international and national journals and has presented her work at international and national conferences as well. She has also authored and co-authored several book chapters.

Didier Rouxel, PhD, is a Professor at the Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, France. He has over 100 publications to his name, including over 60 papers in international journals, as well as book chapters, invited conference presentations, seminars, and other communications. He is a member of the French Society of Nanomedicine and was the PhD thesis director for several prize-winning theses.

Nandakumar Kalarikkal, PhD, is the Director of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as well as the Director and Assistant Professor in the School of Pure and Applied Physics at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He has published more than 160 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and has edited 20 books. He has four patents to his credit. Dr. Nandakumar was honored by being named “Professor at Lorraine” by the University of Lorraine, France, for his academic excellence.

Sabu Thomas, PhD, DSc, FRSC, is the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences as well as Founder Director of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. He received the coveted Sukumar Maithy Award proclaiming him the best polymer researcher in the country for the year 2008 as well as many other awards. He has over 800 publications to his credit.