Krishnan Anand Editor

Dr. Krishnan Anand has expertise in Organic Chemistry/Medical Biochemistry/Integrative Medicine/Nano(Bio)technology/Drug Discovery and is currently working as Senior Researcher at Discipline of Medical Biochemistry and Chemical Pathology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He received his Doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry in Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology in collaboration with Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2014. He completed his Master’s degree in organic chemistry from Bharathiyar University, India and Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Durban University of Technology, South Africa from November 2014 to November 2016. He has published many scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored many book chapters as well as review articles. He was recognised for his contributions and received awards from national and international organizations. He has been awarded Best Postdoctoral Researcher award for 2016 and 2017 from Durban University of Technology and Young Scientist Researcher award 2016 from Pearl foundation. He is the member of various editorial boards of the journals of the International reputation. His research interest includes, Organic Synthesis, Catalysis, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Cannabis Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Phytonanotherapy, Extracellular Vesicles, Nanotoxicology, and Chemical Pathology. Prof. Dr. Muthupandian Saravanan has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience and presently working as a Professor, AMR and Nanotherapeutics Lab, Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha University, SIMATS, Chennai, India. Since January 2021, he has graduated in microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj University and Doctorate with a Specialization in Medical Micro¬biology and Nanomedicine from Sathyabama University, India. Thereafter, He worked as a post-doctoral researcher (2011–2012), focusing his research on nanobiomaterials & their biomedical applications. Prior to his postdoc, he worked as an assistant professor (SG), SRM University, and the Department of Biotechnology for 6 years, from 2005 to 2011. After his post-doctoral research, he worked as an associate professor, under the United Nation Development Program, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Mekelle University, Ethiopia till 2021. His research specialization is Develop¬ment of Novel Biomaterials for Emerging and Re-emerging Infection in particular Anti¬microbial Resistance (AMR) & Cancer. He has published more than 180 research papers including high-impact journal The Lancet and Nature in peer-reviewed Journal with more than 14,500 citations and h-index of 52 and i10 index of 108. He has published five edited books and 15 book chapters. He has participated in more than 75 national and international conferences and reviewers of more than 100 international peer-reviewed journals. Guest editor/editors for various reputed PubMed and Scopus indexed journals, in particular, He has an Associate editor in Frontiers in Pharmacology, Frontiers in Oncology, and MDPI Functional Biomaterials. He has received many fellowships and awards notably, IET— Nanobiotechnology premium Awards two times continuously in the years 2019 and 2020, International Fellowship “Advanced Course on Diagnostics” Sponsored by LSH&TM & Fondation Mérieux, in France, 2013, International Fellowship “Pertussis: biology, epidemi¬ology, and prevention” meeting Sponsored by Fondation Mérieux & WHO in France 2014, International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) travel grant in 2015 to Canada, International Fellowship “Advanced Course on Antibiotics” (AdCAb) Sponsored by Institute of Pasteur and Fondation Mérieux France, 2016. Dr. Balakumar Chandraseakaran has expertise in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry/ Drug Design and Drug Discovery. Presently he is currently working as Assistant Professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, Philadelphia University, Jordan. He received his Doctoral degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University (one of the best Universities in India) in the year 2013. After spending around 2 years in teaching profession, he did PostDoc Research for a period of 3 years (2015-18) with National Research Foundation (NRF) funding from South Africa. He has published many scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored five book chapters as well as review articles. He was recognised for his contributions and received awards from national and international organizations. He is the member of various professional bodies and editorial boards of the journals of International repute. Dr. Kanchi is the Research Scientist in fabricating the bio-sensors for the identification and quantification of high-intensity artificial sweeteners in food stuffs and biological samples. He completed his post doctoral research in Separation and Determination of High-Intensity Artificial Sweeteners (Sucralose, Neotame & Stevia glycosides with Capillary Electrophoresis and electrochemical methods (biosensors) in different Food Stuff’s from Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. He is associated with the Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS), India. He is also serving as the Executive Editor for American Journal of Phytomedicine and Clinical Therapeutics; EB member for International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment and many more. He is also having several reviewer experiences for many articles. Costing: option 1 with proofredaing Mrs Sarojini Jeeva Panchu has expertise in functional nano-materials for energy and biomedical applications. She has worked as a research assistant in central electrochemical research institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, India from 2012- 2016. She received national research foundation (DST-NRF) fellowship in South Africa for doctoral research at Discipline of physics, School of chemistry and physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. She has published scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals and membership in energy science society of India (ESSI). Her research interest includes nanomaterials synthesis by using hydrothermal, solvothermal, physical vapour deposition and chemical vapour deposition methods, solar cells, electrochemistry, fabrication of energy storage energy conversion and sensor devices systems for multianalyte analysis. Dr. Chen Quan-Sheng is working as Professor in the School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China. He is a member of several scientific associations and editorial boards. He is Visiting Scholar University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He has successfully supervised over 12 postgraduate students. He has applied for 51 invention patents, and 31 of them have been authorized including a US patent and 30 CN patents. His research interest includes Rapid & non-destructive detection of Agri-product & food Real-time quality monitoring and control in food processing, Emerging analytical techniques for food quality and safety, including near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, biosensors, and hyperspectral imaging.