Nanobiotechnology for Food Processing and Packaging
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Dr. Jay Singh is currently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, since 2017. He received his Ph.D. degree in polymer science from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology in 2010 and his MSc and BSc from Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He had a postdoctoral fellow at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Chonbuk National University, South Korea, and Delhi Technological University, Delhi. Dr. Jay has received many prestigious fellowships such as CSIR (RA), DST-Young Scientist Fellowship, DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, etc. He is actively engaged in the development of nanomaterial (CeO2, NiO, rare-earth metal oxide, Ni, Nife2O4, Cu2 O, graphene, RGO, etc.)-based nanobiocomposite, conducting polymer, and self-assembled monolayer-based clinically important biosensors for estimation of bioanalaytes such as cholesterol, xanthine, glucose, pathogens, and pesticides/toxins using DNA and antibodies. Dr. Jay has published more than 95 international research papers with total xviii Editors’ biographies citations of more than 4000 and an h-index of 36. He has completed/run various research projects in different funding agencies. He has many edited/authored books (under pipeline) and has authored more than 40 book chapters of internationally reputed press for various publications, namely Elsevier, Springer Nature, IOP, Wiley, and CRC. He is actively engaged in fabricating metal oxideebased biosensors for clinical diagnosis, food packaging applications, drug delivery, and tissue engineering applications. His research has contributed significantly toward the fundamental understanding of interfacial charge. Dr. Ravindra Pratap Singh did his BSc at Allahabad University, India, and his MSc and Ph.D. in biochemistry from Lucknow University, India. He is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has previously worked as a scientist at various esteemed laboratories globally, namely Sogang University, IGR Paris, etc. His work and research interests include biochemistry, biosensors, nanobiotechnology, electrochemistry, material sciences, and biosensor applications in biomedical, environmental, agricultural, and forensics. He has to his credit several reputed national and international honors/awards. Dr. Singh has authored over 70 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and more than 60 book chapters of international repute and has edited ten books. He serves as a reviewer of many reputed international journals and is also a member of many international societies. He is currently also involved in editing various books, which will be published in internationally reputed publication houses, namely IOP Publishing, CRC Press, Elsevier, and Springer Nature. Moreover, he is a book series editor of “Emerging Advances in Bionanotechnology, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. He is also actively involved in guest-editing special issues (SIs) for reputed international journals, and one of the latest edited SIs by Dr. Singh is “Smart and Intelligent Nanobiosensors: Multidimensional Applications for Materials Letters, Elsevier. Dr. Ajeet Kaushik is Assistant Professor at the NanoBioTech laboratory, Department of Environmental Engineering, Florida Polytechnic University, USA. He is the recipient of various reputed awards for his service in the area of nano-biotechnology for health care. He has edited four books, written 100 international research peer reviewed publications, and has three patents in the area of nanomedicine and smart biosensors for personalized health care. In the course of his research, Dr. Kaushik has been engaged in design and development of various electro-active nanostructures for electrochemical biosensor and nanomedicine for health care. His research interests include nanobiotechnology, analytical systems, design and develop nanostructures, nano-carries for drug delivery, nano-therapeutics for CNS diseases, on-demand site-specific release of therapeutic agents, exploring personalized nanomedicines, biosensors, point-of-care sensing devices, and related areas of health care monitoring. Professor Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji is presently a faculty member at the Microbiology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Edo State University Uzairue (EDSU), Edo State, Nigeria, where he utilized the application of biologic techniques and microbial bioprocesses for the actualization of sustainable development goals and agrarian revolution, through quality teaching, research, and community development. He is currently the Ag Dean for the Faculty of Science and the Head of the Department of Microbiology at EDSU. He is a visiting professor and the executive director for the Center of Biotechnology, Precious Cornerstone University, Ibadan. He has won several scientific awards and grants from renowned academic bodies. He has published many scientific journal articles and conference proceedings in refereed national and international journals with over 370 manuscripts. He was ranked among the top 500 prolific authors in Nigeria between 2019 and now by SciVal/SCOPUS. His research interests include microbiology, biotechnology, postharvest management, and nanotechnology. He was recently appointed as the President and Chairman Governing Council of the Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network Society. He is presently the General/Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Young Academy. He is presently a series editor with Taylor and Francis, United States, editing several textbooks on agricultural biotechnology, nanotechnology, pharmafoods, and environmental sciences. He is an editorial board member of many international journals and serves as a reviewer for many double-blind peer-reviewed journals such as Elsevier, Springer, Francis and Taylor, Wiley, PLOS One, Nature, American Chemistry Society, and Bentham Science Publishers. Kshitij Rb Sing is a Post-PG Researcher in the Dept of Chemistry at Govt. V. Y. T. PG. Autonomous, Chhattisgarh, India.