Mazhar Peerzada Editor

Nishar Hameed completed his PhD at Deakin University, Australia winning the Best Doctoral Thesis Award followed by an Alfred Deakin Post Doc Fellowship. His research is focused on the novel and faster processing of next generation 'smart' polymers and composite materials. He has published more than 100 high impact journal papers, 6 book chapters, 3 edited books and 2 patents. He was invited to edit the first ever Handbook on Epoxy Blends which was published in two volumes in 2017. His achievements include many “firsts” in the field, inspiring many follow-up studies. Nishar recently developed a new method to produce flexible, toughened, and fast cure resins that can be integrated to make formable and rapid cure fibre reinforced composites, concrete preforms and graphene nanocomposites. His research has also led to the development of a new, environmentally friendly processing route to make plastic films and fibres from natural polymers (cellulose, wool, silk) and biomass. Mazhar Peerzada did his Ph.D. in polymer composite materials from the University of Manchester, UK. He has a broad range of teaching experience and is a leading principal investigator of the Technical Textile Research Group, and a member of the Textile Composites Research Group at the University of Manchester, UK, and the Textile Composite Material Research Group, Pakistan. Currently, he is working on national and international research projects related to polymer composite materials and protective textiles. He has published several articles in well-reputed and peer-reviewed international research journals and has presented his work at various international and national conferences. He has also authored and co-authored several book chapters and edited books. Nisa Salem received her PhD from Deakin University in 2013 in materials engineering. Nisa’s research is mainly focused on advanced carbon materials and functional fibres. She has published over 40 high impact journal papers, 1 book (in preparation), and 3 book chapters even with a career interruption of almost 3 years. Nisa has won many awards in her research career including AINSE Gold Medal for outstanding PhD and Smart Geelong Early Researcher award, Victoria Fellowship, Endeavour Fellowship, Alfred Deakin Fellowship and many more even with a career break of more than 2 years. Nisa’s vision is to develop multifunctional materials that are enablers for digitalization and the internet of things – living materials that sense, actuate and harvest energy. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai received his PhD in Polymer Science and Technology (Chemistry) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. He has published more than 100 papers, in high quality international peer reviewed journals on polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, and biopolymers, and has edited 10 books. He has received numerous awards and recognitions including prestigious KMUTNB best researcher award 2019, Kerala State Award for the Best Young Scientist 2016 and INSPIRE Faculty Award 2011.