S L Kothari Editor

Hemant Kumar Daima is A/Professor at Amity University Rajasthan, India and honorary ‘Visiting Research Fellow’ at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Prior to Amity University, he has worked as A/Professor of Nanomedicine at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, India; Research Associate/Tutor at RMIT University, Australia and Research Fellow at University of Rajasthan, India. Dr. Daima obtained his MSc (Biotechnology) from University of Rajasthan, India; PhD (Applied Biology and Nanobiotechnology) from RMIT University, Australia. Dr. Daima is founder of Nano-Bio Interfacial Research Laboratory (NBIRL), and in-charge of newly established Amity University Science and Instrumentation Center-II (AUSIC-II). S. L. Kothari, FBS, FISPM, FNASc, FNAAS is Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology and Vice-President of Amity Science Technology and Innovation Foundation (ASTIF) at Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. Professor S.L. Kothari graduated from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India in 1984 with PhD, and during his long career he held post-doctoral positions as Fulbright Fellow at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA (1983-84); University of Nottingham, UK as Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow and Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career Fellow (1989-1996); University of Tsukuba, Japan as Visiting Foreign Research Fellow (2003-04). He held academic positions as Professor, Head of Department and Dean Faculty of Science at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; and later as Director, Institute of Biotechnology and Pro Vice Chancellor of Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur. His efforts resulted in to the establishment of Converging Technologies Centre (nano-bio-info-cogno) at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur that imparts BTech-MTech dual degree in four different streams of Converging Technologies. Suresh Bhargava is Distinguished Professor, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (India) and the Founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Materials & Industrial Chemistry at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his PhD from the University of Exeter, UK and was conferred a DSc (Honoris Causa) by University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. Professor Bhargava is a world-renowned interdisciplinary scientist and is recognized for delivering research excellence that underpins significant industrial applications. He published more than 439 journal articles and more than 200 industrial reports.