Zeynep Altintas Editor

Dr. Ahmed Barhoum is an Associate Professor of nanomaterials science and Head of the Nanostruc Research Group (Helwan University). He is currently working at the DCU University (Ireland). His research interests include the synthesis of nanomaterials for catalysis, drug delivery, and biosensing. He has won several scientific awards and prizes: Helwan University Prizes (Egypt, 2020 & 2019), CAS Fellowship (China, 2019), IFE Fellowships (France, 2012 & 2018), FWO Fellowships (Belgium, 2015 & 2016), Medastar Erasmus Mundus (Belgium, 2012), Welcome Program (Italy, 2012) and many more. He serves as an expert evaluator for the National Science Centre (NCN, Poland), Czech Science Foundation (GACR, Russia), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Switzerland), and Innovators Support Fund (ISF, Egypt), among others. He is on the editorial board of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, and editor of 10 handbooks (Elsevier and Springer Nature), PI/Co-PI of 12 projects, and co-author of 150 publications. Zeynep Altintas is a full professor in Germany. She leads an interdisciplinary research group in the domains of biosensor technologies, computational chemistry and receptor design, functional polymers and their applications in (bio)chemical sciences, nanomaterials applications in food and health sciences, and design, synthesis and characterization of biomimetic materials. She has >170 publications in these fields, including books, journal articles, book chapters, patent applications, and conference papers. She has supervised more than 35 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students and mentored seven post-doctoral fellows. She has secured 15 research grants funded by DFG, EU, Marie Curie Actions, RSC, TUBITAK, British Council, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and industry. She serves as a referee for numerous high-impact journal and funding research institutions. She is an editorial board member of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, Scientific Reports, Micromachines,