Handbook of Advanced Biomass Materials for Environmental Remediation

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Prof. Sabu Thomas is former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and currently he is the Chairman Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park ( TrEST Research Park).  . He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Kerala India and the Founder Director and Professor of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas is known for his international acclaims for his work in nanoscience polymer science and engineering polymer nanocomposites elastomers polymer blends interpenetrating polymer networks polymer membranes green composites and nanocomposites  nanomedicine and green nanotechnology. Dr. Thomass ground breaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites polymer blends green bionanotechnological and nano-biomedical sciences have made transformative differences in the development of new materials for automotive space housing and biomedical fields. Dr. Cintil Jose Chirayil is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry Newman College Kerala India. She received her Ph.D. in Polymer Science from Mahatma Gandhi University India and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Materials Qatar University Doha. She has 13 years of research experience in the field of nanoscience and nanocellulose with 21 publications in international peer reviewed journals and 23 book chapters and four edited books. She has won the Young Scientist Award in 2011 in the International Conference jointly organised by Leeds University London and NIT Calicut.   She was the recipient of foreign scholarships from University of Potsdam-Germany University of Mara-Malaysia Institute of Chemistry-Austria for in depth research in the field of Nano science. She is an approved research guide of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam in the subject area Chemical sciences. Ms. Rini Thresia Varghese is currently pursuing doctoral research from Newman College Thodupuzha Kerala India under the affiliation of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Kerala India. She obtained her M. Phil degree with first rank in Polymer Chemistry from School of Chemical Sciences Mahatma Gandhi University     Kottayam Kerala India and a Post graduate degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from   Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi Kerala. She is a passionate chemist with a profound research experience in different fields and is presently pursuing her research works in the field of nanocellulose and polymer nanocomposites. Her main research work focuses on developing economically feasible and sustainable products from nanocellulose for environmental remediation applications. She has to her credit various publications in renowned journals during her research period notably 8 research articles in international journals and 6 book chapters published.  She has also achieved various awards including proficiency merits and best poster presentation awards.