Handbook of Composites from Renewable Materials, Biodegradable Materials

About Manju Kumari ThakurMichael R. KesslerVijay Kumar ThakurVijay Thakur

Vijay Kumar Thakur is a Lecturer in the School of Aerospace Transport and Manufacturing Engineering Cranfield University UK. Previously he had been a Staff Scientist in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University USA. He spent his postdoctoral study in Materials Science & Engineering at Iowa State University USA and gained his PhD in Polymer Chemistry (2009) at the National Institute of Technology India. He has published more than 90 SCI journal research articles in the field of polymers/materials science and holds one US patent. He has also published about 25 books and 33 book chapters on the advanced state-of-the-art of polymers/materials science with numerous publishers including Wiley-Scrivener. Manju Kumar Thakur has been working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Division of Chemistry Govt. Degree College Sarkaghat Himachal Pradesh University Shimla India since 2010. She received her PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the Chemistry Department at Himachal Pradesh University. She has deep experience in the field of organic chemistry biopolymers composites/ nanocomposites hydrogels applications of hydrogels in the removal of toxic heavy metal ions drug delivery etc. She has published more than 30 research papers in peer-reviewed journals 25 book chapters and co-authored five books all in the field of polymeric materials. Michael R. Kessler is a Professor and Director of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University USA. He is an expert in the mechanics processing and characterization of polymer matrix composites and nanocomposites. His honours include the Army Research Office Young Investigator Award the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award the NSF CAREER Award and the Elsevier Young Composites Researcher Award from the American Society for Composites. He has more than 150 journal articles and 5800 citations holds 6 patents published 5 books on the synthesis and characterization of polymer materials and presented at least 200 talks at national and international meetings.