Biomass-based Bioplastic and Films: Preparation, Characterization, and Application

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Dr Oluwatoyin Joseph Gbadeyan I am a scientific researcher with a career that spans more than a decade in material development mechanical engineering waste valorisation tribology circular economy and additive manufacturing. I received academic training in Nigeria and South Africa (UKZN CSIR and DUT). My research primarily focuses on composite biocomposite nanocomposite tribology and valorising wastes where various market-based products are produced from these feedstocks using robust and sustainable technologies. I have contributes to developing novel biorefinery-based technologies and synthetic black composite brake pads to revitalize South Africa's biomass and transportation industries. He also actively mentors postgraduate research students (BSc Hons MSc & Ph.D.) recruited in these projects in collaboration with our South African universities. I received several academic awards the most notable being the Innovator of the Year 2022 a prize for producing a novel material for friction material (brake pad). I also contributed immensely to his field through peer-reviewed publications and mentorship of students. His research has been published in top-tier international journals (with 32 scientific articles and >20 articles as the first author and). I hold a Google Scholar H-index of 14 with > 370 Citations. In addition to these academic accolades he has secured research grants from various funding sources/organizations and these are collectively worth millions of Rands while at the DUT and CSIR.   Prof Nirmala Deenadayalu Area of Expertise: Thermodynamics; Ionic Liquids Biomass Processing Bio: I have 30 years academic experience as a Demonstrator Lecturer Senior Lecturer Associate and Full Professor. The latter position I have held since Dec 2011. I have published 71 peer-reviewed journal articles. Together with my post graduate students the research group has presented 84 national and international conference poster or oral presentations. I have graduated 4 PhD and 18 Masters students and supervised 9 postdoctoral fellows. Im currently supervising 4 PhD and 3 Masters students and a NRF C2 rated scientist. I have peer reviewed research papers for a number of international journals and examined a number of Masters and PhD thesis. I have visited the following international universities: Delhi University India 2009; Warsaw University of Technology Poland 2011; University of Campinas Brazil 2012; Kurukshetra University India 2014; Imperial College UK 2016; Hamburg University of Technology Germany 2016 and have numerous local and international collaborations. Most of the research funding (± R 6 million) that I have leveraged was from NRF and DUT. My research area is in thermodynamics ionic liquids biomass processing and biogas production. Currently biomass valorisation for sustainable development has attracted a number of postgraduate students.