Seiko Jose PhD is a scientist, working at ICAR-Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, India. He has over 17 years’ experience in textiles including time spent in industry and academia. His industrial experience is focused on wet processing of cotton, silk, and linen processing units. For the last 8 eight years of his research career, he has worked with a range of natural fibres such as, wool, jute, pineapple leaf fibre, coir, flax, and ramie. He has contributed to 30 research papers and 9 book chapters. His major research areas are extraction and characterization of natural fibre, textile dyeing and finishing, eco-friendly textile processing, natural fibre composites, and natural dyes.
Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields.
Dr. Firoz Babu Kadumudi (PhD) is a researcher for the Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. He obtained his PhD degree in Chemistry from Bharathidasan University, India, in 2014. He holds more than 15 years of scientific expertise in natural polymers, nanomaterials and nanocomposites. His research is focused on developing polymer nanocomposites for a variety of applications, such as, flexible electronics, wearable sensor for healthcare monitoring, and energy storage. He has published more than 35 articles, patented 3 technologies, and published a book chapter. His research has been published in journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, and Advanced Sciences.