Surface Modifications of Nanomaterials for Energy, Environmental and Biomedical Applications

Dr. Subash C.B. Gopinath is an Associate Professor at the Centre of Excellence (CoE), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia. He obtained his PhD from University of Madras, India, then continued his research at the Academia Sinica, Taiwan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, and University of Malaya. His research interests include nanobiosensors, nanotheranostics, non-coding RNA and other related applications of nanomaterials. He has published numerous articles in reputed Journals, such as Acta Biomaterialia, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, and International Journal of Nanomedicine.

Dr. Arun Thirumurugan is an assistant professor at the University of Atacama, Chile, working on the development of magnetic nanocomposite for energy storage and biological applications. He has completed his PhD (2010-2015) from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow (2015-2017) at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India, and then worked as a FONDECYT postdoctoral fellow (2017-2020) at the University of Chile. His research interests are synthesis and surface modification of nanomaterials for potential applications in detoxification, photocatalyst, energy storage, and biomedical applications. He is also working on flexible energy storage device fabrications.

Ananthakumar Ramadoss is an assistant professor at the Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. His research interests mainly focus on developing nanostructured materials and their applications in supercapacitors, nanogenerators, self-powered systems, thin films, corrosion protection, and bio-implants.

Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan is currently working as a Researcher in the Functional Materials and Microsystems research group at the School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He completed his doctoral studies in the field of flexible electronics mainly focused on “fabrication of flexible substrate for flexible & wearable electronic applications. Currently, he is working in the fabrication of flexible electronic components such as organic light emitting diodes, antennas, and sensors. His research areas are flexible and printed electronic devices and photonic devices.

Dr Sathish-Kumar Kamaraj is a professor and the group leader of the Bio-Nano Interface Technology for Sustainable Energy and Environment Research at the Technological Institute of El Llano Aguascalientes (ITEL), at the National Technological Institute of Mexico (TecNM). He obtained a Doctorate in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2010-2014) at The Centre for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico, with the scholarship from the General Directorate of International Relations- Secretary of Public Education Mexico (SEP-Mexico). He developed various working prototypes of bioelectrochemical systems especially microbial fuel cells and plant-based microbial fuel cells. He registered various patents in the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and technology transfer to the industries.