Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Analytical Chemistry: A Practical Approach

Suresh Kumar Kailasa FRSC is an Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujrat, India. He obtained his master of science (Chemistry of Natural Products) in chemistry from Sri Krishnadeveraya University, Andhra Pradesh, India and his PhD in Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. After completing two Postdoctoral Fellowships at Chonbuk University, South Korea and at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, he joined an Assistant Professor at SVNIT, Surat in 2009. He received Young Scientist Award from Taiwan Mass Spectrometry Society in 2013. He was selected as a Brain Pool Scientist at the Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, South Korea under Korean Brain Pool Invitation Program of KOFST in 2017. He was selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK and Fellow of the Society of Pesticide Science India in 2019. He has been selected as a life member in the National Academy of Sciences (NASI) Allahabad, India. He acted as Guest Editors in the special issues in Applied Sciences (MDPI) and Materials Today Chemistry (Elsevier). Currently, he is the head of the Department of Chemistry, SVNIT, Surat, India. He is the author of 182 peer-reviewed papers and is the co-inventor of a Taiwan Patent. His research interest in the field of analytical chemistry, MALDI-MS, ESI-MS, microextraction, nanosensors, drug delivery, surface modifications of nanostructure materials, functional nanomaterials for the development of new analytical strategies.

Hirakendu Basu, is currently working as Scientific Officer F in Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre of India. He completed his B.Sc. from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, under Calcutta University in 2005 and M.Sc. from Calcutta University in 2007. He then joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre after completion of OCES (52nd batch). He received his M.Tech in Nuclear Science and Engineering and PhD in Chemistry from HBNI, India. His areas of research interest are environmental analytical chemistry, development of hybrid materials, polymeric nanocomposites, core-shell nanoparticles, multifunctional photothermal material, colloidal migration study, natural radioactivity, colorimetric sensors and development of indigenous standard reference material.

Tae Jung Park PhD is an Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department of Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. His research interests are novel platform technologies for nanobio-fusion studies on metal surfaces, biosensor chips and nanocomplex fabrication for electrochemical analysis. Furthermore, he is interested in the investigation of molecular diagnostics using nanomaterials and the evaluation of biomimetics and drug delivery systems. He has received over 14 best research awards and has published over 130 papers, and owns over 80 international and Korean patents.