Upconversion Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Kalim Deshmukh is a Senior Researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 20 years of research experience working with various nanostructured materials, and polymeric materials, especially polymer blends, and nanocomposites for numerous applications. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization,and evaluation of the structure–property relationships of different polymers reinforced with various nanofillers including metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon allotropes, and novel 2D nanomaterials for energy storage, gas sensing and EMI shielding applications.

Kevin D. Belfield is the Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts, and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA. He received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1982 from Rochester Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Syracuse University in 1988. After conducting research in polymer stabilization and degradation at Ciba-Geigy, he conducted research in the synthesis and characterization of functionalized polymers at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. A pioneer in two-photon absorbing materials and two-photon photochemistry, Belfield has systematically developed principles for the design of probes for in vivo multiphoton fluorescence imaging, photosensitizers for photodynamic cancer therapy, and reagents for two-photon induced photochemical activation. Belfield is also the Becton Dickinson Endowed Research Professor at NJIT, was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2013, Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2019, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2022.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor in his research areas. He has published with Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.