Editor in Chief
Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
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Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Research interests: nano and biomaterials, drug delivery and targeting, antimicrobial thin coatings, antimicrobial nanoparticles.
Assistant Editors
Alexandra Burdusel
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Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Research interests: 3D bioprinting, drug targeting, drag delivery.
Associate Editors
Ephraïm Suhir ,
Portland State University, Depts. of Mech. and Mat., and Elect. and Comp. Engineering, Portland, OR, USA | Technical University, Dept. of Applied Electronic Materials, Inst. of Sensors and Actuators, Vienna, Austria
Research interests: Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Applied and Mathematical Physics; Materials Science and Engineering; Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering;
Monica Cartelle Gestal,
Department microbiology and immunology, Gratis Associate Professor Pediatrics LSU Health Science, Shreveport Shreveport, Louisiana USA
Research interests: antibiotic resistance, its relationship to quorum sensing (virulence and pathogenesis) and to discover new targets; development of nanotechnology coated medical devices and antibiotic shuttle systems;
Editorial Board
Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc,
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Universtity of Bucharest, Romania
Research interests: investigation of antibiotic resistance at phenotypic, molecular and epidemiological level; phenotypic and genotypic investigation of bacterial virulence; investigation of host-infectious agents relationships by in vitro and experimental pathology assays; assessment of novel chemical structures for their antimicrobial activity); nanotechnology in microbiology;
Dan Eduard Mihaiescu,
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Research interests: thin coatings, laser ablation, nanomaterials, drug delivery;
Marcello Iriti ,
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Milan State University, Italy
Research interests: Bioactive phytochemicals, foods and medicinal plants.
Goutam Rath,
Department of Pharmaceutics, ISF College of Pharmacy, GT Road (NH-95), Ghal Kalan, India
Research interests: Development and characterization of novel carriers for wound healing; Enzymatic debridement, a wound feedback loop for improved outcomes;
Gassan Hodaifa Meri,
Pablo de Olavide University, Experimental Sciences Faculty, Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering Department, Spain
Research interests: Microorganism growth; Biotechnology of Microalgae; Biomass; Kinetic growth; Biochemical composition of the biomass; Enzymes technology; Advanced oxidation processes; Wastewater treatment; Pesticides removal; Nematode growth; Chemical Engineering; Food Engineering.
Li Zhou,
Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metal and Materials (Ministry of Education), College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, China
Research interests: Functional inorganic and polymer nanomaterials for biological and environmental applications.
Subhash C. Mandal,
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Division of Pharmacognosy, Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Research Laboratory, Jadavpur University, India
Research interests: Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Research , Traditional Medicines & Drug Discovery;
Nima Rezaei,
Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St, Keshavarz Blvd, Iran
Research interests: Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases; genetics & heredity; immunology; primary immunodeficiency disorders; Cancer Immunology;
Pradeep K Sengupta,
Department of Biophysics Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, 92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, India
Research interests: Bio and nano materials; Pharmacologically active phytochemicals , and their binding to biomolecular targets, and their inclusion in nano-vehicles for drug delivery, explored via spectroscopic and computational tools.
Hrudayanath Thatoi,
Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering and Technology, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, India
Research interests: Fermentation technology, Enzyme purification and characterisation; DNA and plasmid isolation, PCR Amplification; Metal-microbe interaction and bioremediation study; DNA fingerprinting, RFLP, RAPD analysis, Metagenomic analysis;
Hazizan bin Md Akil,
School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Research Interests: Polymer Composites, 3D printing of polymers and Hydrogels
Shakeel Ahmed,
Department of Chemistry, Government Degree College Mendhar, Mendhar, India
Research interests: Green Nanomaterials; Nanocomposites; Advanced Green Materials
Deliyanni Α. Eleni,
Department of Chemistry, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Research interests: Adsorption/separation processes in environmental applications; Materials Chemistry; Synthesis and surface characterization of new adsorbent materials; Modification/impregnation of materials; Carbon materials as adsorbents; Graphite oxide based/polymer nanocomposite adsorbents; Deep desulfurization of fuels; Biomass conversion to activated carbon; Advanced oxidation processes/Catalytic oxidation;
Badal Kumar Mandal,
Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, India
Research interests: interaction between metal nanoparticles and toxic heavy metals, remediation of toxic heavy metals using metal nanoparticles and toxic effects of nanomaterials;
Ren-Cun Jin,
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Research interests: water pollution control and environmental biotechnology, which includes biological nitrogen removal technology (i.e., anaerobic ammonium oxidation) development, high-efficient bioreactor design, and optimization of wastewater treatment system for energy-saving and pollutant-reduction;
Monica Cristina Sakizlian
Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Bucharest, Romania
Research interests: Human Motricity Sciences, Quality of Life
Rania Mohammed Hafez Mohammed Hathout,
Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Research interests: preparation of different drug and gene delivery carriers such as vesicles and colloidal nanoparticles whether polymeric or lipid using different methods and studying the different physico-chemical factors influencing the morphology, particle size and stability of these drug carrier; computer-assisted dosage form design is my novel approach to drug delivery involving several bio and cheminformatics tools;
Kailas L. Wasewar,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), India
Research interests: Biotechnology, Reaction Engineering, Process Intensification, Separation Technology, Environmental Engineering, Ionic Liquids, Nanotechnology, CFD, Modeling & Simulation, and Reliability Engineering;
Amir Mohammad Mortazavian,
Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, Food Science and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Research interests: Dairy science and technology (esp., fermented milks)
Functional foods; Probiotics and prebiotics in food products; Food chemistry (esp., food ingredient interactions);
Poonam Tandon,
Physics Department, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
Research interests: Working on gas sensing applications of nano-materials, active pharmaceutical ingredients, synthetic and bio polymers, conducting polymers, biodegradable polymers. Research forté; Experimental and theoretical studies on vibrational spectroscopy, molecular dynamics, phonon dispersion, phase transition, DFT, ab initio dynamics and structural developments, structure activity relationship.
Keng-Liang Ou,
College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Research interests: Biomedical Engineering; Bioengineering; Clinical Trials; Dentistry; Engineering Physics; Dental Surgery;
Eugenia Bezirtzoglou,
Democritus University of Thrace Faculty of Agricultural Development, Department of Food Science and Technology, Greece
Research interests: microbial ecology, gastrointestinal microflora, food and environmental microbiology.
Keng-Shiang Huang,
The School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Taiwan
Research interests: microfluidic controlling; microdroplet; microfluidici chip fabrication; antimicrobial polymers; pulsatile delivery;
Carmen Limban,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Research interests: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Antimicrobials; Natural Product Chemistry; Heterocyclic Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Chemical Synthesis; IR; Pharmaceutical Chemistry;
Goodarz Ahmadi,
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, USA
Research interests: modeling pollutant transport, dispersion and turbulent flows of dense and dilute, solid-gas or liquid mixtures with application to coal transport and processing, spray formation, and hot-gas filtration
Chih-Hui Yang,
Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Center, I-Shou University, Taiwan / National Applied Research Laboratories Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
Research interests:
Ming-Yu Lin,
Instrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taiwan
Research interests:
Chih-Yu Wang,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Taiwan
Research interests:
Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Devices; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Medical Electronics;
Yung-Sheng Lin,
Department of Chemical Engineering, National United University, Taiwan
Research interests: Implants; Tissue engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Devices; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Medical Electronics;
Veronica Lazar,
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Universtity of Bucharest, Romania
Research interests: applied microbiology; Immunology; Virology;
Mariana Chirea,
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Research interests: Electron transfer kinetics at films composed of spherical nanomaterials and polymers, thiol and nanorods, thiol and nanostars or films of nanodendrites for applications in electrochemical sensing, fuel cells or energy storage devices; catalytic activity of nanomaterials in various chemical reactions with industrial applications;
Coralia Bleotu,
Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania
Francesco Baino,
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Research interests: bioceramics, bioactive glasses and composite biomaterials for tissue engineering and medical implants, as well as processing and testing of advanced ceramics
Nejat Düzgünes,
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, USA
Research interests: Gene therapy of oral cancer; Eliminating HIV-infected cells; Targeted non-viral vectors for gene delivery; Therapy of oral Candida and Porphyromonas infections;
Oguzhan Gunduz,
Centre of Nanotechnology & Biomaterials Applied and Research at Marmara University, Turkey
Research interests: Bone cements, Bioceramics, Drug delivery nanocarries.
Jianlin Liu,
School of Pipleline and Civil Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, P.R. China
Research interests: soft matter mechanics, applied mathematics, nonlinear mechanics in structures and micro/nano-mechanics;
Nicolae Corcionivoschi,
National Children Research Centre, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Research interests: bacterial virulence, isolation and testing of novel pre and probiotics, and the development of novel technologies for more efficient detection of foodborne pathogens
Wameath Sh. Abdul-Majeed,
University of Nizwa, Oman
Research interests: application of non-thermal plasma in industrial fields, and the environmental and health sectors;
Alina Maria Holban,
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Research interests: antimicrobial therapy; nanostructured drugs; biofilms; host-pathogen interactions;
Valentina Grumezescu,
Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics – INFLPR, Magurele, Romania
Research interests: thin coatings; modulation of microbial biofilm; drug targeting; hard tissue engineering;
Ming Miao,
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, 1800 Lihu Avenue, China
Research interests: Nutraceuticals; Functional foods; Nutrition; Food Science;
Majid Monajjemi,
Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Research interests: molecular modeling and QM/MM calculations of macro-biomolecules, electronic structure calculations of nano-biomolecules, non-bonded electronic structure of BnNn rings, NMR contour maps, and quantum investigations of non-bonded interactions
Andivelu Ilangovan,
School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, India
Research interests: organic chemistry; natural products; biological evaluation of organic compounds; crystal structure; biomimetic structures;
Elias C. Aifantis,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece / Mechanics and Optics University ITMO, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Research interests: dislocation patterning and material instabilities, gradient elasticity and plasticity, chemomechanics and nanomechanics.
Tadeusz Hryniewicz,
Department of Engineering and Informatics Systems, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
Research interests: Machine technology, Surface technology, Surface electrochemistry studies, Hydrogen embrittlement cases, Electrochemical corrosion studies, Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation.
Iola Melissa Fernandes Duarte,
CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Research interests: immune metabolic deregulations in chronic inflammatory diseases; tumour metabolism, anticancer drugs and nanomedicines, biological responses to nanomaterials.
Mustafa Turkyilmazoglu,
Department of Mathematics, University of Hacettepe, Turkey
Research interests: Fluid mechanics, Hydrodynamic stability theory, Rotating-disk flow, High-Reynolds number flows, Triple-deck asymptotic theory of compressible viscous flows, Numerical simulation.
Javed Ali,
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, India
Research interests: Improving oral bioavailability of BCS class II and Class IV drugs using polymeric conjugates and lipid based systems like microemulsions, nanoemulsions, solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers
Mieczysław Jurczyk,
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Research interests: nanoscience, nanotechnology, nanostructured materials; non-equilibrium processing and properties of advanced materials/nanomaterials; microstructural characterization; powder processing; composites/nanocomposites; porous metallic bionanomaterials/bionanocomposites; hydrogen storage materials/nanomaterials
Hamidreza Sadegh,
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poland
Research interests: nanomaterials, adsorption, wastewater management, adsorbent, polymer membrane, and photocatalyst.
Tony Hadibarata,
Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, Malaysia
Research interests: Environmental engineering; Bioremediation of toxic Pollutants; Environmental chemistry, Microbiology, Toxicology; Water and wastewater treatment; Industrial microbiology.
Emir Baki Denkbas,
Bioengineering Department, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Research interest: Polymer Technology: Production of polymers which have different type of bulk and surface charecteristics, shape and geometries; Biomaterials: Production and charecterization of polymeric biomaterials and modification of the surface of polymeric biomaterials by different methods (by chemically, biologically, plasma etc.); Biotechnology: Preparation of polymeric biomaterials for cell culture studies and their applications; Controlled Drug Release Systems: Microencapsulation of some drugs by biodegradable polymeric microspheres; Tissue Culture Engineering: Hepatocyte immobilization on chemical, biological or plasma modified polymeric surfaces; Nanobiotechnology: Preparation and characterization of nanocarriers for gene and cancer therapy.
Sibel A. Ozkan,
Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Tandogan, Turkey
Research interest: analysis of pharmaceuticals with using separation techniques especially on liquid chromatography, method development and their validation, electroanalytical techniques, novel electrode materials, nano-structured materials, surface–modified electrodes, fabrication of biosensors and nano-sensors, analysis of pharmaceuticals from their dosage forms and biological samples.
Cristobal Noe Aguilar Gonzalez,
Department of Food Research (DIA-UAdeC), School of Chemistry, University Autonomous of Coahuila, Mexico
Research interest: Tannase; Bioactive Extraction; Active Peptides; Active Oligosaccharides; Candelilla Wax; Tannins-Gallic acid-Ellagic acid; Solid-State Fermentation; Edible Films and Coatings; Bioactives and Bioactivities; Biocontrol
Rajeshwar Sinha,
Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, India
Research interest: UV radiation effects on aquatic ecosystems (DNA damage and repair, phycobiliproteins, mycosporine-like amino acids and scytonemin)
Pathik Kumbhakar,
Nanoscience Laboratory, Dept. of Physics, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
Research interest: Biosensors, Electrochemical Biosensors, DNA and Aptamer Biosensors, Bioelectro-analytical Chemistry, Material Sciences, Conducting Polymer, NanoMaterials, Surface Modification.
Hassan Vatandoost,
Department of Environmental Chemical Pollutants and Pesticides, National Institute for Environmental Research, School of Public Health , Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Research interest: Study on arthropod borne disease such as CCHF, relapsing fever, Dengue fever, leishmaniasis; Study on epidemiology of malaria; Study on insecticide residue; Evaluation of different insecticide at phase I, II and III of WHOPES; Investigation of ecology of mosquitoes; Study on the identification of mosquitoes using molecular genetics; Investigation on the mechanisms involved in insecticide resistance in arthropods; Study on the functional basis of insecticide resistance on malaria vectors; Using of biological contort agents including Lagenidium giganteum, Bacillus thuringiensis for malaria vectors.
N. Sandeep,
Department of Mathematics, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, India
Research interest: Computational Fluid Dynamics; Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in MHD flows; Heat and Mass Transfer in Nanofluids; Heat and Mass Transfer in Dusty fluids; Heat and Mass Transfer in Dusty nanofluids; Ordinary and Partial Differential equations; Flows through porous media; Mathematical Modelling; Numerical Methods.
Trchounian Armen,
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Research interest: Microbiology & Plants and Microbes
Kaushik Pal,
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Centre of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, , India
Research interest: synthesis and modification of different types of nanofillers (especially CNTs and graphene) for their applications in sensors, fuel cells, energy storage devices and polymer/metal matrix composites for aerospace and structural applications
Mehdi Shahedi Asl,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran
Research interest: Ceramic Matrix Composites; Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs); Sintering Processes; Archaeometallurgy; Casting; Welding; Nanotechnology and Nano Materials; Coating.
Nguyễn Đình Đức,
Advanced Materials and Structures Laboratory, University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam
Research interest: Composite with space structure (Carbon-carbon composite 3D, 4D); Dynamic and Vibration of Advanced Structures and Mechanics of composite materials; Nonlinear stability of FGM plates and shells; Composite structures with dynamic crack propagation; Constructions and composite structures subjected to special loads; Piezoelectric composite and auxetic materials; Three phase composite and nanocomposite polymer; Advanced materials and structures in Infrastructure Engineering and in Civil Engineering; Nanocomposite and advanced materials in new energy and in renewable energy; Mechanical problems related to climate change; Applied Mathematics and Applied Mechanics.
Domenico Lombardo,
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici (IPCF), Messina, Italy
Research interest: Study of the Soft Interaction in Nanostructured Material and Supramolecular Aggregates; odeling of Structure and Dynamic Properties in Polymers, Dendrimers and Lipid Bio-Membranes in Solution; Study of the Self-Assembly Processes in Organic-Inorganic Ibrid Materials (Zeolite Synthesis on Nanocolloids).
Zeinab Abdel Hamid,
Department of Corrosion Control and Surface Protection, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), Egypt
Research interest: surface coating and corrosion prevention, as electroplating and electroless plating of metal, alloys and composite coatings, nanocomposite coating for different applications, metallization of plastics and printed circuit boards, conventional coatings, biomedical coatings, powder coatings, black coatings, High temperature coating such as, Hot- dip, Pack cementation, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), Plasma spray coatings and physical vapor deposition (PVD)
Jia-Qian Jiang,
School of Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, Scotland, United Kingdom
Research interest: advanced water and wastewater treatment technologies and processes; pollution remediation;
Sanjay K. Jain,
Pharmaceutics Research Projects Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H. S. Gour Central University, India
Research interest: Controlled Release, Nanoparticles, Formulations, Controlled Drug Delivery, Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Biomaterials, Liposomes, Nano Drug Delivery
Gaurav Sharma,
School of Chemistry, Shoolini University, India
Research interest: Nanocomposites, Bimetallic & trimetallics nanoparticles,Green Chemistry, Photocatalysis, Ion exchanger and Environmental remediation
Wei (Willy) Chu,
School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, China
Research interest: Energy Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, Nano Functional Materials, Petrochemicals, Carbon management (CCUS) , Environmental Engineering, Polymer & Chemical Sciences; Fischer Tropsch Synthesis, Clean Energy (Hydrogen, etc), Li Battary, Supecapacitor, CNT, GN, Plasma
Lala Behari Sukla,
Biofuels & Bioprocessing Research Center, ITER, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar-751030, India
Research interest: Biodiesel from Microalgae, Biomineral processing for extraction of metal values from ores, concentrates and wastes. Bioleaching, Biobenefication, Bioadsorption, Bioprecipitation, Bioremediation, Microbial strain improvement.
Hermann Ehrlich,
Institute of Electronics and Sensor Materials, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany.
Research interest: marine biomaterials, biominerals, biocomposites and biomimetics.
A. Ghasem Jouyban,
Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 51664, Iran
Research interest: Prediction of drug solubility in mixed solvent systems; Prediction of drug solubility in supercritical fluids; Application of chemometric approaches in pharmaceutical/analytical sciences; Pharmaceutical and Biomedical analyses of drugs; Development and validation of analytical methods using capillary electrophoresis; Development and validation of analytical methods using HPLC; Development and validation of analytical methods using spectroscopic methods.
Dinesh Kumar Mishra ,
Indore Institute of Pharmacy, IIST Campus, Opposite IIM, Rau, Indore (M.P.) India
Research interest: novel drug delivery systems, nanotechnology, nanomedicine, liposomes, nanoparticles, transdermal drug delivery, vaccine etc.
Gian Maria Pacifici ,
Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research interest: Clinical Pharmacology.
Robert E Smith ,
Park University, Parkville, United States
Research interest: pharmacology, toxicology, analytical chemistry, food chemistry, biochemistry and materials science.
Hasan Türkez ,
Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey
Research interest: Nanobiotechnology, Nanotoxicity.
Chee Kong Yap ,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Research interest: ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality and ecotoxicological genetics.
Mohamed Bououdina,
University of Bahrain, Sakhir, Bahrain
Research interest: biosynthesis & nanotoxicology.
Hani Nasser Abdelhamid ,
Department of Chemistry, Assiut University, Egypt
Research interest: Nanotechnology: synthesis, characterization, and applications; Material Chemistry, synthesis, characterization, and applications; Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), synthesis, characterization, and applications; Inorganic and structural chemistry.