Blockchain for Biomedical Research and Healthcare: Concept, Trends, and Future Implications

Dr. Aparna Kumari, is associated with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. She is having more than 12+ years of experience and focuses on cutting-edge research and teaching. Her broad research area includes Smart Grid Systems, Blockchain Technology, Electric Vehicles, and Renewable Energy Sources. Recently, she has won Shri P. Prahlaad Chabaria Award-2023 for Best women Profession- as a Runner up from Hope foundation, IEEE India council, IEEE affinity group, IEEE Pune section and WIE. She has been listed in the world's Top 2% Scientists as per the list published by Stanford University's USA in the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. Two of her novel works on COVID-19 have been approved by the WHO and included in their "COVID-19 Global literature on coronavirus disease" database. She authored/co-authored 40 publications (28 in peer-reviewed SCI-indexed International journals, 10 papers presented in top-tier IEEE International conferences and 2 book chapters in Springer and IET). She is an active member of IEEE and Women in Engineering (WIE) India. She strives to contribute to society through her outreach to societal projects. She aims to facilitate access to resources for underprivileged students.

Prasun Kumar, Ph.D.

Prasun Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India. He is presently working as a Research Scientist at MNR Medical College and Hospital, Hyderabad. Earlier, he was working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, and Republic of Korea. He has over seven years of experience in applied microbiological research including about 2 years of experience in industrial R&D. His main areas of research are bioinformatics, medical microbiology, microbial biodiversity, bioenergy, microbial biofilms, quorum sensing, quorum quenching, and genomics. His present research is oriented toward valorizing lignocellulosic biowastes into value-added products such as biopolymer, 2G ethanol, bioenergy, and antibiofilm compounds. To his credit, there are over 35 articles in SCI journals, 7 books, and 18 chapters with international publishers. He has been serving the scientific society by reviewing articles for several SCI journals and delivering guest lectures. Publons awarded him the peer review award in the year 2018. He also serves as the editorial board member of a few international journals.

Dr. Aparna Kumari 目前隸屬於印度古吉拉特邦艾哈邁達巴德的尼爾瑪大學科技學院計算機科學與工程系。她擁有超過12年的經驗，專注於前沿研究和教學。她的廣泛研究領域包括智慧電網系統、區塊鏈技術、電動車和可再生能源。最近，她獲得了2023年Shri P. Prahlaad Chabaria最佳女性專業人士的亞軍獎，該獎項由Hope Foundation、IEEE印度委員會、IEEE親和小組、IEEE浦那分會和WIE頒發。根據美國史丹佛大學於2021、2022和2023年發布的名單，她被列入全球前2%的科學家。她的兩篇關於COVID-19的創新研究已獲得世界衛生組織的批准，並被納入其「COVID-19全球冠狀病毒病文獻」數據庫。她是40篇出版物的作者或合著者（其中28篇發表在同行評審的SCI索引國際期刊，10篇在頂級IEEE國際會議上發表，2篇書章發表於Springer和IET）。她是IEEE和印度女性工程師協會（WIE）的活躍成員，並努力通過參與社會項目為社會做出貢獻。她的目標是為弱勢學生提供資源的獲取途徑。

Prasun Kumar 博士擁有印度德里CSIR基因組與綜合生物學研究所的生物技術博士學位。目前，他在海得拉巴的MNR醫學院和醫院擔任研究科學家。此前，他曾在韓國慶南大學化學工程系擔任助理教授。他在應用微生物學研究方面擁有超過七年的經驗，其中約兩年是在工業研發領域。他的主要研究領域包括生物信息學、醫學微生物學、微生物多樣性、生物能源、微生物生物膜、群體感應、群體抑制和基因組學。他目前的研究方向是將木質纖維素生物廢料轉化為增值產品，如生物聚合物、2G乙醇、生物能源和抗生物膜化合物。他的學術成就包括在SCI期刊上發表超過35篇文章、7本書和18章與國際出版商合作的書籍。他通過為多個SCI期刊審稿和進行客座講座來服務科學界。Publons於2018年授予他同行評審獎。他還擔任幾本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。