Handbook of Advanced Biomass Materials for Environmental Remediation

Prof. Sabu Thomas is former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and currently he is the Chairman, Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park ( TrEST Research Park). . He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India and the Founder Director and Professor of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas is known for his international acclaims for his work in nanoscience, polymer science and engineering, polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites and nanocomposites, nanomedicine and green nanotechnology. Dr. Thomas's ground breaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnological and nano-biomedical sciences, have made transformative differences in the development of new materials for automotive, space, housing and biomedical fields.

Dr. Cintil Jose Chirayil is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Newman College, Kerala, India. She received her Ph.D. in Polymer Science from Mahatma Gandhi University, India, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha. She has 13 years of research experience in the field of nanoscience and nanocellulose with 21 publications in international peer reviewed journals and 23 book chapters and four edited books. She has won the Young Scientist Award in 2011, in the International Conference jointly organised by Leed's University London and NIT Calicut. She was the recipient of foreign scholarships from University of Potsdam-Germany, University of Mara-Malaysia, Institute of Chemistry-Austria, for in depth research in the field of Nano science. She is an approved research guide of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, in the subject area Chemical sciences.

Ms. Rini Thresia Varghese is currently pursuing doctoral research from Newman College Thodupuzha, Kerala, India under the affiliation of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. She obtained her M. Phil degree with first rank in Polymer Chemistry from School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India and a Post graduate degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi, Kerala. She is a passionate chemist with a profound research experience in different fields and is presently pursuing her research works in the field of nanocellulose and polymer nanocomposites. Her main research work focuses on developing economically feasible and sustainable products from nanocellulose for environmental remediation applications. She has to her credit various publications in renowned journals during her research period, notably 8 research articles in international journals and 6 book chapters published. She has also achieved various awards including proficiency merits and best poster presentation awards.

薩布·托馬斯教授曾任甘地大學副校長，目前擔任特里凡得琅工程科學與技術研究園區（TrEST Research Park）主席。他同時也是印度喀拉拉邦科泰姆甘地大學化學科學學院的高分子科學與工程全職教授，以及國際與大學間奈米科學與奈米技術中心的創始主任和教授。托馬斯教授因其在奈米科學、高分子科學與工程、高分子奈米複合材料、彈性體、高分子混合物、交錯高分子網絡、高分子膜、綠色複合材料與奈米複合材料、奈米醫學及綠色奈米技術等領域的研究而享有國際聲譽。托馬斯博士在高分子奈米複合材料、高分子混合物、綠色生物奈米技術及奈米生醫科學方面的突破性發明，對汽車、太空、住房及生醫領域的新材料開發產生了變革性的影響。

辛蒂爾·喬斯·奇拉伊爾博士是印度喀拉拉邦紐曼學院化學系的助理教授。她在印度甘地大學獲得高分子科學博士學位，並在卡塔爾多哈的卡塔爾大學先進材料中心完成博士後研究。她在奈米科學和奈米纖維素領域擁有13年的研究經驗，並在國際同行評審期刊上發表了21篇論文，撰寫了23個書章和四本編輯書籍。她於2011年在由倫敦利茲大學和卡利卡特國立技術學院共同舉辦的國際會議中獲得青年科學家獎。她曾獲得德國波茨坦大學、馬來西亞馬拉大學和奧地利化學研究所的外國獎學金，以深入研究奈米科學領域。她是印度喀拉拉邦科泰姆甘地大學化學科學領域的認可研究指導老師。

瑞尼·特雷西亞·瓦爾基斯女士目前在印度喀拉拉邦紐曼學院進行博士研究，隸屬於喀拉拉邦科泰姆的甘地大學。她在甘地大學化學科學學院獲得高分子化學碩士學位，並以第一名的成績畢業，此外還在喀拉拉邦科欽的聖心學院獲得藥物化學的研究生學位。她是一位充滿熱情的化學家，擁有豐富的研究經驗，目前專注於奈米纖維素和高分子奈米複合材料的研究。她的主要研究工作集中於開發經濟可行且可持續的奈米纖維素產品，用於環境修復應用。在她的研究期間，她在知名期刊上發表了多篇論文，特別是8篇國際期刊的研究文章和6個書章。她還獲得了多項獎項，包括優秀獎和最佳海報展示獎。