Shakeel Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Higher Education Department, for the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, in India. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, at the Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university, situated in New Delhi, India. He gained his post-doctoral experience in biocomposite materials from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has published several research papers in the field of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment.Dr Annu has expertise in Bionanomaterials, Bionanocomposites and Composite Materials for biomedical applications and is working as International Research Professor in Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea. She has completed her post-graduation from University of Allahabad and had her doctoral research from Jamia Millia Islamia. She has published many scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored many book chapters as well as review articles. Recently, she has received Young Researcher Award of the year 2018 from MCS (India), and is the member of American Chemical Society and Asian Polymer Association. Her research interests include green nanomaterials, composite materials, and renewable resource-based materials for biomedical applications and nanomedicine to combat Antimicrobial resistance and Cancer.

• SECTION 1 - Fundamentals, classification, and modification of biobased materials1. Biopolymers: An overview2. Chemical modification of protein-based biopolymers for application in food packagingSECTION 2 - Fabrication and characterization of biobased materials3. From waste to resource: Methods for vegetable waste transformation into sustainable plant-based bioplastics4. Characterization of biobased materialsSECTION 3 - Biobased materials in food applications5. Biobased materials in food packaging6. Use of biobased materials from agro-industrial residues in food packaging7. Biobased materials for increasing the shelf life of food products8. Biobased materials in nutraceuticals9. Biobased edible food coatings for food applications10. Biobased nanomaterials as functional food ingredientsSECTION 4 - Biobased materials in biomedical applications11. Biobased materials in dentistry12. Chitin as a biobased material in osteoporosis13. Chitosan-based biomaterials in biomedical applications14. Biobased materials in wound dressings15. Biobased materials in tissue engineering16. Biobased materials in drug delivery17. Biobased materials in nano drug delivery18. Biobased materials in skin rejuvenation19. Impact of biobased materials on drug delivery for improved cancer therapy20. Biobased materials in nerve regeneration21. Impact of biobased materials on human health22. Cytotoxicity and biocompatibility of biobased materialsSECTION 5 - Biobased materials in environmental applications23. Biobased materials in removing heavy metals from water24. Biobased materials in removing organic dyes from water25. Biobased materials for wastewater treatment26. Functionalized electrospun biobased polymeric materials in filtrationSECTION 6 - Biobased materials in electronics, coating, catalysis and textile applications27. Biomaterials toward flexible nanogenerators28. Biobased advanced coating materials29. Biobased materials in sustainable development of catalysis30. Chitosan biobased materials in textile industrySECTION 7 - Sustainability and future prospects of biobased materials 31. Life cycle assessment of biobased materials32. Future prospects of biobased materials