Biotechnological Advances in Chitin and Chitosan based Biocomposites

Dr. Visakh P.M. (MSc, MPhil, PhD) is a prolific editor with more than 50 books already published. Currently he is working in the Natural Bioactive Materials Laboratory Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, Bornova/Izmir, Turkey. He was working as Associate Professor in TUSUR University, Tomsk, Russia from 2017 till 2022. He did his Post doc. Research in Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia (2014-2017). He obtained his PhD, MPhil and MSc degrees from School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has been invited as a visiting researcher in Russia (2014 to 2022), Portugal (2013, 2014), Czech Republic (2012, 2013) Italy (2009, 2012), Argentina (2010) Sweden (2010, 2011, 2012), Switzerland (2010), Spain (2011, 2012), Slovenia (2011), France (2011), Belgium (2012) and Austria (2012) for his research work. Prof. Oguz  Bayraktar received his Bachelor’s degree from Ege University, Chemical Engineering Department in 1993. He received Master’s and Doctorate degrees from West Virginia University in the United States. In 2001, he started to work as an Assistant Professor at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering. In 2006, he received the title of Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He received the title of Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2012 and worked as a faculty member at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering. He worked as a Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Ege University between 2014 and 2020. In 2022, he established the NATCO Ltd. start-up company. He is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Ege University. His fields of study are x biotechnology and bioengineering, and he actively continues his research in the interdisciplinary fields. Determination of biological activities of natural compounds obtained from plants, isolation, purification, production, bioconversion of natural compounds, cosmetics, and functional food applications are among his main interests.

• .- Chapter 1: Biotechnological Advances in Chitin and Chitosan based Biocomposites  : Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 2: Chitin-based rubber bionanocomposites.- Chapter 3: Chitin and Chitosan Nanowhisker Reinforced Rubber composites.- Chapter 4: Chitin and Chitosan biowhisker Reinforced Polymer Blend .- Chapter 5: Chitin in rubber-based micro composites and blends  .- Chapter 6: Chitin/chitosan extraction from shrimp shell by biotechnological process.- Chapter 7: Preparation and characterization of chitin and chitosan whiskers.- Chapter 8: Chitin and Chitosan whisker Reinforced Thermoplastic biocomposites.- Chapter 9: Chitin and  chitosan derivatives and its nanocomposites: Therapeutic applications .- Chapter 10:Chitin and chitosan in energy based application.- Chapter 11:Therapeutic applications of sustainable chitin and chitosan derivatives and its nanocomposites .- Chapter 12:Chitin in rubber based blends and micro composites.