Dr. Ajit P. Rathod is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at VNIT, Nagpur, specializing in Membrane Separation Processes, Pervaporation, Heat Transfer, Biomass, Adsorption, and Advanced Oxidation Processes. He holds three patents and has published over 55 research papers and presented more than 35 at conferences. With over 800 citations, he has served as an examiner for Ph.D. and M.Tech programs and has guided three Ph.D. students. Dr. Rathod has organized training programs, completed two research projects, and is a life member of several professional organizations, while also being invited to speak internationally. Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Technical Physics, was a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR as a responsible for the research related to both ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 140 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; with various patens (7 Italian, 2 European, and 1 worldwide). He is a referee of 1more than 150 international scientific journals and a Member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 of them. Basile is also an associate editor of the: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Eng.; journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology; and co-Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol.
