Dr. Showkat Ahmad Bhawani is presently working as Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, UNIMAS Malaysia. In addition to this, he has a teaching experience of two years from King Abdul Aziz University–North Jeddah and a post-doctoral experience of three years from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has received his M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry and Ph.D. in Applied Analytical Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He is working on the synthesis of molecular Imprinting polymers for the removal/extraction of dyes, fungicides, and various natural products from environmental and biological samples. He is also working on the development of new test methods and determining standard conditions for analysis of various analytes from environmental and biological samples. He is a member of American Chemical Society and life member of Asian polymer association and editorial board member of several journals.Dr. Anish Khan is currently working as Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Anish Khan holds Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, India, from 2010. Dr. Anish Khan has research experience of working in the field of synthetic polymers, organic-inorganic electrically conducting nano-composites. Dr. Anish Khan had completed post-doctoral from School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia (USM) electroanalytical chemistry in 2010–2011. Dr. Anish Khan has research and teaching experience.Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim obtained his B.Sc. (1994), M.Sc. (1997), and Ph.D. (1999) from Missouri S&T (formerly known as the University of Missouri-Rolla, USA). He currently serves as a Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He published over 190 journal articles, 39 book chapters, and 10 academic books throughout his twenty-three-year career in USM. More than thirty research grants (1 international grant and 8 industry grants) were secured and utilized to support his team’s research activities. He has received fourteen international awards for his research outputs and currently serves as Guest Editor for Frontiers in Chemistry. He had supervised more than 20 graduate students. His main research areas are Lignin and Lignocellulosic Materials, Nanoparticles, Polymer and Biomaterials, and Petroleum Engineering.Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as Senior Fellow (Professor) at Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. He worked as Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Distinguish Visiting Professor at Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology(MJIIT)-Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has more than 22 years of experience in teaching, research, and industries. His area of research interests includes hybrid composites, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, advance materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardant, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers and solid wood, biopolymers and biopolymers for packaging applications, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, and polymer blends. So far, he has published 60 books, 80 book chapters, more than 450 peer-reviewed international journal papers, and several published review papers under top 25 hot articles in science direct during 2013–2020. He also obtained 6 Patents and 6 Copyrights/Industrial design. H-index and citation in Scopus are 83 and 31156 and in Google scholar, H-index and citation are 99 and 41811; H-index =75 (Web of Science). He is founding Series Editor of Springer Three Book Series. He worked as guest editor of specialissues of Several Peer reviewed Journals. He is also Professional membership of IOM, ACS, SPE, APA, MySET, etc. Besides that, he is also reviewer of several high-impact international peer-reviewed journals of Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Saga, ACS, RSC, Frontiers, etc. 36 Ph.D. and 14 Master’s students graduated under his supervision in 2014–2022. He has several research grants at university, national, and international levels on polymer composites of around 6 million Malaysian ringgits (USD 1.36 Million). He also delivered plenary and invited talks in international conferences related to composites in India, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and China. Besides that, he is also a member of technical committees of several national and international conferences on composites and material science. Dr. Mohammad Jawaid also received Several Award at National and International Level. He is also Winner of Newton-Ungku Omar Coordination Fund: UK-Malaysia Research and Innovation Bridges Competition 2015.
