BioChar

Ajay Kumar Mishra is a full Professor at the Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, South Africa. He obtained his PhD in 2007 from the University of Delhi, India. He also Adjunct Professor at Jiangsu University, China. He is the author of more than 150 journal articles and has edited more than 30 books on Nanscience, Nanotechnology and Waste Water Reserach. His research interests include synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials, nanocomposites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical- based biodegradable polymers, polymers-based materials/composites, smart materials, CNT and graphene-based composite materials and water research.

Nhamo Chaukura is an Associate Professor with Sol Plaatje University, and a Research Fellow with the Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability at the University of South Africa (UNISA). He obtained a PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Manchester, UK, and has worked as a research scientist, senior lecturer, and as an associate professor in the UK and in Zimbabwe. His research interests are in the design, synthesis, characterisation, and evaluation of porous materials for environmental remediation. He has published over 50 research publications, including journal articles and book chapters on materials synthesis and characterisation, biochar applications, micropollutants in the aquatic environment, and environmental remediation. In addition, he also reviews for journals, international conferences, and rating and and funding proposals.