Advanced Materials

Dr. Mahendra U. Gaikwad is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai. He has more than 11 years of teaching experience at UG & PG level. He obtained his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and M.E. in Mechanical Design Engineering from the Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur, Maharashtra, India, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His current research interests include material characterization, surface integrity, advanced manufacturing process, and machining of smart material alloys.

Arpana Parihar is currently working as a research associate at the Department of Translational Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, MP, India. She did her Ph.D. at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, under the aegis of HBNI, Mumbai. Her doctoral research involves the evaluation of the tumor selectivity and photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficacy of chlorin p6 through receptor-mediated targeted drug delivery. She has more than 9 years of research and teaching experience at prestigious institutes including BARC, RRCAT, IITD, AND CSIR-AMPRI. She has been awarded many prestigious fellowships including DSTWOS- B, DBT-RA, CSIR-NET, and GATE. Her current research interests include 3D bioprinting, micro/nano fabrications of biosensors for early diagnosis of diseases, infectious diseases, stem cell biology, tissue engineering, photodynamic therapy of cancer, receptor-mediated targeting of tumors, 3D cell culture, expression of receptors and cytokines, molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulations, and immunoinformatics. She has published over 50 articles, 30 book chapters, and edited 11 books with renowned publishers.

Raju Khan is a Senior Principal Scientist & Professor at CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, MP, India. He has a background of Chemistry, obtaining his M.Sc.and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, India. He has experience as a Post Doctorate at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; as a Young Scientist at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India; more than 10 years of working as a Scientist at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam; and as Visiting Scientist at the University of Texas & San Antonio, UTSA, USA. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and has also been awarded a reputed BOYSCAST Fellowship, by the DST, Govt of India. He has gained many other prestigious achievements, such as being a member of FSSAI, Govt. of India and Associate Dean of Chemical Sciences at AcSIR. His research group focuses on nanomaterials-based biosensors and point-of-care (POC) diagnostics for biomedical applications.