Applications of Biodegradable and Bio-Based Polymers for Human Health and a Cleaner Environment

Iuliana Stoica, PhD, is a Scientific Researcher in physics at the Romanian Academy, "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Department of Polymer Materials Physics. Her area of scientific activity is focused on characterization of a wide range of polymers, copolymers, polymeric composites, and polymeric mixtures. She was a main or co-author for over 95 papers in peer-reviewed ISI journals, and she has contributed several book chapters on polymer and materials science. She was a member of the organizing and program committees of several scientific conferences.

Omari V. Mukbaniani, DSc, is Professor of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, and Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Tbilisi, Georgia. He is also Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials at TSU and a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Georgia. He is the author of more than 480 publications, 25 books, monographs, and 10 inventions. He created the International Symposium on Polymers and Advanced Materials ICSP&AM.

Neha Kanwar Rawat, PhD, is a recipient of a prestigious DST Young Scientist Postdoctoral Fellowship and is presently a researcher in the Materials Science Division, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India. Her main interests include nanotechnology-nanostructured materials synthesis and characterization, with her main focus on comprising green chemistry, novel sustainable chemical processing of nano-conducting polymers/nanocomposites, etc. She has contributed chapters to international books published with the Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley, Elsevier, etc.

A. K. Haghi, PhD, is the author and editor of over 200 books, as well as over 1000 published papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Haghi has received several grants, consulted for a number of major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. Since 1983, he served as professor at several universities. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal. He is also a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures.