Advanced Functional Porous Materials

Arya Uthaman is a research scholar at the School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. She has currently submitted her Ph.D Thesis. Her area of expertise is in Polymer Science and Engineering, Fiber reinforced polymer Composites, Polymer Nanocomposites, Durability of polymers and composites in harsh environments, Degradation of polymer composites, Porous materials, Nanocomposites. She has published several research articles and book chapters. She has completed her M.Tech (Master of Technology) in Polymer Science and Technology from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. She received her junior research fellowship from Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China. She has received her Doctoral fellowship from the Chinese Government under the Chinese Scholarship Council.

Thomas Sabu Ph.D, is currently Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and the Founder Director and Professor of School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaim for his work in Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites, Elastomers, Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Polymer Membranes, Porous materials, Nanocomposites. Professor Thomas has published over 1200 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has co-edited 150 books and is the inventor of 15 patents. The H index of Prof. Thomas is 114, with more than 63,000 citations. Prof. Thomas has supervised 115 Ph.D. programs, and his students occupy leading positions in academia and industry in India and abroad. Prof. Thomas has delivered over 350 plenary/inaugural and invited lectures in national/international meetings over 40 countries. Professor Thomas has received many prestigious national and international awards for his work, and he has been conferred an Honoris Causa (DSc) Doctorate by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, and the University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Recently, Prof. Thomas has been awarded a Senior Fulbright Fellowship to visit 20 universities in the US and an award for most productive faculty in material sciences.

Li Tianduo Ph.D, is currently the Professor & Dean of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China. Prof. Li is an outstanding material scientist with expertise in Polymer Science, Natural Macromolecules, Polyurethane, Poly-siloxane, Inorganic Porous materials, Chitosan. Prof. Li has published many peer-reviewed papers, reviews in high impact journals. He has co-edited books and is the inventor of more than 60 patents. Prof. Li is a visiting professor at Abo Akademi University, Finland, and several other national/international universities.

Hanna Maria, Ph.D, is a senior researcher at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. She works to improve the adhesion between the fibers and the effect of LDPE on plasma modification. She has published several articles, book chapters and co-edited books. Dr. Maria has experience in working with natural rubber composites, their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites, and hybrid nanocomposites.