Hydrogels for Wound Healing

Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields.

Dr. Bratati Das is a postdoctoral fellow at International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN), under Prof. Sabu Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottyam, Kerala, India. She obtained her doctoral degree in Material Science in 2019 from Visva-Bharati University, India. She obtained her M.Sc. degree in Physics from West Bengal State University. In this period, she carried out a project on synthesis of gold nanoparticles as Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy active substrate. She has 5 publications in various international journals. During her Ph.D. period she received the UGC NET award from the Council of Scientific Research, India, for her research.

Dr. Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She previously held postdoctoral research positions at the Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan, the Centre RAPSODEE, IMT Mines, Albi, France, and the Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Dr. Maria has published 20 articles and 10 book chapters, and co-edited 4 books. Her research has focused on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bio-nanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites, and hybrid nanocomposites.