Marine Biopolymers: Processing, Functionality and Applications

Shakeel Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Higher Education Department, for the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, in India. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, at the Government Degree College Mendhar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university, situated in New Delhi, India. He gained his post-doctoral experience in biocomposite materials from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has published several research papers in the field of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment.

Aisverya Soundararajan is currently working as an assistant professor at the Auxilium College, located in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. The college is the first women’s college in the Vellore District that was founded in 1954 and affiliated with Thiruvalluvar University. Dr. Soundararajan received her PhD in Chemistry from Thiruvalluvar University in 2016. Her research areas include polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, and polymeric biomedical materials. She has authored or co-authored numerous chapters in books and has published several research papers in peer-reviewed international journals.