Advanced Microscopy (ePub)

Merin Sara Thomas, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India. She has been working in the multidisciplinary field of nanotechnology with a focus on biomedical applications of electrospun nanocomposites and filtration applications. Her research interests include biopolymers and synthesis of nanoparticles. She has published six internationally peer-reviewed papers and five book chapters. She earned her PhD at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

Józef T. Haponiuk, PhD, has been in the Faculty of Chemistry of Gdansk University of Technology (GUT), Poland, since 1974. He was formerly Head of Polymers Technology Department, which achieved outstanding results in scientific and educational activities under his leadership. It is now one of the leading departments of the university. Dr. Haponiuk holds 10 patents and has 25 patent applications. He is also author or co-author of over 300 original scientific contributions in the area of chemical technology, polymer engineering, polymer characterization, chemistry and technology of polymers and rubber, thermal analysis of polymers, materials science, and biopolymers. He is especially interested in polyurethane technology and the recycling of elastomers and rubber. He actively collaborates with Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, India, and the Lviv Polytechnic, Ukraine. He has received multiple awards and distinctions for his excellent scientific activity. Dr. Haponiuk obtained his PhD from the Technische Hochschule Leuna Merseburg, Germany.

Sabu Thomas, PhD, DSc, FRSC, is the Vice Chancellor, senior most professor and outstanding scientist, and leading academic of Mahatma Gandhi University, India, where he has been serving for the last 34 years. He has held many positions, which include Pro Vice Chancellor; Regional Director of the School of Technology and Applied Sciences; Dean