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Assistant Professor at Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology (IFSC), Faculty of Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh (INDIA). He is currently heading the Institute at Panjab University. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India and Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC-an autonomous centre of UGC, Govt. of India), New Delhi (INDIA). He is the recipient of DAE Young scientist research award in 2011. He is leading research groups (Material research and Forensic research) at Panjab University, Chandigarh and having over 17 years of teaching and research experience. His current research interest is in the field of Material Science (synthesis of smart materials for different applications, nanophosphors, Hydrogels), Sensors (drug sensing, fingermark sensing), Molecular Spectroscopy, Forensic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemometrics. He has published 90 peer-reviewed scientific papers, six book chapters and three books.



Dr. Vijay Kumar is presently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Srinagar (J&K), India. He received his Ph.D. in Physics at the beginning of 2013 from the SLIET Longowal. From 2013 to 2015, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Phosphor Research Group, Department of Physics, University of the Free State, South Africa. He has received the Young Scientist Award under the fast track scheme of the Department of Science and Technology (Ministry of



Science and Technology, Government of India), New Delhi. He also worked in Grant-in-aid for the joint center project titled "Joint Center for generating tissue-engineered organs and controlling cell behavior" under Indo-US Joint R&D Networked Center. He has been a nominated member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) by DST. He has also received the "Teacher with Best Research Contribution Award" by Hon'ble Chancellor, Chandigarh University on Teachers Day. He is currently engaged in the research of functional materials, solid-state luminescent materials, ion beam analysis, biodegradable composites, smart polymers, and biomedical applications. He has published more than 70 research papers, 10 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, 6 book chapters, and edited 4 books (authored and co-authored).