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biopolymer nanocomposites" has been published in Springer Nature. Her authored book "3D Printing Technology for Sustainable Polymers" and edited books "Biodegradability of Conventional Plastics: Opportunities, Challenges, and Misconceptions", and "Sustainable Packaging: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities," has been accepted in Wiley, Elsevier, and Taylor Francis, respectively. Her research interests revolve around sustainable polymers for packaging applications, environmentally benign approaches for biodegradation of plastic wastes, fabrication of bionanocomposites, and finding strategies to ameliorate the electrochemical activity of biopolymers.

Dr. Shashank Shekhar is currently an Assistant Professor at Netaji Subhas University of Technology and is also associated with the Quantum Research Centre of Excellence as Associate Director in the Department of Renewable Energy. He completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Delhi. Dr. Shekhar has been working on biopolymers and Schiff base metal complexes for the last 5 years and has published more than 20 articles in reputed international journals. He has 6 years of research and teaching experience. Presently, he is working on several projects including the circular economy approach to plastic waste, synthesis of nanomaterials and nanocomposites for energy harnessing, biodegradation of plastic wastes, electrochemical analysis of resultant biodegradable nanocomposites for employment in super-capacitor applications, polymer technology for packaging applications.

Mr. Partha Pratim Das is pursuing Master of Technology (Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering) in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), India. Currently, he is working in the area of field of active food packaging to extend the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables with Cellulose and Composites Research Group at IIT Hyderabad. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering with first-class distinction in the year 2021 from Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. During his B.Tech, he worked on various projects with the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Guwahati, Assam. He has presented several research papers at national and international conferences and published a good research papers in SCI journals and book chapters to his credit with reputed publishers including Springer, CRC press (T&F), and Elsevier. He also served as a reviewer in Materials Today: Proceedings and Applied Composite Materials, Springer. In the year 2020, he received the Innovative researcher of the year award. He is also a Certified Executive of Lean Management and Data Practitioner (Minitab and MS-Excel) from the Institute for Industrial Performance and Engagement (IIPE), Faridabad, India. He is a community associate member at American Chemical Society (ACS). His area of research includes natural fibre-based composites, processing and characterization of polymer matrix composites, nanofiller-based composites for various applications and biodegradable food packaging materials.