Biographical note

Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently affiliated with the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at United Arab Emirates University. Previously he was a senior fellow (professor) in the Laboratory of Biocomposites Technology at the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is an eminent scientist with more than twenty years of teaching, and research experience in composite materials. His research interests include hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, and advanced materials such as graphene/ nanoclay/fire retardant, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, and the modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres and solid wood, and nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres. Professor Bahadur is a Full Professor in the discipline of Physical Chemistry at North-West University, South Africa. His research areas include ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents (dess), phase equilibria, thermodynamics, corrosion science, biofuels, biomass, and cellulose. He serves on the editorial advisory boards of several national and international journals and acts as an editor for Elsevier's Journal of Ionic Liquids Dr. Prashant Singh is a Professor of Chemistry at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam College, University of Delhi, India. His area of research is finding promising inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 and CHIKV using molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations. He also works on the exploration of C-based molecules like GO, and GDY in water remediation and others. Jamal Akhter Siddique is an Associate Professor at the School of Basic and Applied Sciences (SBAS), Lingayas University, India. He successfully completed multiple Postdoctoral Research tenures around the globe in renowned universities. He earned his Ph.D on “Physico-chemical studies of biological/biochemical systems” in 2007 from the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University. Apart from direct involvement in research he has also contributed his experience to multiple journals as editorial member and worked as a Guest-Editor for a Special Issue entitled “Nanostructure Materials as a Promising Route for Efficient Renewable Energy Production, Storage, and Conversion”, Journal of Nanomaterials; as a Guest-Editor for a Special Issue entitled “Academic Research for Multidiscipline” in International Journal of Science Technology and Society; and as an Assistant-Editor for Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics.