Biographical note

Dr. Bibhu Prasad Swain is currently an associate professor and HOD at the Department of physics, National Institute of Technology Manipur, Langol, Imphal. He obtained his B.Sc. Physics (Hons.) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, and M.Sc. (Physics), M.Tech (Materials Science) and Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Barkatullah University, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, respectively. His major areas of research interests include high bandgap semiconductors thin films for device applications, biocompatibility coating for artificial heart valve coating and stent applications, silicon and carbon-based alloys of nanostructured materials and titanium nitride-based mechanical hard coating applications. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed international journals. Dr. Swain received the Japan Society of Promotion of the Science (JSPS) Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan; National Research Foundation (NRF), Fellowship, at University of Cape Town; and Brain Korea 21 Fellowship at Seoul National University. He also served in various administrative posts such as Dean academic and IIC president in NIT Manipur. Currently, he is a reviewer of more than 25 international journals and editorial board member of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Asia.