Dr. Vikas Mittai is Polymer Engineer at BASF Polymer Research in Ludwigshafen, Germany. A graduate of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Switzerland, his research interests include polymer nanocomposites, novel filler surface modifications, thermal stability enhancements, polymer latexes with functionalized surfaces, etc. He has authored more than 30 scientific publications and book chapters, and his research has led to a number of patents.