Vikas Mittal is an Associate Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi. He obtained his PhD in 2006 in Polymer and Materials Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Later, he worked as Materials Scientist in the Active and Intelligent Coatings section of SunChemical in London, UK and as Polymer Engineer at BASF Polymer Research in Ludwigshafen, Germany. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites, toughening of polymers, graphene based nanomaterials, membranes for gas separation, anti-corrosion coatings, biomaterials, etc. He has authored over 100 scientific publications, book chapters and patents on these subjects.