Next-Generation Antimicrobial Nanocoatings for Medical Devices and Implants

Pratima Solanki is Assistant Professor at Special Centre for Nanoscience at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She received her Master and Ph.D. degree from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana. She worked at Biomedical Instrumentation Section, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific Industrial Research, New Delhi. She has published around 175 research papers in National and International Journals, 15 International book chapters and has filed 15 Indian patents. She is actively engaged in the research and development of biosensors utilizing nanostructured materials for healthcare and environmental monitoring. She has received Visitor Award 2019 from President of India.

Dr. Mohanan FNASc, is the Head of the Division of Toxicology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (Govt. of India). He is a visiting professor and visiting researcher at Toyo University, Japan and a Certified Biological Safety Specialist. Previously, he was a JSPS Post doctoral Fellow at the University of Tsukuba, Japan in the field of Neurotoxicity. He joined Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Govt. of India in 1989 and has spent 33 years of professional life working there. As a toxicologist he has been intimately associated with all the medical devices/technologies developed at SCTIMST. He received the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Toxicology India, for the outstanding contribution in the field of toxicology. He also patented an ELISA kit for the measurement of pyrogenicity. Mohanan made significant contributions for the development of medical device regulations in India. He has authored 231 publications and edited 6 books. Presently he is the secretary general of the Society of Toxicology, India.

Dr. Singh received his B. Sc. from Allahabad University India and his M.Sc and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Lucknow University, India. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India. His work and research interests include biochemistry, biosensors, nanobiotechnology, electrochemistry, material sciences, and biosensors applications in biomedical, environmental, agricultural and forensics sciences.

Dr. Jay is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India, since 2017. He received his Ph.D. degree in Polymer Science from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology in 2010 and did MSc and BSc from Allahabad University, India. He is actively engaged in the development of nanomaterials (CeO2, NiO, rare-earth metal oxide, Ni, Nife2O4, Cu2O, Graphene, RGO etc.), based nanobiocomposite, conducting polymer and self-assembled monolayers based clinically important biosensors for estimation of bioanalaytes such as cholesterol, xanthine, glucose, pathogens and pesticides/toxins using DNA and antibodies. He is actively engaged in fabricating metal oxide-based biosensors for clinical diagnosis, food packaging applications, drug delivery, and tissue engineering applications.

Ajit Khosla (Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. degree from Simon Fraser University, Canada, in 2012. He has initiated numerous research projects, and developed collaborations with industry and universities globally, which has resulted in over 200 scientific contributions. His research program is interdisciplinary in nature and focuses on the development of sustainable 2D, 3D, and 4D printable hybrid nanocomposite materials, including antimicrobial coatings and materials for sensors. He is currently the Chair of the Electrochemical Society-Sensor Division and an Editor of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society and Journal of Solid-State Science and Technology. He was awarded the Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal as one of SFU’s most outstanding graduate students in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the following journals, IET/IEEE Journal of Nanobiotechnology and Microsystem Technologies

Kshitij RB Singh obtained his MSc in Biotechnology from Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India. Currently, he is a doctoral student in the laboratory of Professor Shyam S. Pandey at the Department of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. His research interests encompass a range of fields, including biotechnology, biochemistry, nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology, biosensors, and materials sciences.