Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides

Dr. Pal pursued his graduation in Pharmacy from the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India in the year 2002, followed by post-graduation in Biomedical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in the year 2004. Later, he did his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in the year 2006. Subsequently, he joined Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada as a post-doctoral fellow in the year 2007. During his tenure at Ryerson University, he served as Vice-Chair (Elect), HQPA, AFMNet Network of Excellence, Canada. He joined the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India in the year 2009 as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering. He is currently the Professor-in-Charge of Medical Electronics and Instrumentation Laboratory in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. His major research interests revolve around Biomedical Signal Processing and Biomedical Equipment Design. He is also working in the fields of soft materials and controlled drug delivery. He has published more than 100 publications in SCI cited journals of high repute, Book Chapters, Edited Books, and papers in peer-reviewed conferences. He is a very well-cited researcher having more than 2500 citations. Prof. Indranil Banerjee did his Ph. D. in Biotechnology (Tissue Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in the year 2011. Presently, is holding the position of an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering at National Institute of Technology- Rourkela. He is the Professor-in-Charge of the Bioprocess Laboratory and Biomicrofludics Laboratory. His group is actively involved in understanding the cell physiology in response to biomaterials developed on a length scale (nano to macro). He was a visiting scientist in Maxplanck Institute of Intelligent System, Germany. Dr. Banerjee has authored 35 SCI cited publications in various journals of repute with a total citation of more than 450. He is also serving as industrial consultant. Dr. Preetam Sarkar is an Assistant Professor of Food Sciences at the Department of Food Process Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Food Sciences from Purdue University, USA. The research at Dr. Sarkar's lab at NIT Rourkela focuses on the development of delivery vehicles such as emulsions, films and coatings, for the protection of bioactive compounds such as antimicrobial agents for food safety applications. He has published 30 articles in SCI journals, 10 book chapters, and co-edited 3 books. He received his PhD in Biofluidic Engineering at Jadavpur University, India in 2016. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India. He has more than 20 research publications in peer-reviewed SCI/Scopus journal. He has also edited one book in IGI Global and published 4 book chapters. He served as guest editor to Journal of Healthcare Engineering. He is a reviewer to many journals like Journal of Bionanoscience, Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Journal of Cognitive Neurodynamics, Journal of Scientific Report-Nature, Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Internal Journal, Acta Biomechanics and Bioengineering, and Journal of Computer Methods in Medicine. He is a visiting scientist to Kazan Federal University, Russia (2017-2020). His primary research area includes Tissue Engineering, Microfluidic system for tissue engineering and point-of-care device development, Organoid development, biomechanics, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Prof. Kim is a Professor in the Department of International Agricultural Technology at Seoul National University. He also serves as a Director of the Institute of Food Industrialization, Institut