In todays' world with its widespread usage of personal-care products, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, flame retardants, plasticizers, various industrial additives, metals and metalloids, pesticides, and pesticide metabolites, environmental contaminants are an increasing source of pollution with a severe effect on the ecological system. Industries that produce these contaminants must find answers to remediate this.
Nanomaterials in Environmental Analysis contributes to solving this problem by providing researchers in industry and academia with promising applications of nanoparticles in detection techniques and in removal of chemical species from the environment. Each chapter covers an aspect of using nanoparticles in detecting, measuring and remediating toxic chemical species in the environment.
Kumar Kailasa, Suresh: - Suresh Kumar Kailasa FRSC is an Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujrat, India. He obtained his master of science (Chemistry of Natural Products) in chemistry from Sri Krishnadeveraya University, Andhra Pradesh, India and his PhD in Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. After completing two Postdoctoral Fellowships at Chonbuk University, South Korea and at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, he joined an Assistant Professor at SVNIT, Surat in 2009. He received Young Scientist Award from Taiwan Mass Spectrometry Society in 2013. He was selected as a Brain Pool Scientist at the Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, South Korea under Korean Brain Pool Invitation Program of KOFST in 2017. He was selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK and Fellow of the Society of Pesticide Science India in 2019. He has been selected as a life member in the National Academy of Sciences (NASI) Allahabad, India. He acted as Guest Editors in the special issues in Applied Sciences (MDPI) and Materials Today Chemistry (Elsevier). Currently, he is the head of the Department of Chemistry, SVNIT, Surat, India. He is the author of 182 peer-reviewed papers and is the co-inventor of a Taiwan Patent. His research interest in the field of analytical chemistry, MALDI-MS, ESI-MS, microextraction, nanosensors, drug delivery, surface modifications of nanostructure materials, functional nanomaterials for the development of new analytical strategies.
Park, Tae Jung: - Tae Jung Park PhD is an Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department of Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. His research interests are novel platform technologies for nanobio-fusion studies on metal surfaces, biosensor chips and nanocomplex fabrication for electrochemical analysis. Furthermore, he is interested in the investigation of molecular diagnostics using nanomaterials and the evaluation of biomimetics and drug delivery systems. He has received over 14 best research awards and has published over 130 papers, and owns over 80 international and Korean patents.
Singhal, Rakesh Kumar: - Rakesh Kumar Singhal, PhD is a Professor and Head, Analytical Spectroscopy Section at Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, India. His research area is on development of analytical spectroscopic techniques for the measurement of traces of various elements in different environmental matrices and samples originating from different chemical processes. He has authored more than 165 publications in International & National Journals, Symposium and Book Chapters, in the field of environmental & radioanalytical chemistry.
