Dhruvi Patel has done Ph.D. in Chemistry at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, INDIA. Currently, she is Postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, New York, USA. Her research focuses on the exploration of self-assembly and aggregation behavior of block copolymers for targeted applications. She has published several research articles including book chapters in reputed tier II journals. 

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Shin-ichi Yusa is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo. He received Bachelor’s (1993) and Master’s (1995) degrees in polymer chemistry from Osaka University. He received a Ph.D. in Macromolecular Chemistry from Osaka University (2000). He joined Himeji Institute of Technology as an assistant professor in 1997. He became an associate professor at the University of Hyogo (2008). His research interests are in controlled radical polymerization, characterization of water-soluble polymers, synthesis of bioconjugated polymers, drug delivery systems (DDSs), and phosphorylcholine-modified surfaces.

Pratap Bahadur PhD, DSc is an Emeritus Professor. He has been an Associate Professor (1980–1988) and Professor of Chemistry (1988–till superannuation in 2014) at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Surat India. He worked as a UNESCO fellow in erstwhile Czechoslovakia, was a visiting scientist in France and Sweden, a Fulbright scholar in the United States, a DAAD fellow in Germany and a visiting professor in Canada, France, Japan, Taiwan and China. He has developed his research career during the last 50 years, paying attention to different problems dealing with various aspects of Colloid-, Surface- and Polymer science with a particular focus on self-assembly in solution. This extended career has allowed the contribution of Professor Bahadur to the formation of different generations of Ph.D. students and postdocs, which has contributed to the advancement of studies in surfactant and polymer solutions using a variety of experimental techniques. Publications > 350, H-index 54, Citations 11,000 (Google Scholar, 16 October 2023).