MXenes as Surface-Active Advanced Materials: From Fundamentals to Industrial and Biomedical Applications

Dr. Mumtaz A. Quraishi is a Chair Professor at the Interdisciplinary Center for Research in Advanced Materials at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry in 1986 from Kurukshetra University, India, and D.Sc. in corrosion inhibition in 2004 from Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has published more than 400 papers in reputed international journals and has been teaching for over 40 years. He is a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. He has received several prestigious awards, including Life Time Achievement Award (International Science Congress Association, ISCA), Meritorious and Excellence in Corrosion Award (NACE, India), MASCOT award (ECI, India), Vigyan Ratna Award (CST, India) and is a member of Editorial Board of many International Journals. His current research area is designing of green corrosion inhibitors.

Chandrabhan Verma, PhD, works at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS). His research interests mainly focus on the synthesis and design of environment-friendly corrosion inhibitors used for several industrial applications. Dr. Verma received his PhD degree from the Department of Chemistry at IIT?BHU, Varanasi, India and MSc degree in organic chemistry (Gold Medalist). Dr. Verma is the author of several research and review articles in peer-reviewed international journals. He has also received several national and international awards for his academic achievements.

Dr. Elyor Berdimurodov is an Associate Professor at the National University of Uzbekistan. He has studied in the Ph.D. program at Tianjin University and the National University of Uzbekistan. He was a researcher at Tianjin University, Karshi State University, and Changchun Applied Chemistry Institute (Chinese Academy of Science), China. He was a participant in several international and domestic studies and research programs, including Chinese Government Scholarships, Chinese Great Belt program, National Basic Research Program, and more. His research interests include corrosion science, particularly powerful corrosion inhibitors, quantum chemistry, material science, green chemistry, nanochemistry and electrochemistry.