Sayan Basak has completed his B.Tech from the Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, India (2015-2019), and is currently pursuing his PhD from the School of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Akron, USA. His undergraduate research interests, along with his present research domain, revolve around working with thermoplastic elastomers and multi-component polymer systems, prospecting into new materials to develop smart polymer materials for new-age applications.