Foundation and Growth of Macromolecular Science (PDF)

Meegle S. Mathew, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Postgraduate and Research Department of Chemistry at Mar Anthanasius College, Kothamangalam, India. Dr. Mathew worked as a postdoctoral fellow for three years at the School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. She has published research articles, been granted an Indian patent, edited two books, and published several book chapters. She works in a multidisciplinary area that combines nanoscience with biomedicine and energy conversion systems. Her research interest areas are nano-biophotonics, optical imaging, the development of biosensors and biomedical devices using fluorescent nanoparticles, polymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications, photocatalysis, and photoreduction.

Józef T. Haponiuk, PhD, has been the Head of the Polymers Technology Department at the Faculty of Chemistry of Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, since 2006. He is the author or co-author of over 300 original scientific papers, includingg 90 published in periodicals. He is also editor and coauthor of publications from Apple Academic Press and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and creator of 11 granted patents and 25 patent applications. A valued academic teacher in the field of polymer chemistry and engineering, he has been a supervisor for over 12 PdD theses.