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in the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India, and then worked as a FONDECYT postdoctoral fellow (2017-2020) at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. He has vast experience in handling characterization techniques such as vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA/DTA), scanning and transmission electron microscopes (FESEM, ESEM, TEM and HRTEM). His research interests are synthesizing magnetic nanoparticles, surface modification of nanomaterials for the potential applications in detoxification, photocatalyst, energy storage, and biomedical applications. Dr. Thirumurugan acts as a reviewer and guest editor for various journals from different eminent publishers. He published more than 72 international journals, Book chapters, and conference proceedings.

Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan works as a Researcher in Functional Materials and Microsystems group at School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He has completed his postdoctoral research at the Department of Physics, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. His research area focuses on Materials, Optics and Photonics, flexible and stretchable electronics, and biosensors. Dr. DSS has completed his Doctorate in Flexible Electronics under Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. He received a project fund of $81.624.000 CLP from FONDECYT (Chilean government) for the project titled "Fabrication of flexible siloxane-based organic Light Emitting Diodes as a Principal Investigator at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. He also received funding from the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme of Government of India (TEQIP-II) for his doctoral research work. He is a fellow member of the Optical Society of India, International Association of Engineers, and Indian Society of systems for Science and Engineering. He serves as a chairperson, keynote speaker, technical member of various conferences across the world. He serves as a guest editor in reputed journals such as IEEE, Elsevier, and Springer. He has published research articles in referred international journals and filed a patent. He also published book chapters and edited a book. He has presented his work in various national and international conferences.