Meet the editors

Dr. Ashim Kumar Dutta is a physical chemist specializing in colloidal and interfacial chemistry. He has worked extensively on the characterization of complex self-assembled supramolecular assemblies at material interfaces using advanced spectroscopic and imaging techniques, including atomic force microscopy (AFM) and near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM). He has authored 36 articles in international peer-reviewed

journals while working in Japan, Canada and the USA on various international fellowships. He has authored/co-authored 19 industrial patents. Having started his career in the home and personal care department of Unilever, Dr. Dutta moved into specialty chemicals and agrochemicals and has worked for United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) and Indofil Industries Limited as their Head of Global Formulations. He is currently vice president (R&D) for India Glycols Limited. Dr. Dutta's research interests include novel surfactant and colloidal systems, structure-property correlation in soft matter, bio-mimetic and bio-inspired supramolecular assemblies.

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali is an associate professor of mechanical engineering and an affiliate of the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS) at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London, UK. He undertook postdoctoral research

at the Water and Energy Laboratory of the University of California at Merced, USA. Dr. Ali's research interests are thermal sciences, heat transfer and renewable energy, with a focus on electronics cooling of photovoltaic devices, condensation, nanofluids, heat transfer devices, and thermal management. The main focus of his work is to develop efficient thermal systems for renewable and conventional energy harvesting, improve thermal management for devices used in various engineering applications, and to harvest solar energy. Dr. Ali has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has authored over 300 papers and written and edited several books and book chapters in the field of thermal engineering and renewable energy. He is an active editorial member at several esteemed and high-ranked international journals, notably the Journal of Thermal Analysis, Calorimetry, Heat Transfer, and Applied Nanoscience. He has participated at several international and national conferences as an invited speaker and delivered various keynote talks. Dr. Ali has received a number of awards, including the Best Research Paper Award (2013/2014) from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, Research Productivity Award from the Pakistan Council of Science and Technology (2016/17), Best Young Research Scholar Award in HEC's Engineering category (2017), and the Highly Cited Researcher Award in the Field of Engineering from Web of Science Clarivate (2021). He was listed among the top 2% of researchers by Stanford University in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
