**Meet the editors**

Dr Eram Sharmin is an Assistant Professor in Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. She has pursued her PhD [Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) – A Central University, New Delhi, India, in the year 2007], MSc [Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, UP, India, in 2000], and BSc (AMU in 1998) degree in Chem-

istry. She has previously worked as Senior Research Fellow, Research Associate, and Senior Research Associate/Scientist Pool (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India) at the Department of Chemistry, JMI, New Delhi, India. She has about 80 publications in conference proceedings, refereed journals and books. Her research interests include "green" organic-inorganic hybrid and composite materials as antimicrobial and corrosion-resistant films and coatings.

Dr. Fahmina Zafar is working as Postdoctoral Fellow under the D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (U.G.C, Delhi, India) at Inorganic Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (J.M.I.) – A Central University, New Delhi, India. Dr. Zafar has received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the same University in 2006. She was a Senior Research Associate/Scientist

Pool, Research Associate and Senior Research Fellow (C.S.I.R., India) at the Department of Chemistry, J.M.I. She holds M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from J.M.I. in 1999 and B.Sc. in Chemistry and Textile Clothing from Mahila Vidyalaya Degree College, Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh, in 1995. She has more than 100 publications in conference proceedings, refereed journals and books. Her pioneer work is in the development of bio-based polymers, metallopolymers, organic-inorganic hybrid, and nanocomposites for Green Environment in different fields of applications. Dr. Zafar is expert in synthesis and characterization of renewable resource–based polymeric materials such as polyurethanes, poly(ester amides), poly(urethane amides), and coordination polymers for antimicrobial and corrosion-protective applications.
