Meet the editors

Dr Arpit Sand is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Manav Rachna University, India, a position he has held since 2014. He received his B.Sc. in Science and his M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Allahabad, India, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Allahabad in 2010. Dr Arpit Sand is a reviewer for international journals including

Carbohydrate Polymers, the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Fibers and Polymers, etc. He is also a life member of the Indian Science Congress and the Green Chemistry Network centre, and he has authored more than 20 international research articles and review articles in reputed SCI journals. He has made a significant contribution to the field of the modification and characterization of graft copolymers. His research interests include polymer synthesis using different polymerization techniques.

Dr Elsayed Zaki received his PhD in physical chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,– Mansoura University, Egypt. Currently, he is a Researcher visiting the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Iacocca Hall, Lehigh University, USA. He has been a researcher of applied chemistry in the Petroleum Applications Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute from 1 March 2015 to present.

He is currently serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals such as Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Archives in Cancer Research, Herald Journal of Agriculture and Food Science Research, on the scientific and technical committee and editorial review board on Chemical and Molecular Engineering (WASET), Open Journal of Applied Sciences, Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, International Conference on Chemical, Metallurgy and Environmental Engineering, Universal Researchers in Environmental & Biological Engineering, Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society, International Journal of Chemical and Biomolecular Science in Public Science Framework, Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal, International Academy of Chemical, Civil & Environment Engineering, International Journal of Ambient Energy, he was appointed to editorial board for the International Journal of Materials Science and Applications, he was appointed to editorial board for Advances in Materials, he was appointed to editorial board for International Journal of Science, Technology and Society, Organic & Medicinal Chemistry International Journal (OMCIJ), Universal Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, International Journal of Nano and Material Sciences, he is an advisory board member of World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cogent OA, Taylor & Francis Group, SciFed Journal of Polymerscience. He is a member of the Royal Society of

Chemistry (MRSC), Chemicals Development Services Center (CDSC), Egyptian Corrosion Society (ECS), The Arab Society of Material Science, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Society, Egyptian Petroleum Association, The Egyptian Society of Polymer Science and Technology, Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions, Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APC-BEES), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET), The International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Egyptian Association for Science and Engineering (EASE), Sesame User Office (SUO) Synchrotron- Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, Sesame Users' Committee (SUC) Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC), The International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS ), The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

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