Application of Nanotechnology in Biomedical Sciences

Faheem A. Sheikh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Nanotechnology, University of Kashmir, India. Before this, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology at the Central University of Kashmir, India (2015–2016); Brain Korea 21+ Research Professor at the Myongji University, South Korea (2014–2015); Assistant Professor Research at Nano-Bio Regenerative Medical Institute, Hallym University, South Korea (2012–2014); Postdoc/Research fellow at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America (2010–2012); and Research Professor at Myongji University, South Korea (2010). His research mainly focuses on fabricating 3D nanomaterials used in tissue engineering and regeneration. He has considerable expertise in the fabrication of polymeric, ceramic, and metal oxide nanofibers using electrospinning, as well as the production of porous scaffolds by solvent casting, saltleaching, 3D printing, gas forming, sol-gel synthesis, phase separation, freeze-drying, particulate leaching, and self-assembly for hard and soft tissue engineering. He has more than 16 years of research experience in nanotechnology, with a particular focus on new material fabrication, developing new techniques, tissue engineering and drug delivery. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, contributed to 10 conferences, written 7 book chapters, and delivered 4 invited talks.

Chapter 1: Advancements of nanotechnology in diagnostic applications.- Chapter : 2: Polycaprolactone-based nanofibers and their in-vitro and in-vivo applications in bone tissue engineering.- Chapter 3: Nanocamptothecins as new generation pharmaceuticals for treatment of diverse cancers: Overview on a Natural product to Nanomedicine. – Chapter 4: Smart biomaterials from electrospun chitosan nanofibers by functionalization and blending in biomedical applications.- Chapter 5: Unique properties of the gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, functionalization and applications.- Chapter 6 : Nanotechnology and diabetes management: Recent advances and future perspectives.- Chapter 7: Recent advances in the emergence of nanorobotics in medicine.- Chapter 8: Composite of ceramic and polymeric nanofibers for photocatalytic degradation of dairy effluent.