Advances in Nano and Biochemistry

Dr. Pranay Pradeep Morajkar received his PhD from the University of Lille 1 in collaboration with the University of Bordeaux 1 (France) in 2012. He served as a CNRS Postdoctoral Research Associate at the LRGP-ENSIC—the University of Lorraine, France, and as Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology, (U.A.E). Since 2014, he is an Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, India, wherein his research focuses on "Designing Nanostructured Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications." He has published a total of 42 international peer-reviewed research publications and has 01 Indian patent to his credit till date. He is the recipient of the Early Career Research Award by SERB, startup research grant from UGC, Indo-European S&T INNO-INDIGO research grant by DST, India, and Goa state research grant from DST & WM, Govt. of Goa, India. Dr. Morajkar has recently been elected as the Scientific Secretary of International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO-TC-20), Germany. Dr. Milind Naik received his PhD in Microbiology from Goa University in 2012. He has 9 years of teaching experience at Goa University and 1 year of experience as Scientist C on NIH-funded project “Malaria Evolution in South East Asia” at the National Institute of Malaria Research, India. Dr. Naik also worked as a Scientist in Molbio Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., Goa, on real time-PCR technology. He has edited two international books published by Elsevier and Springer. He has published over 30 research papers in reputed international journals and authored 6 book chapters. He is a recipient of SERB-DST Young Scientist Project Award and his research focuses on marine pollution and microbial remediation, quorum sensing in microorganisms and quorum quenching biomolecules, malaria, and nanobiotechnology.

Section I: Environmental Studies 1. Coupling of photocatalytic and bioremediation processes for enhanced mitigation of xenobiotic pollutants from waste water 2. Bio-inspired nanomaterials for remediation of toxic metal ions from wastewater 3. Biocompatible nanomaterials for sensing and remediation of Nitrites and Fluorides from polluted water 4. Role of gum nanostructured hydrogels in water purification, desalination and atmospheric water harvesting applications: Advances, current challenges and future prospective 5. Versatile nanomaterials for remediation of microplastics from the environment 6. Plastic degradation- Contemporary enzymes versus nanozymes based technologies 7. Current Trends in Sensing and Remediation of Gaseous Pollutants from the Atmosphere 8. Emerging non-noble metal nanocatalysts for complete mitigation of combustion generated CO, NOx and unburnt hydrocarbons 9. Advanced methodologies for remediation of combustion generated particulate matter (Soot) from the environment 10. Recent advances in Quantification and remediation technologies for toxic PAH mitigation from the environment

Section II: Biomedical Studies 11. Application of nanoparticles as quorum quenching agent against bacterial human pathogens: A prospective therapeutic nano-weapon 12. Biocompatible green-synthesized nanomaterial for therapeutic applications 13. Toxicological aspects of nanomaterials in biomedical research 14. Quantum dots and hybrid structures as an innovative solution for bioimaging and diagnostics of viral infection 15. Magnetic Nanomaterials and Their Hybrids for Magnetic Hyperthermia 16. Advanced functionalized nanomaterial-based electro active biomolecules as sensors for disease diagnosis 17. Recent advances in MOFs based nanocomposites for treatment of retinopathy or retina related biomedical applications 18. Recent advances in supramolecular organic nanostructures for drug delivery applications 19. Recent advances in biopolymers for drug delivery applications 20. Regenerated silk sericin from Antheraea mylitta and Bombyx mori as potential biomaterial 21. Structural DNA nanotechnology and its biomedical applications