Nanotechnology Applications in Health and Environmental Sciences (eBook)

Nanoscience and nanotechnologies are leading to a major point to our understanding of nature. Nanotechnology can be generally defined as creation and use of nano-sized systems, devices, and structures which have special functions or properties because of their small size. 

This volume on Nanotechnology Applications in Health and Environmental Sciences focuses on biotechnological and environmental applications of nanomaterials. It covers popular and various nanomedical topics such as oncology, genetics, and reconstructive medicine. Additionally, many chapters give leading-edge information on nano-sensor applications and usage in specific disciplines. Also, two chapters on novel subjects have been included on Lantibiotics and microbiota. This book should be useful for nanotechnologists, microbiologists, and researchers interested in nanomedicine and nano-biotechnology, as well as environmental nanotechnology.

Feza Korkusuz graduated from Medical Faculty, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey in 1986. He attended specification in Orthopedic Surgery in Traumatology at Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Medical Faculty, Gazi  University. Between 1989 and 1990, he studied at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan and he graduated from Osaka University with a postgraduate diploma. His clinical and research studies focused on Spine Surgery, Sports Medicine and Basic Research. He has worked at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey for 20 years as an orthopedic surgeon at the Medical Center as the Director and Head of Department of Physical Education and Sports. In 1994 and in 2001 he became an Associate Professor and Professor, respectively. In the year 2000, he received the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Promotion Award in Medical Sciences. Between 1991 and 2016, he was a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society. In 2008, he became an active member of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and since 2006, he has been a member of the corresponding and deputy editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. Since 2017, he has became an active member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and has worked as a vice president in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).

Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interest includes applied & environmental microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than one hundred fifty publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles & book chapters and five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award & Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA; Outstanding Scientist Award in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; BRICPL Science Investigator Award and Research Excellence Award etc. He has been serving as editorial board members: Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Phyton- International Journal of Experimental Botany; Journal of Renewable Materials, Biocell; including Series editor of Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences, Springer Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Assistant Professor Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States and Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.