Spirooxindole: Chemistry, Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Significance

Gautam Patel obtained PG from Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidya Nagar and Doctoral degree from the M. S. University of Baroda, India. He is the Head and an Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department, Parul Institute of Applied Science, Parul University, India. His area of specialization is organic synthesis, green chemistry, nanosciences and nanotechnology. He has 3 patents to his name.

Vraj R. Shah has received his B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry from ITM Vocational University and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Chemistry from ITM (SLS) Baroda University, Vadodara. Following his graduation, he is currently working as a graduate research assistant at the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of Alabama, USA. He has published 5 research papers in the peer-review international journals. He has contributed 8 book chapters with peer reviewed books of international publishers. His research interest mainly focuses on organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, computational simulations, membrane synthesis, and nanotechnology. In addition, he has also received the prestigious GCF fellowship from University of Alabama to pursue his doctoral degree. Moreover, he has also been awarded “Best young researcher presentation from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of Technology (SVNIT).

Tuan Anh Nguyen is Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam. He received B.S. in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992, and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist in the Montana State University (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at Institute for Tropical Technology. His research activities include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities and digital twins. He edited over 70 Elsevier, 12 CRC Press, 1 Springer, 1 RSC and 2 IGI Global books. He is Editor-In-Chief of "Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience".

Dr. Kalim Deshmukh is a Senior Researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 15 years of research experience in the field of synthesis, characterization and structure-property relationships in a wide variety of polymeric materials, polymer blends and nanocomposites for various technological applications. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization and property investigations of polymer nanocomposites reinforced with different nanofillers including nanoparticles and carbon allotropes such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives for potential electronic applications.