V K ThakurProf. Dr. V. K. Thakur is a Full Professor and Founding Head of the Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre at SRUC, UK and holds an Adjunct Professor position in the Research School of Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu University, China; Riga echnical University; UPES; Shiv Nadar University and Visiting Professor at Cranfield University, UK. He did his post-doctoral study in Materials Science & Engineering at Iowa State University and received a PhD in Polymers Science (2009). His expertise includes the synthesis and processing of sustainable and functional polymer materials. He has been a PI/ Co-PI on several projects sponsored by BAE Systems; EPSRC (EP/T024607/1); Royal Academy of Engineering (IAPP-33- 24/01/2017; IAPP18- 19\295); RESAS; UIF (SFC); UKIERI (DST/INT/UK/P164/2017); Innovate UK; and others. He has published over 350 SCI journal articles, 2 patents, 52 books & 40 book chapters on polymers and materials science (H-index 84, >22,500 citations). He sits on the editorial board of several SCI journals as Associate Editor/ Editor/ Editorial Advisory Board Member. He has been named among World's Top 2 % Scientists in 2021 with a Global Rank of #122nd in the Polymers category and #133rd in the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology category (Scopus/ Stanford University List) and is also among Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Web of Science) list since 2020. Read More Read Less