Mansi Chaturvedi is presently working as a women scientist in a DBT Project at CSIR Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, India. She has a BTech in Biotechnology from AKS University in Satna, India and an MTech in Biotechnology from the School of Biotechnology at RGPV in Bhopal, India. Her research mainly focused on development of biosensing nanomaterials (2D materials such as graphene, MXenes) for the detection of various infectious diseases like Tuberculosis, Dengue, Covid-19 and Parkinson’s disease. She has been awarded with MP Young Scientist Award 2024, Direct SRF from CSIR, Best Micrographic Award in an international conference and Best Poster Presentation Award in National level conference. Dr. Chetna Dhand is a Senior Scientist at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal. She served as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore and adjunct assistant professor at the ACP in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Duke-NUS, Singapore. She has completed her PhD in Chemistry from University of Delhi and National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India. She is a recipient of Excellence in Microscopy award 2023, Young Investigator Award 2016, Sing-health Publish Award 2016 and Sing-health Publish Award 2017. Her excellent research credentials reflect > 85 international research peer reviewed publications, 5 book chapters and 2 international patents. Her major research interests include nanobiomaterials, 2D layered Nanomaterials, bio-inspired catecholamine chemistry, antimicrobial materials and coatings, miniaturized electrochemical sensors/biosensors, 3D printing of biopolymers, targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering and related healthcare applications. Dr. Neeraj Dwivedi is presently a Principal Scientist and Associate Professor at the CSIR Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, India and the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India, respectively. His research interests include carbon materials, interface engineering, carbon nanocoatings, and 2D materials such as graphene-based materials, MXenes, metal oxides and nitrides for various applications including energy, sensors, tribology, corrosion, and antimicrobial. Dr. Jamana Prasad Chaurasia is presently working as a Senior Principal Scientist and Head PPD & Head BD at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute(CSIR-AMPRI) in Bhopal, India. He is also has a number of additional roles as the Coordinator for Advance Research on Graphene QD, Zeolite Group; the Coordinator of the AI Group; the Coordinator of CSIR-AMPRI ArCoNM (COVID-19); Head, Department of Biomimetics, and Biomaterials including life sciences; and the Chairman of Recruitment & Assessment at CSIR-AMPRI. He is a former Coordinator of CSIR- BSL 3 program at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) in the Govt. of India. His research interests include management of science and technology, R&D support activities, research and development management, technology transfer, business development, technical manpower planning, research data base management, and research on life sciences specifically biomaterials and biomimetics.
