Aman Ullah obtained his PhD with distinction in Chemical Sciences and Technologies from the University of Genoa (Italy), working together at Southern Methodist University (USA). Presently, he serves as a professor and the Director of the Lipid Utilization Labs at the University of Alberta (Canada). Ullah and his research team focus on synthesizing novel monomers, biopolymers, and bioconjugates from renewable sources, aiming for diverse industrial applications. He has over 100 publications, 18 book chapters, and 9 patents or applications. He has received multiple awards including a Canadian Rising Star (2012) award, an ALES Research and Innovation Award (2019), and an ASTech Innovation Award (2022).Shakeel Ahmed (PhD) is an assistant professor of chemistry in the Higher Education Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir and assistant professor in the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has published several research publications in areas of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment. He is regular member of the American Chemical Society (USA), a member of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), a member of the International Association of Advanced Materials (Sweden), and a life member of the Asian Polymer Association and Society of Materials Chemistry (India). He is also a fellow of The Linnean Society of London, UK and the International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan). He has published more than 30 books on nanomaterials and green materials with publishers of international repute, and he is the recipient of many awards; he also has a few patents to his credit.

• Preface1. Green biopolymers for packaging - an overviewNiloy Chatterjee and Pubali Dhar2. Properties and Performance of Green Biopolymers for Packaging ApplicationsAwodi Ene, Mohan Turup Pandurangan, Krishnan Kanny3. Methods of Fabrications of Green Biopolymers for Packaging FilmsSohail Shahzad, Maria Mujahid4. Characterization of Green Biopolymers for Packaging ApplicationsMuhammad Shahbaz, Aneesa Altaf, Hammad Naeem, Ushna Momal and Shamas Murtaza, Nighat Raza5. Green Biopolymers in Food PackagingYasir Iqbal, Muhammad Ehsan Ameer, Iqbal Ahmed, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Faisal Irfan, Shahzad Ali Shahid Chatha6. Green Biopolymers in Consumer Goods PackagingRehan Ali Pradhan7. Green Biopolymers in Sustainable Packaging Design and MaterialsIqbal Ahmed, Hira Zulfiqar, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Furqan Farooq & Hunain Zulfiqar8. Green Biopolymers as Smart Food Packaging Solutions: General Consideration And Novel TrendsPriyanka Mishra, Nisha Sharma, Apoorv Mishra, P.C Gupta9. Polylactic acid-based materials for enhanced antimicrobial food packagingHarshada M10. Edible Biopolymers for Food ApplicationsMeghraj Suryawanshi, Swati Kurtkoti, Taufik Mulla, Esha Shah, Himanshu Sharma, Hirvita Bhatt11. Application of Modified Starch in Food PackagingMeghraj Suryawanshi, Taufik Mulla, Indranil Suryawanshi, Kuldeep Vinchurkar, Ummehani Kallawala12. Protein based Biopolymers of Plant Origin for Food ApplicationsAnirudh Singh Bhathiwal, G.B. Dharma Rao, Anjaneyulu Bendi, AditiTiwari13. Application of chitosan-based materials in food packagingAvni Gupta, Devyanshu Sachdev14. Biopolymers in Temperature-Sensitive PackagingAnkita Acharya15. Green Biopolymers in Food and Dairy PackagingPratiksha, Maumita Adhikary, Aparnna V.P.16. Biopolymers as antimicrobial food packagingNeeraj Mishra, Priyanka Mishra, Ritu Kumari Singh, Aman Pratap Singh, Brajesh Varshney17. Future prospects of green biopolymers in Packaging ApplicationsNiloy Chatterjee, Sourav Kumar Nandi, and Pubali Dhar

Aman Ullah obtained his PhD with distinction in Chemical Sciences and Technologies from the University of Genoa (Italy), working together at Southern Methodist University (USA). Presently, he serves as a professor and the Director of the Lipid Utilization Labs at the University of Alberta (Canada). Ullah and his research team focus on synthesizing novel monomers, biopolymers, and bioconjugates from renewable sources, aiming for diverse industrial applications. He has over 100 publications, 18 book chapters, and 9 patents or applications. He has received multiple awards including a Canadian Rising Star (2012) award, an ALES Research and Innovation Award (2019), and an ASTech Innovation Award (2022).Shakeel Ahmed (PhD) is an assistant professor of chemistry in the Higher Education Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir and assistant professor in the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has published several research publications in areas of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment. He is regular member of the American Chemical Society (USA), a member of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), a member of the International Association of Advanced Materials (Sweden), and a life member of the Asian Polymer Association and Society of Materials Chemistry (India). He is also a fellow of The Linnean Society of London, UK and the International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan). He has published more than 30 books on nanomaterials and green materials with publishers of international repute, and he is the recipient of many awards; he also has a few patents to his credit.

• Preface1. Green biopolymers for packaging - an overviewNiloy Chatterjee and Pubali Dhar2. Properties and Performance of Green Biopolymers for Packaging ApplicationsAwodi Ene, Mohan Turup Pandurangan, Krishnan Kanny3. Methods of Fabrications of Green Biopolymers for Packaging FilmsSohail Shahzad, Maria Mujahid4. Characterization of Green Biopolymers for Packaging ApplicationsMuhammad Shahbaz, Aneesa Altaf, Hammad Naeem, Ushna Momal and Shamas Murtaza, Nighat Raza5. Green Biopolymers in Food PackagingYasir Iqbal, Muhammad Ehsan Ameer, Iqbal Ahmed, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Faisal Irfan, Shahzad Ali Shahid Chatha6. Green Biopolymers in Consumer Goods PackagingRehan Ali Pradhan7. Green Biopolymers in Sustainable Packaging Design and MaterialsIqbal Ahmed, Hira Zulfiqar, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Furqan Farooq & Hunain Zulfiqar8. Green Biopolymers as Smart Food Packaging Solutions: General Consideration And Novel TrendsPriyanka Mishra, Nisha Sharma, Apoorv Mishra, P.C Gupta9. Polylactic acid-based materials for enhanced antimicrobial food packagingHarshada M10. Edible Biopolymers for Food ApplicationsMeghraj Suryawanshi, Swati Kurtkoti, Taufik Mulla, Esha Shah, Himanshu Sharma, Hirvita Bhatt11. Application of Modified Starch in Food PackagingMeghraj Suryawanshi, Taufik Mulla, Indranil Suryawanshi, Kuldeep Vinchurkar, Ummehani Kallawala12. Protein based Biopolymers of Plant Origin for Food ApplicationsAnirudh Singh Bhathiwal, G.B. Dharma Rao, Anjaneyulu Bendi, AditiTiwari13. Application of chitosan-based materials in food packagingAvni Gupta, Devyanshu Sachdev14. Biopolymers in Temperature-Sensitive PackagingAnkita Acharya15. Green Biopolymers in Food and Dairy PackagingPratiksha, Maumita Adhikary, Aparnna V.P.16. Biopolymers as antimicrobial food packagingNeeraj Mishra, Priyanka Mishra, Ritu Kumari Singh, Aman Pratap Singh, Brajesh Varshney17. Future prospects of green biopolymers in Packaging ApplicationsNiloy Chatterjee, Sourav Kumar Nandi, and Pubali Dhar

Aman Ullah obtained his PhD with distinction in Chemical Sciences and Technologies from the University of Genoa (Italy), working together at Southern Methodist University (USA). Presently, he serves as a professor and the Director of the Lipid Utilization Labs at the University of Alberta (Canada). Ullah and his research team focus on synthesizing novel monomers, biopolymers, and bioconjugates from renewable sources, aiming for diverse industrial applications. He has over 100 publications, 18 book chapters, and 9 patents or applications. He has received multiple awards including a Canadian Rising Star (2012) award, an ALES Research and Innovation Award (2019), and an ASTech Innovation Award (2022).Shakeel Ahmed (PhD) is an assistant professor of chemistry in the Higher Education Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir and assistant professor in the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has published several research publications in areas of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment. He is regular member of the American Chemical Society (USA), a member of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), a member of the International Association of Advanced Materials (Sweden), and a life member of the Asian Polymer Association and Society of Materials Chemistry (India). He is also a fellow of The Linnean Society of London, UK and the International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan). He has published more than 30 books on nanomaterials and green materials with publishers of international repute, and he is the recipient of many awards; he also has a few patents to his credit.

• Preface1. Green biopolymers for packaging - an overviewNiloy Chatterjee and Pubali Dhar2. Properties and Performance of Green Biopolymers for Packaging ApplicationsAwodi Ene, Mohan Turup Pandurangan, Krishnan Kanny3. Methods of Fabrications of Green Biopolymers for Packaging FilmsSohail Shahzad, Maria Mujahid4. Characterization of Green Biopolymers for Packaging ApplicationsMuhammad Shahbaz, Aneesa Altaf, Hammad Naeem, Ushna Momal and Shamas Murtaza, Nighat Raza5. Green Biopolymers in Food PackagingYasir Iqbal, Muhammad Ehsan Ameer, Iqbal Ahmed, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Faisal Irfan, Shahzad Ali Shahid Chatha6. Green Biopolymers in Consumer Goods PackagingRehan Ali Pradhan7. Green Biopolymers in Sustainable Packaging Design and MaterialsIqbal Ahmed, Hira Zulfiqar, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Furqan Farooq & Hunain Zulfiqar8. Green Biopolymers as Smart Food Packaging Solutions: General Consideration And Novel TrendsPriyanka Mishra, Nisha Sharma, Apoorv Mishra, P.C Gupta9. Polylactic acid-based materials for enhanced antimicrobial food packagingHarshada M10. Edible Biopolymers for Food ApplicationsMeghraj Suryawanshi, Swati Kurtkoti, Taufik Mulla, Esha Shah, Himanshu Sharma, Hirvita Bhatt11. Application of Modified Starch in Food PackagingMeghraj Suryawanshi, Taufik Mulla, Indranil Suryawanshi, Kuldeep Vinchurkar, Ummehani Kallawala12. Protein based Biopolymers of Plant Origin for Food ApplicationsAnirudh Singh Bhathiwal, G.B. Dharma Rao, Anjaneyulu Bendi, AditiTiwari13. Application of chitosan-based materials in food packagingAvni Gupta, Devyanshu Sachdev14. Biopolymers in Temperature-Sensitive PackagingAnkita Acharya15. Green Biopolymers in Food and Dairy PackagingPratiksha, Maumita Adhikary, Aparnna V.P.16. Biopolymers as antimicrobial food packagingNeeraj Mishra, Priyanka Mishra, Ritu Kumari Singh, Aman Pratap Singh, Brajesh Varshney17. Future prospects of green biopolymers in Packaging ApplicationsNiloy Chatterjee, Sourav Kumar Nandi, and Pubali Dhar