Mohd Yusuf is the head and an associate professor in the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences at the School of Technology of Glocal University, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned his PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, in 2013 under the supervision of Dr F. Mohammad on Nature-Derived Products and Applications Thereof. Dr Yusuf has authored or co-authored more than 50 publications of international repute, including research articles in journals and magazines, reviews, books, and book chapters. His research interests are green and sustainable materials, functional biomaterials, biocolorants, composite and applied materials, nanomaterials, wastewater treatment, and energy storage technologies. Aminoddin Haji is an assistant professor in the Department of Textile Engineering at Yazd University, Iran. He earned his BSc, MSc, and PhD from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He was a lecturer and assistant professor at the Islamic Azad University, Birjand Branch, Iran from 2004 to 2018. Dr Haji has published more than 70 papers in international journals (ISI and Scopus), authored 1 book, edited 2 books, co-authored 10 book chapters, and presented more than 60 papers in international conferences. His areas of interest are surface modification of textiles, natural and synthetic dyeing of textiles, and nanotechnology in textiles and wastewater treatment.
