Mohd Yusuf is assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, YMD College, Haryana, India, and academic councilor at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Study Centre, YMD College, since 2014. He obtained his BSc in chemistry, botany, and zoology in 2004 and MSc in chemistry in 2006 from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India, and his PhD in chemistry in 2013 from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India. From 2013 to 2014, he was a guest faculty for engineering chemistry at the Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia. Dr. Yusuf is an editorial board member and reviewer for many journals. He has contributed 11 chapters in books, authored 3 books, and published numerous research articles with an h-index of 10 and an i10-index of 11. His research interests include green chemistry, biopolymers, biocolorants, biocomposites,
Shafat Ahmad Khan is assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Galgotias University, India. He received his PhD in organic chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia in 2012. His research interests include natural product chemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics of colorants, UV-blocking, and antibacterial textile finishing. Dr. Khan has published several peered-reviewed research papers in international and national journals and book chapters.