**About the Editors**

**Djalal Trache** has been working as an Associate Professor at Ecole Militaire Polytechnique (EMP), Algeria, since 2016. He received his Engineer degree in chemical engineering, Magister in Applied Chemistry and Doctor of Sciences in chemistry at EMP. He has made several presentations at national and international conferences, published over 80 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals in the field of chemical sciences/materials science, eight book chapters, and one book. He is a reviewer of more than 50 international reputed journals. Prof. Trache has particular expertise in energetic materials, bio-based materials, polymer composites and their characterization. He also has interests in nanomaterials and their applications, phase equilibria and kinetics. Besides, he has successfully supervised many engineers, MScs and doctoral students.

**Vijay Kumar Thakur** is currently a Professor of Biomass in the Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre at SRUC, Edinburgh, U.K., and also holds an Adjunct Professor position in the Research School of Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu University, China, and is a Visiting Professor at Shiv Nadar University, India, and a Visitor at Cranfield University, U.K. He has previously held faculty positions at Cranfield University, U.K., Washington State University, U.S.A., and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research activities span the disciplines of Biorefining, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, and Nanotechnology, as well as all aspects of Sustainable and Advanced Materials. He has been a PI/Co-I on several projects sponsored by BAE Systems, EPSRC (EP/T024607/1), Royal Academy of Engineering (IAPP-33-24/01/2017; IAPP18-19 295), UKIERI (DST/INT/UK/P-164/2017), Innovate UK, and others. He has published over 200 SCI journal articles, 2 patents, 50 books, and 37 book chapters in areas concerning polymers, nanotechnology, and materials science. He sits on the editorial board of several SCI journals (e.g., *Nature Scientific Reports, Industrial Crops & Products, Journal of Renewable Materials, Advances in Polymer Technology, International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Biomolecules, Nanomaterials, Surfaces and Interfaces, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, and Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects*) as an editor or Editorial Advisory Board member.
