**About the Editor**

**Manas Sutradhar** received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta, India, in 2008. He was a postdoc fellow at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Currently, he is a research scientist at the Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. He has ´ published more than 65 papers in international peer review journals (h-index 25). He has edited one book and published 7 book chapters in books with international circulation. The major area of his research is based on synthesis and catalysis. The use of microwave irradiation for oxidation catalysis, the chemistry of vanadium complexes and their applications are other important areas of his interest.
