**Arish Dasan**

Dr. Arish Dasan is currently working as a researcher at FunGlass (European Horizon 2020 project), FunGlass, Alexander Dubcek University of Tren ˇ cˇ´ın, Slovakia. Dr. Arish Dasan, after completing his Ph.D in chemistry from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu, India, served as a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tamilnadu, India, from 2011 to 2012. After that, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Ceramic Matrix Products Division lab at Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, India, for three years. He also completed a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the European Ceramic Center, SPCTS, Limoges, France. Furthermore, he spent more than a year at the University of Padova, Padova, Italy, as a visiting scientist. His research interests include additive manufacturing (3D printing) of glass and ceramic materials, biologically active metal complexes, polymer-derived ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, glass ceramics, ceramic suspensions, the surface modification of ceramic nanoparticles, and ceramic core/shell nanocomposites.

## **Ashokraja Chandrasekar**

Dr. Ashokraja Chandrasekar is a researcher at Alexander Dubcek University in Trencin, Slovakia. His work focuses on the development of bioactive and degradable coatings applied in procedures involving degradable implants. His most recent discoveries involve the development of polyol-bioactive hybrid sol–gel-based coatings on AZ31B magnesium alloys for use in applications involving degradable implants. He has experience in the fields of biotechnology, medical bionanotechnology, biomaterials, and coatings used for biomedical purposes utilizing methods such as sol–gel deposition and plasma electrolytic oxidation. He has previous experience working with bioactive glass nanorods derived from sol–gel, as well as the electrophoretic deposition and anodization of titanium. He has had 12 papers published, and together they have more than 140 citations. He has acted in the reviewer capacity for a variety of notable publications, including IOP, Elsevier, and MDPI, among others.
