Deepak PathaniaDeepak Pathania is Professor & Dean, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shoolini University Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He had about 16 years of teaching and research experience. He started his teaching career in 2000 from NIT, Jalandhar, Punjab. He joind as Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Applied Sciences, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Phagwara, Punjab in 2005. He also functioned in Punjab University Post Graduates College for three years in Punjab. He was shifted to University at Himachal Pradesh as Head Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities in 2008. He is members of different professional scientific societies. He had guided 8 Ph.D and 10 M.Phil and 17 M.Sc. projects for their degree. Presently he is guiding 5 students for their Ph.D degree. He had authorized six books in different areas of interest from believed publishers. He is working on 2 books being published by Springer Germany. He is editorial members and reviewer of different national and international journals. He had about 90 publications in Journals and 115 in conferences to his credit. His area of research includes polymer based composites, nanocomposite ion exchangers, graft copolymerization, fiber reinforced composite, environmental chemistry, photocatalysis etc. Read More Read Less