Tridib Kumar BhowmickDr. Tridib Kumar Bhowmick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India. He worked as a postdoctoral research assistant from 2008 to 2013 at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. His research was focused on traditional Indian medicine, nanomaterials, and targeted therapeutic delivery. Currently, he is involved in exploring the northeast region of India, representing a biodiversity hotspot with endemic flora and fauna, in identifying promising microalgal strains as alternative bio-fuel resources. His broad interest is to understand the characteristics of biomaterials at the nano-scale level and is looking forward to their novel applications. Dr. Bhowmick published more than twenty-five research articles, one edited book, four book chapters, and several national and international conference proceedings. Read More Read Less