Research Methodology in Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces

Ali Pourhashemi, PhD is a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Christian Brothers University (CBU) in Memphis, Tennessee. He was formerly the department chair at CBU and also taught at Howard University in Washington, DC. He taught various courses in chemical engineering, and his main area has been teaching the capstone process design as well as supervising industrial internship projects. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.He is on the international editorial review board of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and is an editorial member of the International of Journal of Advanced Packaging Technology. He has published many articles and presented at many professional conferences.

Nekane Guarrotxena, PhD, is head of the division in Institute of Polymer Science and Technology in Madrid, Spanish, National Research Council, Spain. She is a well-known scientist in the field of organic chemistry, chemistry and physics of polymers, and composites and nanocomposites. She has published 10 books and volumes and about 500 original papers and reviews. She was the vice-director of the Institute of Polymer Sciences and Technology from 2001-2005. From 2008-2011, she was a visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Center for Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit (CaSTL) at the University of California, Irvine. She is an editorial board member of the Polymer Research and ISRN journals. Her research interests focus on the synthesis and assembly of hybrid nanomaterials, nanoplasmonics, and their uses in nanobiotechnology applications, such as bioimaging, drug delivery, therapy, and biosensing.

A. K. Haghi, PhD, holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from University of North