Vijay Kumar Thakur (Ph.D., P.D.F.) is a Staff Scientist in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University - U.S.A. He is an Editorial Board Member of several International Journals including Advanced Chemistry Letters, Lignocelluloses, Drug Inventions Today (Elsevier), International Journal of Energy Engineering, Journal of Textile Science & Engineering (U.S.A) to name a few and also member of scientific bodies around the world. His former appointments include as a Research Scientist in Temasek Laboratories/School of Materials Science and Engineering @ Nanyang Technological University SINGAPORE, Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering @ LHU-TAIWAN and Post Doctorate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering @ Iowa State University -U.S.A. In his academic carrier, he has published more than 100 research articles, patent and conference proceedings in the field of polymers and materials science. He has published seven books and twenty book chapters on the advanced state-of-the-art of polymers/ materials science with numerous publishers. He has extensive expertise in the synthesis of polymers (natural/ synthetic), nano materials, nanocomposites, biocomposites, graft copolymers, high performance capacitors and electrochromic materials.
