Bionanomaterials for Skin Regeneration

This book gives a concise overview of bionanomaterials with applications for skin regeneration. The advantages and challenges of nanoscale materials are covered in detail, giving a basic view of the skin structure and conditions that require transdermal or topical applications. Medical applications, such as wound healing, burns care, skin disease, and cosmetic care, such as aging of the skin and photodamage, and how they benefit from bionanomaterials, are described in detail. A final chapter is devoted to the ethical and social issues related to the use of bionanomaterials for skin regeneration. This is an ideal book for researchers in materials science, medical scientists specialized in dermatology, and cosmetic chemists working in formulations, and can also serve as a reference for nanotechnologists, dermatologists, microbiologists, engineers, and polymer chemists, as well as students studying in these fields.

Mihaela D. Leonida is a Professor of Chemistry at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus, in Teaneck, NJ (mleonida@fdu.edu). She received a M.S.and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnic University in Bucharest, Romania, and a second Ph.D. in Chemistry from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. While teaching, she has mentored research with over sixty students.

an', serif;">Her scientific interests are broad, from “wiring” enzymes to bionanomaterials with antimicrobial and anti-proliferation activity, to detecting art forgeries, to materials and techniques used by artisans of times past. She spent a sabbatical leave doing research and lecturing at l’Universite de Quebec a Montreal and at McGill University and was invited to lecture and collaborate on an interdisciplinary project at the Ecole Polytechnique de l’Universite de Nantes. In 2010 she spent one semester as a Senior Fulbright Scholar lecturing (about modified enzymes and materials in art) and doing research at the Polytechnic University in Bucharest. She has authored/co-authored five books, two textbooks, and several book chapters. Dr. Leonida published over sixty papers in scientific journals (among which: Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Nonlinear Optics and Quantum Optics, Internationsl Journal of Nano&Biomaterials, Phytomedicines,?Etudes et Documents Balkaniques et Mediterraneens,?International Journal of Bio-Chromatography, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Tetrahedron Letters,? Revue Roumaine de Chimie, Review of Museums and Historical Monuments, Current Nanoscience, The Protein Journal) and made over eighty presentations at scientific conferences. She gave over thirty invited lectures at different venues in USA, Canada, France, and Romania. Her strong interest in varied materials led to lifelong connections and collaborations with researchers from different fields. Most of her interests, work and lectures are focused on interdisciplinary topics. She is actively involved in the American Chemical Society, at the local and national level.?

Ish Kumar is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Fairleigh Dickinson University,??Metropolitan Campus, in Teaneck, NJ (ikumar@fdu.edu).??He earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Panjab University, in Chandigarh, India. In the United States he completed postdoctoral work at SUNY, Upstate Medical University, under the supervision of B. N. Singh. Dr. Kumar continued as a Research Associate at Wesleyan University, working with Professor Rex Pratt.?His research interests involve designing new molecular inhibitors using the tools of computational chemistry, enzyme structures, enzyme kinetics and chemical synthesis. During his years as faculty Dr. Kumar has supervised research of more than twenty students. He has published about twenty articles in peer reviewed journals such as Journal of American Chemical Society, Organic Letters, Biochemistry, FEBS Journal, ACS Chemical Biology, etc. He is the inventor of an Indian Patent and co-authored two lab manuals. Dr. Kumar is actively involved in the Hudson Bergen Chemical Society (ACS local chapter) and Sigma Xi communities.