Surface Engineering of Graphene and Graphene Quantum Dots for Industrial and Medical Applications

Dr Beheshteh Sohrabi received her BSc in pure chemistry from Alzahra University, Iran, and her MSc in physical chemistry from Kharazmi University, Iran. She received her PhD in physical chemistry from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. She is now an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry’s surface chemistry research lab at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). She has conducted some of the earliest research on the dispersion of carbon nanotubes and graphite by using experimental and simulation methods.

Dr Sousa Javan Nikkhah obtained a master’s degree in polymer engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. She completed her PhD at Iran University of Science and Technology, specializing in molecular modeling of polymer/solid interfaces for polymer nanocomposites. After working as a researcher, advisor, and lecturer at Iran University of Science and Technology, she joined the soft material modeling group at Aalto University, Finland, as a postdoctoral researcher. She works as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Limerick. Sousa’s research interests include multiscale modeling of polymer/solid interfaces, membranes, self-assembly of polymers, and designing drug delivery systems.