Dr. Visakh P.M. is currently a research associate (under the guidance of Prof. Olga B Nazarenko) at the Department of Ecology and Basic Safety, Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Tomsk, Russia. He obtained his Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.Sc. degrees from the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has edited 20 books from Scrivener (Wiley), Springer, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier, and more than 12 books currently in press. He been a visiting researcher in Russia (2014 to the present), Portugal (2013, 2014), Czech Republic (2012, 2013), Italy (2009, 2012), Argentina (2010), Sweden (2010, 2011, 2012), Switzerland (2010), Spain (2011, 2012), Slovenia (2011), France (2011), Belgium (2012) and Austria (2012). He has attended and presented at more than 28 conferences. He is a guest editor for 4 international journals. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites, bionanocomposites, rubber-based nanocomposites, fire-retardant polymers and liquid crystalline polymers, and silicon sensors.