Sadhan C. Jana is Professor at the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, United States. He is also Associate Dean forResearch and Graduate Studies, at the University of Akron. Prof. Jana received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1993and worked at GE Corporate Research, before joining the University of Akron in 1998. He served as Chair of the Department of Polymer Engineeringduring 2004–2011 and 2015–2019. Prof. Jana’s research interests include aerogels, nanofibers, tire tread materials, polymer nanocomposites, and shapememory polymers.