Prem C. Pandey is a professor in the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He received his master’s (1980) and Ph.D. (1986) degrees from Gorakhpur University. From 1989 to 1990, he served as a post-doctoral researcher at the Ecole des Mines, Saint Etienne France. He was a visiting professor at the University of California (2003), the Institut de Microtechnique (2007), and Moscow State University (2009). His research interests are sensor technology, bioelectrochemistry, organically modified silicate-based nanomaterial, optoelectrochemistry, and functional nanoparticles.