Dr. Palraj Ranganathan received his B.S. (2012), M.S. (2014), and M.Phil. (2015) degrees from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India, and Ph.D. (2018) from National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. His Ph.D. research is based on bio-based monomer and polyamide synthesis. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Science and Engineering (Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials) at the National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. His current research interest mainly focuses on the synthesis of low Tm thermoplastic nylon for non-woven fabric applications in biomedical applications, self-healing, and foams, and the synthesis of thermoplastic polyurethanes for shape memory applications.