Dr. Saurabh Bhatia is a pharmaceutical biologist with almost 14 years of research and academic experience in a multitude of transdisciplinary research related to pharmaceutical and food sciences. In his role as an Associate Professor in the NMSRC at University of Nizwa, he is working in a team with an objective to encourage research in biopolymers based thin films. He holds dual expertise in Pharmaceutical and Food sciences to explore potential of biopolymers based composite materials especially edible films, coating materials, bioadhesive, transdermal and sublingual films. He has earned his Ph.D. Degree (2015) in pharmaceutical technology from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.  His current area of interest research lies in the field of applied polymeric chemistry or material science more specifically based on development, characterization and biological assessment of biopolymer based composite films for food packaging (edible films/coating materials) and biomedical (bioadhesive/sublingual films) applications. To date, his research has resulted in more than 110 peer-reviewed publications in various recognized pharmaceutical and food journals of high repute and authored 11 books with several international publishers. He is serving different editorial roles in Frontiers in Nutrition, Plos One Open Access Journal, Frontiers in Materials, Journal of Food quality and many others.