Dr. S. Sakthinathan currently working as a research assistant professor in the Department of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan. He obtained bachelor of science (BSc) and master of science (MSc) degree at the Bharathidasan University, India. After graduation, he worked as a project associate at the National Centre for Catalysis Research (NCCR), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Chennai, India. After, he received Ph.D. degree at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan.