Dr. Santhosh Babu Sukumaran obtained his Ph. D. on oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) self-assembly from National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Trivandrum, India. After several years of postdoctoral studies in Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, and the University of Namur, Belgium, he joined the Organic Chemistry Division of National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) in 2014 as a Senior Scientist. His research interests include self-assembly of organic materials, metal-free organic phosphors, and 2D-polymers for catalytic and energy applications.