Recent Trends in Fractional Calculus and Its Applications

Dr. Praveen Agarwal earned his Ph. D. in Mathematics at the Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) in Jaipur, India, in 2006. Recently, Prof. Agarwal has been listed as the World's Top 2% Scientist from 2020-2025, released by Stanford University. Dr. Agarwal has been actively involved in research as well as pedagogical activities for the last 24 years. His major research interests include Special Functions, Fractional Calculus, Numerical Analysis, Differential and Difference Equations, Inequalities, Probability & Statistics, and Fixed Point Theorems. He has published 11 research monographs and edited volumes and more than 405 publications (with almost 100 mathematicians all over the world) in prestigious national and international mathematics journals. Dr. Agarwal worked previously either as a regular faculty or as a visiting professor and scientist in universities in several countries, including India, Germany, Turkey, South Korea, UK, Russia, Malaysia and Thailand. He has served over 50 Journals in the capacity of an Editor/Honorary Editor, or Associate Editor, and published 15 books as an editor. Dr. Luis Vázquez Martínez is Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics Departamento de Matématica Aplicada, Faculdad do Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr. Martínez has held many distinguished administrative positions throughout his career, including Vice-Dean of Research, External Relations and Students of Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Academic Director of Research at UCM, and Director and Founder of the European Office of Research and the Supercomputing Center, UCM, among many others. Dr. Martínez has received many awards and research honors during his distinguished career, including the Daza Valdés Prize from the Spanish Society of Optica, Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella from the Republic of Italy, NASA Distinction as Principal Investigator of REMS-Curiosity-MSL, and the Liouville Award for Lifetime Achievements in the Area of Fractional Calculus and Its Applications. Dr. Martínez was a Founding Member of the Centre of Astrobiology associated with NASA in its Mars exploration program, where he founded and managed the Advanced Computer Laboratory. Dr. Ervin K. Lenzi is Associate Professor of Physics at Universidade Estaudal de Ponta Grossa, Brazil. Dr. Lenzi has a Ph.D. in Physics from Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Física, and was a Postdoc Fellow in Physics at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His research interests include Diffusive Processes, Complex Systems, and Applications of the Diffusion Equation. Dr. Lenzi is on the Editorial Board of Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, and Quantum Reports.