Bhaw-Luximon has a PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Mauritius (UoM, 2001). She joined the Dept of Chemistry, UoM in 2003 and is currently Associate Professor. She is the current Head, Department of Chemistry (2014-2016). She was appointed as a TWAS Young Affiliate in 2008. Her area of research are: advanced polymers; biomaterials; nanomedicine and tissue engineering. Her research is based at the Centre for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research (CBBR) (http://vcilt.uom.ac.mu/cbbr/)