Artur Podhorodecki, in addition to his post as Associate Professor at the Wroclaw University of Technology (WRUT), since 2012, he is also a member of the Council of National Centre for Research and Development. He got his MSc in Solid State Physics in 2003 and PhD in Physics in 2007, both at WRUT. In the group of Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, he is leading a team working on synthesis, functionalization of various nanomaterials (i.e. quantum dots (CdS-based, PbS-based, ZnS-based), insulating nanocrystals (NaYF4-based) and their advanced spectroscopy, including investigations of nanocrystalline thin films containing silicon nanoclusters and co-doped with the lanthanides. These materials studies are mainly for bio and photonic applications.

Optical investigations (absorption, emission excitation and time decay) of undoped semiconductor nanocrystals in the form of freestanding powders, nanocrystaline films as well clusters undoped, doped or co-doped with the lanthanide ions. His research is focused on the absorption and relaxation processes in these materials and in particulary on the energy transfer processes, where the excitation energy is transferred from the donor (host matrix, nanocrystal, lanthanide ion) to the acceptor (lanthanide ion).

Dr Alexandra Apostoluk, aged 39, has been working on the emission of polymer and inorganic materials since her Engineering and MSc at Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) and through her PhD in 2000-2003 at Université d’Angers. In 2003, she joined the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA) in Saclay for a 2-year post-doc on polymer semiconductors. In 2005 she worked as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Technology of Troyes. In 2006 she became an associate professor at INSA Lyon, working on III-V and II-VI nanostructures. She has a rich experience in both national and international academic and industrial research projects or networks and educational projects (ANR, European FP6 and FP7, Egide project Osmosis and Polonium, French GDR, Tempus) and participated in 3 ANR projects. She is a co-author more than 24 scientific papers, 2 book chapters and was 6 times an invited speaker in international conferences. She worked as an invited researcher at Thamassat University (Bangkok, Thailand), KEIO University (Yokohama, Japan) and at Tokyo University (Tokyo, Japan). Thanks to her training and thematic and geographic mobility (Poland, France, Thailand, Japan), she acquired a polyvalent expertise in the nanomaterial fabrication and deposition techniques, structural properties of polymer and crystalline materials, electrical and optical properties of metallic oxides and in the field of optical spectroscopy and time resolved spectroscopy. She speaks 6 languages and her hobbies are strongly related to mountaineering.

semicoducting materials, optical spectroscopy, solar cells and gas sensors

Prof. Dr. Anna Rita Bilia is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence, and Director of the Post-graduate School of Hospital Pharmacy. She is President of the International Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research and President of the Italian Society of Phytochemistry. She is Italian delegate at the European Scientific Cooperative for Phytotherapy and Expert of the European Pharmacopoeia. She published more than 180 scientific papers, several books chapters and invited reviews in reputed journals. She is editor and editorial board member of several international scientific journals.

Improvement of the biopharmaceutical and technological properties of drugs and natural products by conventional and innovative formulations

Chemist, since 2002 is permanent researcher and since 2012 is Associate Professor at the Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM) in the field Materials Science and Technology. She teaches Material Science and Technology for Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biomaterials for Biomedical Engineering. Since 2012 is associated to the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISAC). She published more than 150 papers on durability and sustainability of materials for Engineering.

Materials Science and Technology

Massimo Masserini is full professor of Biochemistry and Moecular Biology at the School of Medicine, University Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy. He is Head of the Nanomedicine Center NANOMIB of the same University. He has published more than 150 articles on the main Journals of Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Nanomedicine. He is CEO of AmypoPharma, a Spin-off Company of the University Milano-Bicocca aiming to carry nanoparticles for treatment of Alzheimer disease to the Clinical phase

Molecular interactions between cells and ligands,Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration,Design, synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles for biomedical use

Alberto Vomiero is chair professor in Experimental Physics at the Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. He was awarded his PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Trento in 2003 and his Degree in Physics from the University of Padova in 1999. His main interests are in composite nanomaterials (wide bandgap semiconductors, semiconducting nanocrystals and hybrid systems) for gas sensors and excitonic solar cells. He is Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow of the European Commission, Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK) and of the Institute of Nanotechnology (UK), past chair of the Italian section of the American Nano Society and member of the Global Young Academy. He is member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports (NPG).

wide bandgap semiconductors, semiconducting nanocrystals and hybrid systems

Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh received his PhD degree in physical chemistry/reaction kinetics from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2001. He is currently full professor of physical chemistry at the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili. His research interests include preparation of different visible-light-driven photocatalysts based on zinc oxide (ZnO) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4). He has published more than 85 international refereed journal papers. Moreover, he is reviewer in his area of research for several international journals. Also, he has published two Persian text books.

Interests include preparation of different visible-light-driven photocatalysts based on zinc oxide (ZnO

Dr S. Joseph Antony is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, U.K. His research expertise is in the area of nano and micromechanics, multi-scale modelling and experimental mechanics of materials in both discrete and continuum form. Joseph has published over 100 papers in several reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He actively participates in the activities of particle technology community in U.K and abroad. He holds membership in several international professional bodies and serves in technical committees in his area of research. Currently, he serves as a member of peer reviewers in his area of research for several international journals. He is the lead editor of the book on Advances in Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London (2004). He has won many awards, including the prestigious M.I.T Young Research Fellowship for Exemplary Research in Computational Mechanics and the Certificate of Merit as an Example of Outstanding Achievements in U.K Particle Science and Technology in 2002, PTSG, IChemE, U.K. He has served as a guest editor for the Jl. Granular Matter and the lead editor of the book ‘Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications’, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London in 2004. Presently Joseph serves as an editorial board member of the journal of Research Letters in Nanotechnology and editorial review board member of Scientific Journals International. His research sponsors include EPSRC, Royal Society, DTI, ICI, BNFL, P&G, Pfizer, Borax Hosakawa Micron, Bridon International Ltd, Merck Sharp & Dohme and DuPont (U.K).

Nanoparticles,Nanotechnology

Ph.D. Eng. Monika Michalska is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Cells and Supercapacitors (LCS) in Department of Chemical Technologies at Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (ITME). She specializes in the field of materials science/chemistry/nanotechnology, including in particular the production of electrode (for cathode and anode) nanomaterials for Li-, Na-ion batteries and supercapacitors, using various chemical and solid state methods. She also synthesizing composites with ceramic oxide or metallic materials and with carbon coatings: with graphene flakes, graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide. Obtained in LCS lab electrode materials have outstanding electrochemical performance.

synthesis of nanopowders for lithium-ion batteries,Chemical methods of obtaining nanomaterials.

Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner has over 26 years of research experience in various areas within the field of Computer Engineering. Additionally, she has worked in the area of patent law for several years. She has published numerous scientific papers, including two books, and has handled the prosecution and infringement analysis of many complex U.S. and international patents. She is currently is a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Electrical Engineering-Systems Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and since 2004 has been an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining UCLA, she was a tenured full Professor and Department Head at the Computer Engineering Department of Rochester Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (1988) from USC. She holds a J.D. degree from the Northwestern California School of Law, and has graduated Cum Laude with an LL.M. degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Washington, D.C. Bar, and is registered as a Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is best known for her pioneering contributions to three areas of Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing. In the area of Optical Computing, she produced one of the first theses that dealt with the computational aspects of optical interconnects for VLSI chips. The OMC model was developed by she as part of her Ph.D. work, and since then, many architectures and algorithms have been designed by on that model.

Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing

The increasing interest in Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology has created a serious global need for the development of nanoscopy tools in order to be able to observe and chemically analyze the synthesized nanostructures at atomic scale. Exploring the limits of physical resolution in advanced electron microscopy and understanding the ultimate behavior of materials at the nanoscale and their related properties are the central aims of my research. The newest research lines we are working in are based on single atom recognition and localization in embedded quantum structures. In parallel I am interested in finding methodologies to perform a direct correlation between the structural and chemical properties at the atomic scale and the physical properties at sub-nanometer scale (photonics, plasmonics and phononics).

photonics, phononics

Devesh Agrawal is oil and gas industry expert in conducting product focused research and development towards commercializing technologies for Oil & Gas applications. After completion of his graduate studies in Chemical Engineering from University of Houston, USA; he was selected for the position of Nanotechnology Scientist in Nanotechnology Center of Excellence at Baker Hughes which is world’s 3rd largest oil field service company, where he has developed several technologies for oil field applications and authored over sixteen patents and publications. He is also distinguished member of several organizations, e.g. American Chemical Society (ACS), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Elsevier and American Heart Association.

enhanced oil recovery,

Prof. Dr. A. Abdelghani is a Full Professor at the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT, Tunisia) working mainly in the field of Microsensors and Microsystems. He obtained the Habilitation in Physics in Tunisia (faculty of Science of Tunis) in 2004 and a Habilitation (worlwide recognition for conducting and leading research) in "Sciences pour l’Ingénieur" in 2009 at the Ecole Normale Supérieur de Cachan (France). He is now the leader and principal investigator of a research group working mainly on gas sensors based on functionalized carbon nanotubes (metallic oxides, nanowires, nanoneedles, polymers) and on the development of interdigitated gold microelectrodes integrated in microfluidic cell for bacteria analysis in biologic medium. He published more than 90 papers in International Journals (H-index 25, January 2017) and supervised more than 12 Ph.D theses and 30 master’s student. He received the Tunisian President Award of the “best scientific researcher” in Tunisia in 22 July 2015.

His interest is involved in industrial applications in his field of research with implications for the design and the development of affordable and cost-effective sensing devices for diagnostics and theranostics which will have an effective impact in the developing countries.

Prof Zhu’s research interests exist in advanced catalysis, gas/liquid adsorption and separation, direct carbon fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells. His publications include one edited book, 8 book chapters, and over 220 journal papers. He holds 6 patents, 3 patents have been licensed to the industrial sponsor. He has raised a total research funding from government and industries in excess of $20 million. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including RK Murphy Medal 2013, Freehills Award IChemE 2011, 2nd place Innovator of the Year Award Global IChemE 2011, the University of Queensland (UQ) Foundation Research Excellence Award in 2007.

Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, material sciences

Devesh Agrawal is oil and gas industry expert in conducting product focused research and development towards commercializing technologies for Oil & Gas applications. After completion of his graduate studies in Chemical Engineering from University of Houston, USA; he was selected for the position of Nanotechnology Scientist in Nanotechnology Center of Excellence at Baker Hughes which is world’s 3rd largest oil field service company, where he has developed several technologies for oil field applications and authored over sixteen patents and publications. He is also distinguished member of several organizations, e.g. American Chemical Society (ACS), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Elsevier and American Heart Association.

enhanced oil recovery

Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner has over 26 years of research experience in various areas within the field of Computer Engineering. Additionally, she has worked in the area of patent law for several years. She has published numerous scientific papers, including two books, and has handled the prosecution and infringement analysis of many complex U.S. and international patents. She is currently is a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Electrical Engineering-Systems Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and since 2004 has been an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining UCLA, she was a tenured full Professor and Department Head at the Computer Engineering Department of Rochester Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (1988) from USC. She holds a J.D. degree from the Northwestern California School of Law, and has graduated Cum Laude with an LL.M. degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Washington, D.C. Bar, and is registered as a Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is best known for her pioneering contributions to three areas of Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing. In the area of Optical Computing, she produced one of the first theses that dealt with the computational aspects of optical interconnects for VLSI chips. The OMC model was developed by she as part of her Ph.D. work, and since then, many architectures and algorithms have been designed by on that model.

Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing

Prof. Han-Yong Jeon, geosynthetics/technical organic materials researcher and he was the 32nd President of Korean Fiber Society (2014~2015). He has published more than 843 papers in domestic and international conferences. He wrote 20 texts including 'GEOSYNTHETICS’ and also published 132 papers in domestic & international journals. He has awards of Marquis Who'sWho - Science and Engineering in 2003~2017 and also, he got the 33rd Academy Award of Korean Fiber Society in 2006 and “Excellent Paper Award of 2012” by The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies.

Manufacturing, Application and Evaluation of Technical Organic Materials Manufacturing, Evaluation, Standardization & Regulation of Geosynthetics Polymeric Geocomposites etc.

Liqiu “Rick” Wang received his PhD from University of Alberta (Canada) and is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Qianren Scholar (Zhejiang) and serves as the Director and the Chief Scientist for the Laboratory for Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering, Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), the University of Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of university experience in thermal & power engineering, energy & environment, transport phenomena, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and applied mathematics in Canada, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, and 2 years of industrial experience in thermal engineering and technology management. He has secured over 70 projects funded by diverse funding agencies and industries including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, totaling > US$20m (excluding US$ 2.2 billion for AMS project). He has published 10 books/monographs and over 370 book chapters and technical articles, many of which have been widely used by researchers all over the world, and is ranked amongst the top 1% of most-cited scientists (ESI). He has also filed 22 patent applications and led an international team in developing a state-of-the-art thermal control system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. The AMS project is headed by Professor Samuel C C Ting (Nobel laureate in Physics, MIT, USA) and is to search for antimatter, dark matter and spectra of cosmic rays. He has presented over 50 invited plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, and serves/served as the editor-in-chief for the Advances in Transport Phenomena, the editor for the Scientific Reports, the associate editor for the Current Nanoscience, the guest editor for the Journal of Heat Transfer, the Nanoscale Research Letters and the Advances in Mechanical Engineering, and serves on the editorial boards of 20 international journals. Liqiu “Rick” Wang received his PhD from University of Alberta (Canada) and is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Qianren Scholar (Zhejiang) and serves as the Director and the Chief Scientist for the Laboratory for Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering, Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), the University of Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of university experience in thermal & power engineering, energy & environment, transport phenomena, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and applied mathematics in Canada, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, and 2 years of industrial experience in thermal engineering and technology management. He has secured over 70 projects funded by diverse funding agencies and industries including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, totaling > US$20m (excluding US$ 2.2 billion for AMS project). He has published 10 books/monographs and over 370 book chapters and technical articles, many of which have been widely used by researchers all over the world, and is ranked amongst the top 1% of most-cited scientists (ESI). He has also filed 22 patent applications and led an international team in developing a state-of-the-art thermal control system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. The AMS project is headed by Professor Samuel C C Ting (Nobel laureate in Physics, MIT, USA) and is to search for antimatter, dark matter and spectra of cosmic rays. He has presented over 50 invited plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, and serves/served as the editor-in-chief for the Advances in Transport Phenomena, the editor for the Scientific Reports, the associate editor for the Current Nanoscience, the guest editor for the Journal of Heat Transfer, the Nanoscale Research Letters and the Advances in Mechanical Engineering, and serves on the editorial boards of 20 international journals. Liqiu “Rick” Wang received his PhD from University of Alberta (Canada) and is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Qianren Scholar (Zhejiang) and serves as the Director and the Chief Scientist for the Laboratory for Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering, Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), the University of Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of university experience in thermal & power engineering, energy & environment, transport phenomena, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and applied mathematics in Canada, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, and 2 years of industrial experience in thermal engineering and technology management. He has secured over 70 projects funded by diverse funding agencies and industries including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, totaling > US$20m (excluding US$ 2.2 billion for AMS project). He has published 10 books/monographs and over 370 book chapters and technical articles, many of which have been widely used by researchers all over the world, and is ranked amongst the top 1% of most-cited scientists (ESI). He has also filed 22 patent applications and led an international team in developing a state-of-the-art thermal control system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. The AMS project is headed by Professor Samuel C C Ting (Nobel laureate in Physics, MIT, USA) and is to search for antimatter, dark matter and spectra of cosmic rays. He has presented over 50 invited plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, and serves/served as the editor-in-chief for the Advances in Transport Phenomena, the editor for the Scientific Reports, the associate editor for the Current Nanoscience, the guest editor for the Journal of Heat Transfer, the Nanoscale Research Letters and the Advances in Mechanical Engineering, and serves on the editorial boards of 20 international journals.

Nanotechnology

Riny Yolandha Parapat is a quality scientist. Her expertise in synthesis of nanocrystal via microemulsions technique. Her great passion is to create and develop nanomaterials especially in the field of catalysis. Because she is also concerned about the environment, her research is now heading to the field of green synthesis and biofuel production. Her advanced knowledge and experience in microemulsions making her able to synthesize and design the super active nanocatalysts in a greener way. She has discovered a new method to synthesize highly active supported nanocatalysts, so-called thermo-destabilization of microemulsions. Not only is she active in doing research, she is also a Lecturer in the course of kinetic and catalysis, experimental design, process control, and plant design.

Nanoscience,Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials

Christophe graduated in 1992 from the Engineering School of Chemical Engineering (ENSIC) in Nancy (France). He received his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (France). Then, he spent 18 months as a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University (Houston, TX). Since 1998, he has been a faculty member of the University of Strasbourg (France) teaching chemical engineering at the European Engineering School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials Science (ECPM). His researches concern the development of new microfluidic-assisted polymer processes for the synthesis of architecture-controlled polymers and functional micro- and nanostructured polymer particles. In 2010 he was appointed Full Professor at the University of Strasbourg and joined in 2014 the Charles Sadron Institute (ICS) becoming one of its deputy directors.

Nanotechnology