5^th World Congress on Materials Science & Engineering June 13-15, 2016 Alicante, Spain

Dr. Elena Cerro-Prada received her PhD in Physics from the Autónoma University of Madrid. She lectured at the University of Birmingham, UK, and worked at CERN within the Nobel Laureate Carlo Rubia, among other research and academic positions. Dr Cerro-Prada currently serves as Professor and Head of the Physics Department at the Technical University of Madrid. Dr. Cerro-Prada has contributed greatly to the understanding of cementitious materials microstructure by applications of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. She is currently involved in the development of cement-based materials with photocatalytic properties as long as agent-based cementitious material modeling.

Clara M Gómez studied Chemistry at the University of Valencia where she received her doctoral degree in 1990. She did a postdoctoral stage at Cranfield Institute (UK) working on Curing monitoring of epoxy resins. At this moment, she is the chair of the Physical Chemistry Department, professor of Physical Chemistry and researcher of the Institute of Materials Science at the University of Valencia.

The main areas of research are thermodynamics of polymer blends, cure monitoring of thermoset polymers, polyurethane thermoplastics, thermoelectricity, polymers for energy saving, biopolymers.

Piedad N de Aza studied Chemistry at the Autonoma University of Madrid and Ceramic at the Santiago de Compostela University where she received her doctoral degree. She did a postdoctoral stage at the IRC in Biomaterials at the Queen Mary & Wetsfield College, University of London (U.K.) working on in vitro and in vivo behavior of bioceramics. At this moment, she is the Head of the Materials Science, Optic and Electronic Technology Department, Professor of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering and Researcher in the Bioengineering Institute at the Miguel Hernandez de Elche University.

My line of research is based on designed and developing new polycrystalline biomaterials with controlled microstructures making use of appropriated phase equilibrium diagrams and to study, a part of their physical properties, their behavior in vitro (sterm cells) and in vivo (bioactivity in rats and dogs). Actually, main emphasis is putting on the tissue engineering field study of the tissue-ceramic implant interfaces by using SEM-EDX, TEM and HRTEM with EDS and micro-Raman spectroscopy.

Dr. Alejandro Várez is Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Carlos III University of Madrid. Currently he is the Head of Department of MSE. His main research is focused in the synthesis and processing of different materials such as critical high temperature super conductions, ionic conductors (of lithium, proton and oxygen) with applications in electrochemical devices such as lithium batteries, fuel batteries and electrochemical sensors. He is co-author of more than 100 reviewed scientific publications in journals gathered (or to be incorporated) in ISI Web-of-ScienceTM; with a total number of citations in ISI Web-of-ScienceTM of +1400. He is also author of invention two patents and has participated in several international conferences with more than 150 communications. Furthermore he has supervised 6 doctoral Thesis. He has carried out research at the Universities of California Santa Barbara (Postdoctoral research 1993), Aberdeen (UK) and Milan (Italy) (predoctoral) and recently at Sheffield (UK) and Metz (France) Universities.

Prof. Ignacio Martin-Gullon received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alicante in 1995, involved with adsorbent carbons. He worked thereafter as a Research Postdoc Associate in the University of Kentucky in the carbon fiber topic. In 1998, he moved to industry position as a R&D product development engineer in NORIT NV (now Cabot Corp), in Amersfoort (Netherlands). Finally, he came back to the University Alicante as a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department. He has written over 70 scientific papers in high-impact journals, in nanotechnology, material science, environmental and energy engineering. He was de advisor of 8 PhD students. He did a recent sabbatical period in the Pennsylvania State University. He is project evaluator in different programs, related to material science and technology. Very recently, he co-founded the spin-off company Applynano Solutions, to develop customized solutions to specialized SME based on nanomaterials on polymers.

Dr. Nekane Guarrotxena earned her PhD in chemistry from the University of Complutense, Madrid-Spain in 1994. She held post-doctoral research positions at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d´Arts et Metiers, Paris-France (1994-1995) and the University of ScienceII, Montpellier-France (1995-1997). She was the Vice-Director of the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP)-CSIC (2001-2005). From 2008-2011, she was visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials at University of California, Santa Barbara-USA and the CaSTL at University of California, Irvine-USA. She is currently Research Scientist at the Institute of Polymers Science and Technology, CSIC-Spain. She has been involved for several years on the dissemination of Science and Technology of Polymers-plastics (where she served as a member of Scientific Committee of Escuela de Plasticos y Caucho and FOCITEC or Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology). She is Editorial Board member of several journalsand organizing committee member of several scientific and technological events. Her studies have been published in more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, 4 books (also co-editor) and more than 21 book chapters. Her research interest focuses on the synthesis and assembly of hybrid nanomaterials, nanoplasmonics, and their uses in nanobiotechnology applications (bioimaging, drug delivery, therapy and biosensing).

Prof Maligno holds a Laurea Degree in Nuclear Engineering (University of Palermo, Italy). Prof Maligno then completed his PhD in Mechanics of Composite Materials at The University of Nottingham (UK). Prof Maligno has significant experience in the R&D analysis and design of structural components. He has been involved in several multi-disciplinary research and industrial projects aimed to investigate the response of advanced engineering materials and structures to various types of external loading and environmental conditions, using a combination of analytical, numerical and experimental techniques. Prof Maligno has worked in Academic institutions at the University of Palermo (Italy); The University of Nottingham (UK); Loughborough University (UK). Prof Maligno held several positions in Industry and Consultancy sector in the field of aerospace, defence, nuclear engineering. He also worked for Rolls Royce UTC as a Research Engineer in collaboration with the University of Nottingam (UK).

Prof Maligno has been appointed EPM-Technology Chair and Professor of Composite Materials at the Institute of Innovative Sustanable Engineering (IISE) - University of Derby. In this role he leads research related to the mechanics of composite materials, design and analysis of advanced structures with particular emphasis on Nano-Augumented/Nano-Engineered hybrid structures for harsh environment, hight temperature applications in the aeroaspace and motorsport industry. Also, Prof Maligno coordinates the research and development activities in the new state-of-art facitlities at EPM-Technology in Derby.

Dr. Jose Vera-Agullo is Chemical Engineer by the University of Alicante (Spain) and received is PhD working with carbon nanofibers composites in 2008. He has published more than 10 papers in international journals and holds three patents in nanotechnology related materials. He currently serves as the manager of Concrete Group in the R&D department of ACCIONA Infrastructure. He has experience in participating in national and international research projects, most of them related to the modification and use of nanomaterials in cement matrices with the aim of increasing energy efficiency in buildings and infrastructure. He is also in charge of consultancy activities at work site related with cementitious materials

Dr Raj Das is a Faculty Member of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a principal investigator of the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials and leads the computational modelling research. His current areas of interest include simulation of composite processing and manufacturing, impact response and failure analysis of composite materials, numerical modelling using finite element and mesh-less methods, dynamic fracture and fatigue, and structural optimisation. Dr Raj Das has established strong linkages with composite and material processing industries and active collaboration with national and international academic institutions. He has published more than 150 papers in international journals and conferences. Dr Das is a member of the National Committee on Applied Mechanics, and is an adjunct academic of the University of Quebec, Canada. He has received various international awards and fellowships, such as the ‘CONICYT award’ from the Government of Chile, ‘UQAC Visiting Fellowship’ from the University of Quebec, and ‘Certificate of Merit Award’ from the International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong. He is on the editorial board and review panel of several journals and funding agencies. Dr Das also serves on the scientific committees of more than 80 international conferences. He is the only New Zealand member of the 'International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (the most prestigious society in optimisation), the National Committee on Applied Mechanics, Australia, and the SPH European Research Interest Community.

Material Processing, Composite Materials, Computational Material Modelling, Fatigue/Fracture Mechanics of Materials, Process Optimisation

Prof. Hanna Dodiuk received her PhD with honors in 1977 in Chemistry from Tel-Aviv University, Israel. She joined the Israeli Armament Development Authority (ADA) in 1979. Since September 1991 until June 1997 she held the position of Director of Materials and Processes Department in ADA. She spent sabbaticals as Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic University of New York, USA, in HPM Company in Los Angeles/USA, in Bayer AG, Leverkusen/Germany, in New-Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA, and at UMASS Lowell, Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing,USA. She was the president of the Israeli Polymer & Plastics Society during 1998-2000 and was nominated an honorary fellow in 2013. She serves as a representative and expert evaluator on the European Community’s R&D Grants within Frameworks 4-7. In 1997 she joined Shenkar College of Engineering and Design where she was appointed the head of Plastics Engineering and Polymers Department in 2006. Prof. Dodiuk specializes in the areas of adhesion science and adhesives technology, characterization and formulation of polymer adhesives, special coatings, surface and interfaces analysis, nanotechnology and aging of polymeric materials. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of the "Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology" and "Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives " and is author or co-author of 130 scientific publications, 15 patents , editor of 2 books and has delivered numerous (160) lectures in conferences.

Adhesion and adhesives science and technology, characterization and formulation of polymer adhesives, polymer composites, dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers, surface and interfaces analysis, nanotechnology and aging of polymeric material

Dr. Raja Rizwan Hussain received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in 2006 and 2008 in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan which is ranked among Top 20 universities in the world. Dr. Hussain was ranked as outstanding student and was awarded the best research thesis, prize and medal from the University of Tokyo. He also completed his Ph.D. in a record short period of just two years. He is the editor of several ISI-indexed international journals. He has also served as guest editor for several international ISI-indexed journals. Moreover, he is one of the organizing chairs and member of technical committees for more than 3 dozen international conferences, symposiums and seminars. In addition, he is an active reviewer of many international ISI-indexed journals. Dr. Hussain has received more than 80 medals, awards, prizes and distinctions throughout his research, academic and professional career. Dr. Hussain has authored more than 165 research publications including ISI-indexed journal papers, international conference proceedings, edited books, editorials, expos, invention shows and exhibitions, technical reports etc. He is also an inventor of 6 US & WO international patents. He has secured about 20 national and international research grants worth millions of US Dollars. He is an active member of more than two dozen international societies, organizations, councils & committees.

Steel reinforced concrete technology - materials & structures, especially corrosion.

Nicola M. Pugno was born in 1972 in Pavia, Italy and is married and has three babies. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Theoretical Physics, as well as a Ph.D. in Fracture Mechanics and a Ph.D. in Biology. He is a Full Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of Trento, Italy and there Founder and Head of the Laboratory of Bio-Inspired and Graphene Nanomechanics (previous Associate Professor, Founder and Head of the Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno”, at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy). He is the Scientific Responsible of Graphene Nanocomposites (within the Graphene Flagship) at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy and Full Professor of Materials Science at the Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. He has published about 260 International Journal (Int. J.) papers on Solid-, Structural-, Fracture-, Bio- and Nano-Mechanics in leading international journals (including Nature, Nature Materials and Nature Communications) mainly on nanotubes and graphene and bio-inspired nanomaterials (e.g. mimicking limpet teeth for strength, spider silk for toughness, gecko foot for smart adhesion, lotus leaf for self-cleaning, bone for self-healing, etc.). He is a Reviewer for about 100 Int. J. and is in the Editorial Board of about 40 Int. J., including Academic Editor of PlosOne and Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) as well as Editor-in-Chief of Bio-Inspired Materials and Frontiers in Materials - Mechanics. NMP has received 4 grants from the European Research Council: the 2011 ERC Starting Grant (at the Consolidator level), in 2013 both the two ERC Proof of Concept assigned to Italy and in 2015 a third ERC Proof of Concept.

Anand Gadre graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics from the University of Mumbai (India) in 1994. He received the MS Degree at the Institute of Science in 1997 and completed his doctorate (Ph.D.) in 2000 from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai in Polymer Physics. In 2001 Anand joined University of Maryland (USA) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate to pursue research in the areas of Micro and Nanotechnology. In 2002 Anand worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Georgetown University at Washington DC and later worked as a Managing Scientist in Georgetown’s Nanoscience and Microtechnology laboratory (GNuLab). In 2004 Anand was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in the State University of New York at Albany and later was promoted as an Associate Professor of Nanobioscience with tenure. While working at CNSE, Anand also achieved his Master in Business Management (MBA) degree from the State University of New York at Albany. In March 2011 Anand joined as the Director of the Stem Cell Instrumentation and Nanofabrication Foundry at the University of California, Merced, where he is currently administering core research facilities and pursuing his research in the areas of Nanobiotechnology. Anand is an active researcher and has published several peer reviewed papers, co-authored book chapters, served as a referee for several national and international journals, served as chair and invited speaker in several national and international conferences, has delivered lectures and taught advanced courses on polymeric materials and nanobiotechnology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, Anand is a trained percussionist; has a Bachelor degree in Music and actively participates in musical concerts as well as teaches percussion instruments.

• Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication • Therapeutics and Medical Device Design • Biosensors, Bioimaging and Nanobioelectronics • Microfluidics and Lab-On-a-Chip Systems • Polymer Based Nanostructured Biomaterials • BioMEMS/BioNEMS, Nanomanufacturing • Scaffolding and Drug Delivery Systems • Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering

Dr. Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a Graduate Research Faculty Advisor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and the Director of the Nanotribology Laboratory for Information Storage & MEMS/NEMS (NLIM) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Bhushan research interests are in nanotribology and nanomechanics and their applications to nano-magnetic storage devices (MEMS/NEMS and Nanotechnology). He is an internationally recognized expert of tribology on the macro- to nanoscales, and is one of the most prolific authors in the field. He is considered by some a pioneer of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage devices and a leading researcher in the fields of nanotribology and nanomechanics using scanning probe microscopy and applications to micro/nanotechnology.

Prof. Chen is a world-renowned materials scientist. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University. He then taught at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and became a tenured full professor. Besides teaching and research, Prof. Chen is a distinguished figure of leadership in higher education. He has held positions as administrative fellow of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and head of Metallurgy Division at UIUC, and chair professor and head of the Department of Physics and Materials Science at the City University of Hong Kong. In 2004, Prof. Chen was appointed president of Tunghai University. As a fervent advocate for liberal arts education at Tunghai University, Prof. Chen was the one who established Po-Ya School or “liberal arts school” through which students learnt under a nourishing whole person education that has knowledge and practice integrated together. Under the liberal arts education, Tunghai University has been able to have impressive accomplishments on the fronts of student enrollment, evaluation, teaching, research and discipline and counselling service. Prof. Chen has an impressive trajectory of research on materials science. He is the recipient of the Humboldt Research Award (2000) and Award for Outstanding Scholar in Taiwan (2005-2010). He is a Fellow of ASM-International since 1989, a Fellow of JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) and a Fellow of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). He was the principal editor of Materials Chemistry and Physics as well as a key reader and review board member of many world known journals.

Dr Kar Seng (Vincent) Teng is an Associate Professor and leads the Nanoelectronics Research Group in the College of Engineering at Swansea University in the United Kingdom. He received his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Swansea University, and has extensive research experiences in the study of nanoscale electronic materials and devices. This involves the application of nanotechnology in electronics, which has major impact in healthcare, computer, photonic and energy technologies. His group has the expertise in the fabrication and characterisation of nanoscale electronic materials and devices, as well as controlling their properties through surface engineering for novel applications. His funded research includes the investigation of low-dimensional electronic materials, such as graphene, metal-oxide and nitride nanostructures etc., in the development of ultra-sensitive nano-biosensors for the early detection of diseases, short-wavelength lasers for ultra-high density data storage, nano-plasmonics for photovoltaic technology and fabrication of nanoelectronic devices using printing technology etc. He is also a Journal Editor for Fluorescent Materials.

Professor Pourkashanian is the Head of the Energy research, Energ-2050, The University of Sheffield, and is the Director of PACT pilot scale UK national facilities. He holds a chair in Energy Engineering and has completed numerous major research projects on clean energy technology and received a substantial sum of grants from EPSRC, EU, NATO, and industry. His active research grants in 2015 relating to clean energy projects are in excess of £10M. He lead a team of 11 research fellows and 34 PhD students. He has published over 460 refereed research papers. He is a member of numerous international and national scientific bodies including an invited member of the All Party Parliamentary Renewable Transport Fuels Group and Expert-Member in EU-GCC Clean Gas Energy Network.Professor Pourkashanian’s research is in the field of future clean and sustainable energy technology with a focus on energy efficient materials, multi-scale energy process computational and CFD modelling. His active research areas include wind turbine aerodynamics and wind resources prediction, carbon capture and storage from power generation processes, pollutants formation prediction, and future power plant multi-scale and dynamic simulation.

Professor Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace Engineering Program and Aerospace Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis from 1994 to 200. He was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. Professor Agarwal has worked in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), renewable energy systems and nanotechnology. He is the author and coauthor of over 300 publications and serves on the editorial board of fifteen journals. Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of fifteen societies including American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), and Institute of Physics. Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), and Institute of Physics.

Nanomaterials, Carbon Nanostructures, Nanoparticles, Numerical Modeling and Simulation

Sigbritt Karlsson was born in 1958. She graduated with the M. Sc. in Chemical Engineering specializing in Biotechnology from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden in 1982. She obtained the Ph.D. degree at the same University in 1988 in Polymer Technology after which she became an Associate Professor in 1992. From 1999 she is Professor in Polymer Technology-the Environmental Interaction of Polymeric Materials at KTH, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Fibre and Polymer Technology.She is Editor-in-Chief for Rapra: Polymers from Renewable Resources since 2010. Presently she is on temporary leave to act as Vice-Chancellor of Skövde University 2010.

Her main research interest is in the Environmental Interaction of Polymers; Biofilm formation on polymeric surfaces; Adhesion of micro-organisms and antimicrobial polymers, Biopolymers (polysaccharides, proteins); Biocomposites: Long-term properties of Polymeric Materials; Polymer Analysis.

2014-to date Director del Dongguang Advanced Composite Materials Research Center, centro de Investigación asociado al TsingHua Innovation Center in Dongguan. 2006-to date: CTO at Neoker, S.L. 1999-2014 Researcher at The Institute of Ceramic Materials of Galicia (ICG). Main areas of research projects: alumina fibers, advanced ceramics, silicon purification, characterization of raw materials, etc.

Carmen Cerecedo. Founder, General Manager and Board of Directors of Neoker, S.L.. PhD in Chemistry by the USC in advanced materials and degree in Chemistry and also degree in Occupational Risk Prevention (specialist in working safety). She has co-developed the technology used in Neoker, co-authored 7 patents and she presently manages all R&D projects of the company. She has many scientific papers in Journals with high impact factor and she also participated in many R&D projects developing and patenting new ceramic process. She has participated in dozens of R&D projects in public founded calls related to the development of new (ceramic) materials. Her project, Neoker, has received the Innovation National Award by ENISA in 2007. Presently he has also been appointed as Deputy Director of Advanced Composite Materials Research Centre, (associated with TsingHua Innovation Centre in Dongguan, China), and Member of the Science Comitte “Saphire Fibre Manufacture and Application R&D” Innovative Team.

In 1962, Haruo Sugi graduated from Postgraduate School in the University of Tokyo with the degree of Ph.D.He worked in Columbia Uiversity as a research associate, and in National Institutes of Health as a visiting scientist from 1965 to 1967. He was a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Physiology, Teikyo University Medical Scool from 1973 to 2004, when he bacame Emeritus Professor.

Devki N. Talwar, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Chair of Department of Physics, conducts research on optical/electronic properties of defects and phonons in semiconductor materials used for various electronic and opto-electronic devices. He has been with Indiana U of Pennsylvania (IUP), Department of Physics, for almost 27 years and is the author of more than 120 refereed journal articles, 3 book chapters and review articles. His expertise in the sophisticated Green’s function technique is considered very useful for providing information on the electronic and vibrational properties of defects in semiconductors, quantum wells and superlattices.

Devki Talwar conducts research on defects in semiconductor materials used for various electronics and opto-electronics

Professor Ali Eftekhari is the President of the American Nano Society. He has established Department of Electrochemistry at MERC and School of Materials Science & Engineering at Jimma University from scratch. He has authored about 100 papers in high impact scholarly journals. He has supervised over 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Nanomaterials, Electrochemistry, Energy Storage/Conversion.

Ayman Batisha holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from Cairo University (Egypt, 2001). He has been practicing, consulting, training, and researching in Sustainability for over twenty-four years. He taught graduate courses at Cairo University. He is a certified Environmental Consultant “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)”. He is a certified Consultant Civil Engineer. He has published more than 80 research papers and articles focusing on the areas of Sustainability, Environment, Climate Change, Water Knowledge and Civil Engineering. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability Book Series. He is the founding General Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Sustainability. He has been awarded as the prestigious Author and the Editor-in-Chief, from USA publishers. He has been honored with the first prize for the best research by League of Arab States. He is a five-time winner of the Certificate of Appreciation; three-times from Ministers of Water Resources, Environment, and Public Works, and two-times from Cairo University, Egypt. He has been the Chairman of the First European Conference of Mining Engineering. He has been in the Editorial Advisory Board of numerous prestigious international journals such as Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Limnological Review, and also in the editorial board of a number of international journals. He has served as an International Committee Member for numerous International Conferences. He is an advisory board member in the Sustainable Development and Sustainability Institute of East Africa (SDSIEA). He is a member in Egyptian National Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE, established by the International Council for Science (ICSU). Also, He is a member in National Committee of Egypt for The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) research programme that studies the phenomenon of global change. He is selected as the only Arab Reviewer for "The 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands (Wetlands Supplement)" that extends the content of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines. He has been selected by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as Expert-reviewer to ensure quality and comprehensiveness of Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. This report responds to the request of the world's governments for a comprehensive, objective and policy neutral assessment of the current scientific knowledge on mitigating climate change, provides a comprehensive assessment of all relevant options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as activities that remove them from the atmosphere, and concludes four years of intense scientific collaboration by hundreds of authors from around the world. He has been invited to be an Editorial Board Member of the Environmental Development, the Transdisciplinary Journal of SCOPE published by Elsevier. He is a Reviewer of four Journals published by Elsevier: Journal of Hydrology; Journal of Sustainable Cities and Society; Urban Climate and Journal of Applied Soft Computing. In 2010, published in Germany and printed in USA and UK, Dr. Batisha has his first book whose title is "Structural Health Monitoring of Offshore Structures Using Artificial Intelligence Technique" been published.

Dr. Rao obtained his BSc in 1971 from Andhra Christian College, Guntur, at Andhra University and his MSc and PhD degrees in Applied Chemistry from the Faculty of Engineering at Jabalpur University, in 1974 and 1980, respectively. He worked at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad; Government Engineering College, Rewa; Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, before joining the Division of Mineral Processing of Luleå University of Technology in Sweden in 1985. Dr. Rao became Docent and Full Professor in Mineral Processing at the Luleå University of Technology in 1992 and 2003, respectively. He has authored more than 165 scientific papers published in various international peer-reviewed high-impact journals and conference proceedings. He is a visiting professor at i) Laboratorie Environnment et Mineralurgie, Nancy, France, ii) Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, iii) Computational Solid State Chemistry, University of Bath, UK, iv) Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, USA, and v) School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He is a Member of SME/AIME and American Chemical Society, and the recipient of Arthur F. Taggart Award for the year 2000 from the SME/AIME, USA and the Distinguished Foreign Scientist Award in 2009 from the CSIR, India. Dr. Rao is also deputed to the European Commission, Directorate General-Research, Brussels, as Swedish National Expert and worked in the Unit of Industrial Technologies during 2001-2004. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of i) International Journal of Mineral Processing; ii) Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy Review, and iii) Journal of Powder Metallurgy and Mining. He also serves as an Associate Editor of the journals Minerals and Open Chemistry Journal. He has been serving as the Editor-in-Chief of The Open Mineral Processing Journal since its inception in 2008.

Dr. Rao research interests include surface and pulp chemistry of flotation; flotation of sulphide, industrial, silicate and iron minerals; molecular modelling; minerals bioprocessing and coal preparation

Dr. Xiang Zhang, Royal Society Industry Fellow of University of Cambridge, has over 33 years combined academia (17 years) and industrial (16 years) experience in advanced materials science and technology, an expert in polymer and polymeric hybrid materials science and technology. Dr Zhang is also Head of the Lucideon Cambridge School of Advanced Materials and Head of Medical Materials and Devices. He is the author of three books “Inorganic Biomaterials”, “Inorganic Controlled Release Technology” and “Science and Principles of Biodegradable and Bioresorbable Medical Polymers - Materials and Properties” (to be published by Elsevier). As a materials scientist, he is passionate on “Science for Industry “and believes fundamental but applied sciences are the keys to solve industrial problems as well as develop good products that are much-needed by the society. Dr. Zhang undertook his PhD and postdoctoral research at Cranfield University where he studied materials physics and micro-mechanics and micro-fracture mechanics of polymeric hybrid (organic and inorganic) materials. After spending a further four years on research for industrial applications, he was awarded an industrial fellowship at the University of Cambridge in 1995, where he carried out research on polymer ductile to brittle transition employing synchrotron X-ray (SAXS, WAXS) to study in situ deformation and fracture at nanometre scales, the results of which lead to completion of ductile to brittle transition theories in view of nano-mechanics and nano-fracture mechanics. Dr. Zhang’s industry experience was gained in leading international healthcare companies, where, as Principal Scientist, his work covered almost all aspects of medical materials and devices from R&D and manufacturing support to failure analysis and QC. Prior to joining Lucideon, Xiang worked as Director of a technology company, in the field of nano-conductive materials and diagnostic medical devices.

Dr. Bingkun K. Chen is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of the Neural Component of the Biomaterials Characterization & Histology Core Laboratory, and Supervisor in Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Chen graduated with an M.D. in China, further studied in Germany, later received his Ph.D. in Japan, and recently earned his M.B.A. in the United States. Dr. Chen focus on spinal cord injury and regeneration. He developed and optimized two axonal tracing techniques, i. e. Bidiretional axonal tracing with DiI and DiO, and retrograde axonal tracing with Fast Blue (FB). By using tissue engineered technology with biodegradable polymer scaffolds loaded with growth-promoting cells (schwann cells, SCs) to bridge the transection, it might aim to shift the balance in the injured spinal cord towards healing and functional regeneration. Dr. Chen is currently serving on the Mayo Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Mayo Research Safety Committee. Dr. Chen also serves as the Chair of Chinese Student & Scholar Association at Mayo and Chair of Chinese Mayo Employee Resource Group. Dr. Chen has authored and published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles; in addition he has served as Editor, Associate editor and Editor-in-chief for a numerous books and bulletins, and as Reviewer for a number of journals in neuroscience.

Spinal cord injury and regeneration by using tissue engineered technology with biodegradable polymer scaffolds.

Sandeep K. Vashist is the Head of Immunodiagnostics at HSG-IMIT, Germany. He completed his Ph.D. from Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, India in 2006 and started his career as a Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Company, Ireland (2006-2009). Thereafter, he joined as the Team Leader at NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, Singapore (2009-2012). He pioneered and transferred successfully many technologies to industries and healthcare; filed several patents; and, published extensively (>100 manuscripts) in high IF journals and highly prestigious conferences. Based on his research outputs, he has been constantly awarded by renowned institutions for scientific research excellence, innovation and performance; received the topmost international research fellowships; and, awarded the invited memberships of societies such as RCS. He is the international expert reviewer for ~36 scientific journals (IF b/w 2.5-41) and numerous funding agencies; Executive Editor of J Basic Appl Sci and J Pharma Bioanal Sci; and Editorial Board member of J Nanomed Nanotech. His research interests are in the fields of nanotechnology, point-of-care devices, immunodiagnostics and biosensors.

Development of Nanomaterials/Nanotechnology based Biosensors and Diagnostics; Development of rapid immunodiagnostic kits using lab-on-a-chip platforms; Biomolecular immobilization and surface modification strategies; Signal enhancement using nanomaterials/polymers/design of platforms; Development of cost-effective and simple bioanalytical procedures; Bioanalytical sciences; Diabetic monitoring and screening; Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicity.

Vladimir V Rumyantsev is Professor in Nanophysics Department at Donetsk National University (DonNU) and Head of Physics Technology Subdivision at A A Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering (DonPhTI). He received PhD in Physics (1988) from DonNU and Doctor of Science in Solid State Physics (2007) from DonPhTI. He has published more than 200 scientific publications. He is Group Leader of international project in the framework of the European program FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES (2013-2016).

Current research interests include various aspects of solid state physics, crystallooptics, photonics; more particularly - theoretical study of the effects of disorder in quasi-two-dimensional nanofilms and layered structures caused by the propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic excitations, light-matter coupling in composite nanostructures.

Ajay Kumar Mishra is a full Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa. He received his B. Sc, M. Sc., degrees in 1997 and 2001 respectively from Purvanchal University Jaunpur, India and M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2007, respectively, from The University of Delhi, India. From March 2006 to September 2009, he was postdoctoral fellows at various South African Institutes/Universities. In addition, he was appointed as “Senior Lecturer” in October 2009 at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa where he was promoted to “Associate Professor” in November 2011 until December 2014. Recently, he was appointed by University of South Africa as “Full Professor” since January 2015. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical based biodegradable polymers, polymers based materials/composites, smart materials, CNT and graphene based composite materials and water research. He has authored over 100 scientific papers. He has hosted several visiting researchers/scientists/postdocs in his group. He has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. He has delivered a number of including Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. For his outstanding research profile, he was awarded a number of international awards. Prof. Mishra also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He has edited several books by the renowned publishers and also reviewer of many international journals. He is serving as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops.

Dr. María Teresa Pérez Prior received her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Salamanca. She did a stage at the Fakultät für Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany and a Postdoctoral stage at the Polytechnic School of Albacete, University of Castilla-La Mancha. Dr. Pérez-Prior currently serves as Lecturer in the department of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering at the University Carlos III of Madrid. In recent years, her main research is focused in the synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials for Energy applications.

Prof. Hamid A. Almegren received his D.Phil. degree in Chemistry from University of Oxford, United Kingdom in 2002. Presently he is Professor and Assistant Director of Materiales Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). He is also Guest Professor at China University of Petroleum since 2011, and Beijing University for Chemical Technology since 2013. He is Editor-in-Chief for “Applied Petrochemical Research” Journal since 2012. He has vast experience in field of Heterogeneous Catalysis, and he is Principal Investigator for several joint research projects at KACST in cooperation with various international universities and research centers. He edited book titled “Advances in Natural Gas Technology” in 2012 and recently he editing a book titled "Petrochemical Materials, Processes, and Emerging Technologies" will be release in late 2015. He has published more than fifty research papers in various scientific journals and proceedings of international conferences. He has organized and participated in various national and international scientific conferences and chaired technical sessions and committees.

His research interest in heterogeneous catalysts meanly in hydrotreatment catalysts, mesopause materials, Zeolite, Carbide, Nitride, and Sulfide catalysts.

Oras A. Al-Ani received the B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Laser and Optoelectronic Engineering from Al-Nahreen University, Iraq, in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Mrs Al-Ani was working as a Lecturer at the College of Electrical and Electronic Techniques Engineering, Baghdad, Iraq, since 2005. She is currently studying towards the Ph.D. degree within the Emerging Technologies and Material (ETM) group, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. Oras’ research focuses on computational and theoretical analysis of the point and extended defects in multicrystalline silicon and their impact on photovoltaic devices. She is a student member of IEEE, member of IET and Al-Kindi Society for Engineers; and awarded several awards for the best paper and presentation. Oras recently served as the Event Coordinator for the Annual Research Conference (ARC2016) at Newcastle University and she currently acts as the School Representative of research student’s in Newcastle University. In addition, she is recently appointed as a committee member of The International Conference on Applied Engineering, Newcastle University and the Student Ambassador for Materials Congress 2016.